Tag: Community
Men's shed: Fund-raiser for Springvale multicultural shed.
A multicultural men's shed is planned at Springvale Uniting Church early next year and a fund-raising dinner hopes to raise up to $10,000 to install...
Segways segue for Dandenong baby shop
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
THERE'S a new way to take a spin in Dandenong.
George Banjac and daughter Diana Papasavva have made an unlikely expansion of their...
Off the bottled water
Silverton Primary School pupils Shania, Jamie, Jaden and Sam were part of a bold film about the environmental harm producing bottled water causes. The War...
What's on in Greater Dandenong
German Christmas: The annual Christmas bazaar at St John’s German Lutheran Church is on this Saturday from 10am at 3 Albert Avenue, Springvale. Featuring...
School's knack for snacks
By MARG STORK
AN apple for teacher, and a healthy lunch for the children to keep them ticking in class ...
Because not every child turns...
Free feed for Noble Park's most in need
By CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
NO such thing as a free lunch? Every second Wednesday, wife-and-husband team Caleigh and Graham Kennedy open the doors of Cafe Salvo for...
Milky way for 'lactivist' mums
Breastfeeding’s health benefits are now beyond debate. But mums still have to break down barriers to keep their babies on the boob.
It seems somewhat incredible...
VCE a testing time for parents, too
VCE is stressful for students and their parents. But for Indian parents like me, it's just like a marathon!
In the Indian culture, parents put...
Dandenong Show: Scoop of the day
William Ashton enjoys an ice-cream at the Dandenong Show on Saturday. Warm weather provided pleasant conditions for showgoers with stunt bike riders, agriculture stalls,...
Serrated tussock not for DIY: council
GREATER Dandenong Council has warned residents not to try do-it-yourself removal of the prolific and nationally-significant weed serrated tussock.
The Department of Primary Industries recently...
Music good times roll on at the Caravan
THIS is what an oasis in a cultural desert looks like: a cavernous canteen littered with mismatched chairs and tables under checkered cloths, a stage...