A Big Few Weeks for Camp Kulin!
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Proudly produced by the Kulin Community Resource Centre M—F 9am-4.30pm Phone 08 9880 1021 Fax 08 9880 1061 [email protected] July 23, 2015 A big few weeks for Camp Kulin! Full story on page 5 “Youth are the leaders of today, not tomorrow. We are assets, not liabilities. We are solutions, not problems to be solved” (Sooraya Mentor, South Africa) July 23, 2015 Kulin Update is proudly produced by the Kulin Community Resource Centre Monday to Friday 9.00am—4.30pm CLOSED for lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm Phone (08) 9880 1021 Thank you! Fax (08) 9880 1061 A very big thank you to everyone who has contributed to this edition of the Kulin Update: Deadlines & editions Tanya Dupagne Jarrad West All articles & advertisements to be submitted no Gen Whisson later than the 3pm Tuesday deadline Ebonnie Griffin Wendy Gangell Hudson Bennier NEXT DEADLINE Please keep sending in your information and Tuesday 4th of August 2015 stories. We love reading them and so does our NEXT EDITION community. Thursday 6th of August 2015 www.facebook.com/kulin.crc Advertising costs Kulin Update 2014/15 Disclaimer: The CRC takes no responsibility of the Quarter Page $ 12 content of contributions and any views expressed are those of the contributor Half Page $ 20 Full page BW $ 35 Full page Colour $ 75 Members receive 25% off advertising cost. Sports Clubs and Community Groups who have a Membership receive a discount plus three free B/W advertisements per membership year. Non member not-for-profit groups will receive a 10% discount on advertising. 2 July 23, 2015 Editorial CAN YOU HELP? Kulin District High School is celebrating their 100 Year Centenary on Saturday 12th March 2016 in Kulin. We are seeking pre 1970’s photos and unique memorabilia such as art, woodwork, uniforms and journals for our history exhibit. All items considered, I would love to hear from you. All memorabilia should be tagged and identified so that it can be exhibited at the event and returned safely to you after the weekend. Sharyn McAdam, PO Box 221 Kulin WA 6365, 0429 801 055, [email protected] About this time last year we were gearing up to have body safety expert Holly-Anne Martin from Safe4Kids present her informative Protective Behaviours workshop. Holly-Anne is a fantastic speaker and everyone who attended gained some much needed insight and knowledge on how to protect their kids by teaching them to protect themselves. As a timely reminder the CRC has made up some parent packs including an "our body safety rules " poster, "I am the Boss of my body" colouring sheet, Be loud! Be proud! activity sheet and parent information posters on teaching body safety to your child. We also have "talk often, talk soon" books in stock which are free to interested parents and community members. Remember it is never to early or to late to teach Protective Behaviours and Body Safety to your child. See pages 9,10,11 for more information on body safety and protective behaviours. For more info go to http://somesecrets.info/ and http://www.safe4kids.com.au/ Over the past few years the Shire of Kulin has recognised a rise in the use of illicit drugs with specific regard to Methamphetamine (ICE) within our community and surrounding areas. The Kulin Shire Council has decided to go on the front foot and make a commitment to address this issue by providing drug awareness and education to its community with the assistance of the Fresh Start Recovery Programme (FSRP, School Drug Education & Road Aware (SDERA) and the Kulin Police. The first in a series of awareness and education events open to all concerned community members from the Central Eastern Wheatbelt and surrounds will be The Methamphetamine Drug Awareness Seminar held on Thursday August 20 2015 at the Freebairn Recreation Centre from 7pm onwards. We would be delighted to have you attend this FREE event and would appreciate your RSVP’s by Friday the 14th of August. Please RSVP your attendance to Marie Martin at the Kulin CRC on 9880 1021 or [email protected]. Happy Birthday July 8th Mikayla Young, Clinton Young 9th Gary Waters, Tadhg McInnes 23rd Jaxon Argent, Mitchell King, 10th Clifton Cook 24th Kat Carrie 11th Les Tyson, Ron Hardy 25th Anne Lewis 12th Phyllis Walton 26th Shirley Ledwith, David Lewis, Alecia Varone 13th Tim Robins, Brian Williams, Deacon Mullan 27th Kaye Tyson 14th Sharyn Cook, Glenn King, Nya Meikle 28th Sean Scadding, Ashton Scadding 15th Celia Carruthers, Bonnie Pittard 30th Charlie Poletti 17th Bob Fuller, Keiran Sullivan 31st John Wilson (Jnr) 19th Michael Bennier August 20th Helen Sullivan 1st Kim Brandis 21st Damien Brandis, Alison Lucchesi (Minnie) 2nd Elizabeth Bailey 22nd Mary Lucchesi 3rd Polly Robins 23rd Samuel Cook, Bruce Eyres 4th Katheryn Wilson, Jenny Bartlett, 24th Joshua Saunders Helen Tilbee 26th Cathy Hodgson 5th Carlee Tyson, Christin Ardagh 28th Lyla Smoker, Willow Smoker 6th Riley Noble, Edwina Lawlor 29th Kathleen Wilson 7th Kevin Bradford, Nicole Radar, 30th Mary Roads, James Wilson, Travis McAdam, Nannette Wilson Hudson Bennier, 3 July 23, 2015 Contact Annette Lewis to secure your unit Kulinda Village NOW! Affordable Pensioner Housing PO Box 125, Kulin WA 6365 Vacancies P: 08 9880 1204 F: 08 9880 1221 One two bedroom unit One single bedroom unit E: [email protected] 4 July 23, 2015 A big few weeks for Camp Kulin! Contributed by Tanya Dupagne It's been a big few weeks for Camp Kulin! We ran activities with Northcliffe DHS for their school camp during the last week of term, including Human Hungry Hippos, teambuilding, Quiz Night Tanya Style and My Kitchen Rules. During Week 1 of July school holidays we hosted 31 regional campers aged 8-12 from across WA for our Camp Kulin kids camp. Campers travelled from Kulin, Kondinin, Bremer Bay, Collie, Busselton, Bunbury, Esperance, Merriwa and other towns to take part in the week. During Week 2, we ran the first camp to ever be held for teens with Type 1 Diabetes in WA. This camp was run in Some of my favourite activities of my experience include conjunction with the Telethon Type 1 Family Centre and gaga, sproutball, ninja and the Chinese whispers pattern. I Diabetes WA, and was attended by 29 teens aged 13-17 also really enjoyed seeing the Tin Horse Highway and from right around the State. The camp was supported by a participating in the scavenger hunt. team of Camp Kulin camp counsellors and a medical team All these skills from the various challenges that I have consisting of a doctor, pharmacist, registered nurses, collected will help me in my day-to-day life, both with my dieticians and diabetes educators. type 1 diabetes, at school and in my free time. My overall We would like to thank all our volunteers and medical experience staff for their hard work over the two weeks, all the was amazing sponsors, as well as Paul, Ray and Brian for driving buses and I would for us, Mary for her amazing chocolate cake, Kulin IGA and love to do it Kulin Hardware & Rural for ensuring we never ran out of again, it was food, Jack and Ash for judging My Kitchen Rules, Joy, Sue, one of the Betty and Lisa for cleaning up after us and Perth Scorchers most amazing player Matt Dixon who spent 3 days with us during Week experiences 2. aAnd a big thank you to Sara from Kulin Kluckers for that I will the donation of 30 dozen eggs. remember for a long time" All camps received some great feedback, here is a sample Connor, 13 from one of our teens: "Thank you so much for all you have done. My Camp Kulin experience has been an amazing opportunity. Thank you so much for the chance to meet new friends, play new games and not even have to worry about my diabetes. I don't always get the chance to feel free from my diabetes, but this camp helped a lot with that. THANK YOU!!!!! On this camp I have learnt many different skills, like teamwork from human foosball, co-operation from the We have reached our target of 52 beds sponsored to Chinese whispers pattern and communication from the upgrade the Kulin Retreat! A massive thank you to all blind maze. All these, and many others, have contributed those families and businesses who supported the and improved my different and various skills. campaign, our camp counsellors and campers are 5 July 23, 2015 6 July 23, 2015 Top of Down Under 7:00 PM Saturday August 1 The Garden Guru’s – Join Trevor Cochrane and the team 10:00am and 12:00pm as they give tips on feeding your plants to get best growth, Hosted by Penny Wells introduce some new plant varieties and give tips on grow- ing veggies, amazing gardens and stunning plants Top of Down Under is a travel adventure TV series hosted by Penny Wells who encourages others to embrace the 7:30 PM outback. Her zest for everything outdoors finds her Destination WA- This lifestyle show covers anything from amongst the ancient coastlines and remote mountain travel, food, festivals, events, concerts, sporting events ranges that Australia has to offer. Penny and her company and a celebration of our unique Western Australian way of of female presenters invite you to pack up the 4x4, hook life on the camper, load the boat and let the journey begin! 8:00 PM Farming for the Future Ep 04 4WD TV In association with the University of Western Australia’s Saturday August 1 “Future Farm 2050 Program” and the Community Re- 5:30pm source Centres, Westlink presents, Farming for the Future.