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If so, celebrates old age then come along to any of the free computer workshops Opening on Friday, 7 July at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in being offered at Hawkesbury Windsor is an exhibition exploring ideas, experiences and creative Central Library during August. responses to notions of ageing in our society and communities. It comprises two parts: an in-house exhibition, Time Leaves its Mark, You will be introduced to the use of tablets, shopping online safely featuring the work Jo Ernsten, Pablo Grover, Leahlani Johnson, and, sharing photos and other attachments online. Nicole Toms and David White (with a commissioned series of • Introduction to using your tablet, Friday, 11 August 1pm to 3pm, portraits of senior Hawkesbury artists), as well as a display of BYO device essential photographs titled The Art of Ageing toured by the NSW Government • Introduction to online shopping, Friday, 18 August 1pm to 3pm, Department of Family and Community Services. Basic computer skills required One way or another, all the artists challenge the dominant, often • Introduction to sharing photos and other attachments online, negative, perceptions of ageing, capturing the joys, pains, fears Friday, 25 August 1pm to 3pm, An email address and Facebook and thrills of the ageing process. Along way, we ask: why is western account is essential society so obsessed with youth? And why does the human body Participants must be Library members and bookings are essential, degrade so much while the brain often stays relatively young? please call 4560 4460 to secure a spot. The exhibition continues until Thursday, 27 August at the All sessions will be held at Hawkesbury Central Library, 300 George Deerubbin Centre (level one) 300 George Street Windsor. Street, Windsor. Getting the most from Ancestry Tech Savvy Seniors is an initiative of the NSW Ageing Strategy and is funded through a partnership between the NSW Government and online Telstra, and with the assistance and participation of the Hawkesbury Are you Library Service. interested in searching Free Tax Help 2017 @ for your Your Library ancestors online? Learn how to get the most from Ancestry at a free session provided by Hawkesbury Library Service. In recent years, it has become much easier to research Hawkesbury Library Service, in association with the Australian family Taxation Office (ATO), will be providing Tax Help every Thursday history from 27 July until 26 October 2017. due to the increasing amount of material now available online. Ancestry is one Tax Help is a network of community volunteers who provide a free of the most popular online databases for family history researchers and confidential service to help people complete their tax returns and provides instant access to a wide range of unique resources online using myTax. including census records, convict information and electoral rolls for Volunteers are fully trained, accredited and supported by the ATO. many countries including Australia and the British Isles. Find out These volunteers are people from within the community who give what material is available, how to access the Library’s subscription up their time each year. They are not Australian Taxation Office staff, for free as well as hints for searching. but do receive training and support from the ATO. The free two hour session will be held on Thursday, 27 July at Tax Help is suitable for people earning $60,000 or less a year with Hawkesbury Central Library, 300 George Street, Windsor starting at fairly straightforward tax affairs. To see if you are eligible visit the 6:30pm. To book in go to http://hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or website https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Lodging-your- tax- call 4560 4460. return/Tax- Help- program 2 • Hills to Hawkesbury Living • July 7, 2017 Community News in the local community. If your organisation needs some extra New panel display explores role funding for the building, refurbishment or enhancement of facilities, of Royal Australian Navy in WWI then I encourage you to take the time to carefully prepare your application. The Community Building Partnership program has awarded funding to more than 10,000 valuable community projects since it commenced in 2009. Applications for funding will opened on Monday 26 June and close on Wednesday 9 August. Before applying, applicants must read the program guidelines to check that both their organisation and proposed project are eligible. For more information, visit: www.communitybuildingpartnership. nsw.gov.au #ChalkItUp for kids this White Balloon Day BRAVEHEARTS’ annual White Balloon Day will celebrate 21 years Over one hundred years ago, on 14 September 1914, Australia’s first on September 8 with registrations pouring in from all over the submarine AE1 disappeared while patrolling the seas near present country to help protect Aussie kids from sexual assault. day New Guinea. No trace of the vessel or the 35 crew has ever been Founder and Executive Chair of Bravehearts Hetty Johnston AM, is found. calling on individuals, schools, organisations and businesses to chalk This story is now being told in War at Sea – the Navy in WWI, an it up for Bravehearts’ signature awareness campaign by registering eight panel exhibition at Hawkesbury Central Library, Windsor today at www.whiteballoonday.com.au and on tour from the Australian National Maritime Museum, from White Balloon Day is very close to the heart of communities right Tuesday, 8 August to Friday, 29 September, during opening hours. around the country and is the longest-running child protection This panel exhibition draws on the personal accounts of Navy campaign dedicated to the prevention of child sexual assault. service staff through their diaries, mementoes, ship’s logs and letters Bravehearts has come so far over the last two decades and has been home, to tell their incredible stories of bravery and sacrifice amidst instrumental in breaking the silence on this crime, but we have a the drudgery of life at sea, patrolling, blockading and escorting long way to go, and on September 8 our quest continues as we strive troopships. to create a safer Australia for our children. The free exhibition will be held at Hawkesbury Central Library, 300 This year’s campaign will feature innovative and fun activities for George Street, Windsor. all ages including the Bravehearts National Chalk Art Project and a virtual balloon race. 2017 Community building The Chalk Art Project will see schools and budding artists of all partnership program now open ages ‘ChalkItUp’ for Aussie kids by creating a chalk mural or drawing of their own design and sharing images of their work on social media using the hashtag #ChalkItUp. Each piece of art must include a white balloon as a symbol of hope, with the most creative pieces receiving prizes for their efforts. Money raised throughout the White Balloon Day campaign goes towards these education initiatives as well as Bravehearts’ suite of training programs and specialist support for kids and their families who have been affected by the crime of child sexual assault. Further information about White Balloon Day and how you can get involved in this year’s campaign is available via the official White Dominic with Community Building Partnership Recipients – Country Balloon Day website at WhiteBalloonDay.com.au. Women’s Association Richmond Branch – Celebrating the completion of their new kitchen facilities Member for Hawkesbury, Dominic Perrottet encourages local councils and not-for-profit groups to apply for funding requests through the 2017 Community Building Partnership (CBP) program. CBP grants are available annually for community infrastructure projects that deliver positive social, environmental and recreational outcomes. Through the program, the NSW Government ensures funding is available to support organisations that think first-and- foremost about the needs of locals. Local sports clubs, charities and men’s sheds are just some of the groups that benefit from this program. The grants can pay for much- needed improvements to local facilities that promote participation Hills to Hawkesbury Living • July 7, 2017 • 3 Community News Aussie interns earn and learn JOIN THE HILLS Ben Groves-Geerdink and Christian Bosen, part of the Aussie intern ROTARACT CLUB! program at Castle Hill headquarters. Innovative local pump manufacturer, Australian Pump Industries, has reported a big success with their 2017 intern programme. The company, who canvasses for the “best and brightest”, is a local success story with shipments of products all HELP. over the globe including the USA, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. The opportunities for good people at Aussie are limitless! Recent recruits include Ben Groves-Geerdink. Ben was doing a LEARN. Bachelor of Arts Media, majoring in film, telecommunications and journalism. Ben is making rapid progress and plans on using his skills as part ENJOY. of the Aussie Marketing programme “This company does amazing things and there’s a great story there that needs to be told” he said. The company is looking for interns that may have an engineering or mechanical bent or, some affinity to the arts. Other recent Rotaract is a global organisation interns are economic students or are in one case a highly skilled graphic artist.

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