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Tag Archives: volunteers
New chapter for Mountain Gate Op Shop
Foothills Community Care has taken over the Mountain Gate Community Op Shop, with a Grand Opening to take place on 13th August. Continue reading
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Revegetation along Ferntree Gully bike track
Members of Knox Environmental Society have planted hundreds of indigenous plants along the bike track. Continue reading
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Knox Volunteer Resource Centre co-ordinator runner up in State Awards
Volunteer for Knox co-ordinator Sally Dusting-Laird was announced as the runner up in the Volunteering Victoria Awards. Continue reading
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Community says thank you to Gully News volunteers
The annual Thank You reception to Gully News volunteers was held at Ferntree Gully Bowling Club on Wednesday 18 May. Continue reading
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Volunteering Expo 2021
The Volunteering Expo 2021 showcased a variety of volunteer-led organisations, all offering wonderful opportunities to volunteer within our community. Continue reading
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Seeking pre-loved books for school children
Children’s book charity 123Read2Me is seeking donations of ‘gently-loved’ books for disadvantaged children. Continue reading
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Help the Cat Corner
Unfortunately The Cat Corner has been hard hit by Covid 19 and is currently in financial crisis. You can help the Corner continue their life-saving work. Continue reading
Volunteers wanted
The Ferntree Gully News team is looking for a volunteer or two with computer skills and/or knowledge of designing for print, to help with editing advertisement files, keeping records, and responding to the increasing volume of community engagement. This is … Continue reading
Honouring Ferntree Gully Cemetery volunteers
From its earliest days Ferntree Gully has benefited from the long-standing service of committed volunteers. The Australia Day Awards honour these contributions every year. Late last year a special volunteer contribution was recognised by Knox City Council. This was the … Continue reading
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Want to help with the Gully News?
Ferntree Gully News is looking for an assistant to work with the editor in preparing material for the formatter. Needs writing, editing and computer skills. Work from home in the ten days before press date. The paper is produced six … Continue reading