Guides provide a home for Makuta
After weeks of basing itself in one of the founders’ homes, Makuta, the fundraising initiative to raise money to support the mental health of local youth, now has a headquarters […]
Category Archives: Fundraising
Growing number of ways to get involved
A meeting at Gerringong Town Hall, organised by Gezza Cares (see below), brought together individuals and representatives from various organisations across the region to talk about collaborating together to help […]
Community rallies to show their support
In the aftermath of recent suicides, Headspace, the national youth mental health initiative, will be giving youth from the Kiama region dealing with their distress priority access to a counselor. […]
Treatment hopes for spinal cord injury
The plight of people suffering from spinal cord injuries became personal for Kiama Lions Club in 2018 when one of their members had a fall which made him a quadriplegic. […]
Red Shield Appeal goes digital in 2020
For the past 20 years, Graeme Packer has been coordinating the Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal in the Kiama zone, organising the legions of door knock volunteers with military precision. […]
Vale Ken Methold
When Ken Methold settled in Kiama, nothing would be the same. Ken was a script writer, TV and movie producer, novelist, playwright, internationally acclaimed creator of over 100 ESL books […]
ANZAC Day in a time of isolation
Locals are being encouraged to get behind the RSL’s campaign to Light Up the Dawn this ANZAC Day, while practising isolation. “We normally get thousands of people to the Dawn […]
A bottler of a fundraiser
With ANZAC Day services across the nation canceled for this year, the Kiama-Jamberoo Sub-Branch of the RSL is banking on a novel collaboration with the Kiama Men’s Shed to help […]
Open Day for cottage
Gerringong & District Historical Society is delighted the owners of the Station Master’s Cottage, Carol and Jack Flanagan, have offered to hold an Open Day. The cottage is typical of […]
Frock shopping for a cause
Funds to help the fire affected have been, and continue to be, raised in many and varied ways, as a number of our stories inside show. One event, a pop-up […]
