On August 7th the Merrilands Italian Seniors Club held their Annual General Meeting. 321 members attended the meeting which combined the business of governance with the enjoyment of a social outing. We look forward to another great year for the …
Last week we visited our wonderful friends at Little Sisters of the Poor / St Joseph’s Home to deliver a ‘pop-up’ iPad class to a small group of residents. In many cases, the older people we reach through these ‘pop-ups’ …
It’s official: Our PRACE Community Mural is a show (and traffic) stopper! Now, this awe-inspiring project is two weeks further down the track and the silhouettes are gradually transforming into recognisable figures. The spirit of our community is emerging for …
Earlier this year we were fortunate to receive support from the Cancer Council Victoria and BreastScreen Victoria to develop educational materials aimed at raising awareness about breast and bowel cancer screening services. With this funding we were able to create …
We are moving steadily into week 3 of the installation of our PRACE Community Mural. Even in its early stages, there’s no doubt that this mural will be an impressive piece of public art and a great new addition to …
This afternoon we were very fortunate to meet some wonderful new friends at our third technology ‘pop-up’ session at East Preston Community Centre. While enjoying a leisurely lunch, we explored some great learning activities on the Be Connected website and then …
Yesterday, the students at PRACE College had a special visitor, Sam Johnson from Love Your Sister Foundation. Sam will be working with the students throughout the year as they raise money for the charity in the fight against Cancer.
This morning we held our Term 2 Morning Tea and the theme was WINTER and how to keep warm in it. Students learned fun facts about life in the winter season, eg. what is hibernation? and where can you see …
On Monday, June 4th we celebrated the final day of our 7-week Technology for Seniors course with our wonderful friends from Darebin U3A. This group really gave it their all and made a terrific amount of progress over a short …