2015 Highfields Big Cuppa, Thursday May 21st
Let’s get together for a cancer-free future at the Highfields Pioneer Village! For just $5 you can enjoy a lovely cup of billy tea and damper in the scenic surrounds of the Village complex.
With your help, we can make this year’s event the biggest yet!
Please join us at Highfields Pioneer Village from 10.30am for the 2015 Highfields Big Cuppa. Your donation will help fund Cancer Council’s research, prevention and support services. So raise your cup and together let’s do all we can to beat cancer.
Submitted by:
Jody Dodds,
Treasurer,
Highfields Pioneer Village
Ph 07 4696 6309
2015 Downlands College Open Day
Choosing the right school to fit your son or daughter is an important decision for your family.  At Downlands, the average class size ranges from 22 students per class in Years 7-10, down to 15 students per class in Years 11 and 12. Find how your family would fit in the Downlands College family at our action-packed annual Open Day on Sunday 17th May.
Meet current students and teachers and go on personalised tours of the buildings, the grounds and Downlands Rural Centre, a fully functioning farm. A sausage sizzle will also be operating at lunchtime.
Downlands is a Catholic school, owned and conducted by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. We are an independent school, not run by the Catholic Education Office; however, we do work closely with our local colleagues and support the Catholic primary schools throughout the diocese. At Downlands, 58% of our students are Catholic, with another 25% from Christian denominations.
Downlands has over 530 day students, mainly from Toowoomba and Highfields, with families travelling from Pittsworth, Oakey, Millmerran, the Lockyer Valley, Dalby, Clifton, Southbrook, Allora, Greenmount, Nobby, Cambooya, Geham, Crows Nest, Goombungee and Withcott. We also have over 200 boarders with many from rural properties throughout Queensland, northern NSW and NT. Boarding students also come from Papua New Guinea and Asia as well as from city areas such as Brisbane and Sydney.
Downlands is “the school of choice” offering a greater choice of subjects than any other school on the Darling Downs  (Subject Choices).
Submitted by
Anna Bartlett
Marketing and Development Manager
Downlands College
72 Ruthven Street / PO Box 250, Toowoomba 4350
Tel 07 4690 9500   Fax 07 4690 9610
Website: http://www.downlands.qld.edu.au/
Free Public Performance Of Twelve2twentyfive
Twelve2twentyfive is a verbatim performance piece that focuses on regional young people experiencing mental health issues. With the assistance of regional mental health providers, six regional young people were interviewed to collect verbatim data, which was then translated into the work twelve2twentyfive.
I saw the play the other night and found it to be a very provocative piece. There’s a FREE public performance this Sunday at the Toowoomba Flexi-school and I would encourage anyone who is interested in the mental health and wellbeing of our youth to take the time to get out to the Flexi-school in Chalk Drive, Toowoomba to view this amazing piece of theatre.
Submitted by:
Maree Keating Assoc MAPS
Positive Futures Psychology Services
Suite 4 Friendly Society Building Suites
8 Mylne St
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Email:  maree@positivefutures.com.au
The 2015 Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal
The theme of this year’s campaign is “You can give hope where it’s needed most.†Hope means many things. Hope comes from the support of our emergency services team who pull together with the community in times of natural crisis, like bushfires or floods.
Hope comes from providing shelter to women who have experienced domestic violence. Hope comes from the practical and emotional support we give to our farming families so they have the courage to stay on the land and get back on their feet.
Donations from the Australian public help us to keep hope alive for more than one million people each year. On the weekend of 30-31 May 2015, we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of our national fundraising Doorknock.
This year’s goal is to raise $74 million so we can continue our work. Each week we provide 100,000 meals for the hungry, 2,000 beds for the homeless, 5,000 food vouchers as well as counselling and addiction services.
Thank you for your assistance with our Red Shield Appeal fundraising campaign to help Australians in need.
Yours sincerely,
Major Bruce Harmer
Territorial Communications & Public Relations Secretary
Salvation Army
Toowoomba Hospital Goods Auction
The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation is set to conduct another major auction at Toowoomba Hospital this Saturday 2nd May 2015.
Close to 200 lots are on offer, with a Phototherapy/Heating Unit, two dental chairs, Ride-on-mower, cupboards, filing drawers, bedside lockers, stainless steel sinks, fridges and benches plus many more items all to go under the hammer.
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation CEO, Peter Rookas, said this auction, like many before, would be another chock full of interesting items. “As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.“ All funds raised from the auction will be used by the Foundation to purchase much needed equipment for the hospital, which will in turn benefit the community of Toowoomba and Darling Downs.
Inspection of the auction items commences at 8.00am with the auction timed to start at 9.00am. Entrance to the auction site is via the Toowoomba Hospital main entrance in Pechey Street and then follow the signs.
Submitted by:
Peter Rookas
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation
Ph 4616 6166
Time For A Cleanup At Your Place?
Teen Challenge Qld are dedicated to seeing young people free from addiction and are seeking donations of household items for their “The Great Big Garage Sale†in Toowoomba on Saturday May 23rd.
But we need your help and your stuff!!
That’s right †old toys, clothes, books, furniture, (working) electrical goods, art, manchester †if you have it, we want it!
If you have anything that is in good condition and can be resold, Teen Challenge would love your donation to help make †The Great BIG Garage Sale†a reality.
To find out how to donate, visit www.teenchallenge.org.au
Submitted by
Lauren Tunney
Media, Communications & Marketing OfficerÂÂ
Email: lauren.tunney@teenchallengeqld.org.au
Free High Impact Theatre Performance Coming To Empire Theatre
‘Love Drunk’ a highly entertaining theatre performance that puts sexual assault and binge drinking in the spotlight is coming to Toowoomba.
This performance is brought to the community by Phunktional Limited to entertain and open discussions with young people, their parents and the wider community about issues of binge drinking, sexual assault and racial tension.
When:  Thursday, 30th of April – 6:00pm †8:00pm.
- Where: Empire Theatre – 56 Neil Street, Toowoomba
- Free refreshments, light supper and entertainment will be provided.
Gerard Veltre (Artistic Director of Phunktional): “The show is a lot of fun, we are performing in schools during the day and decided it would be great to be able to also do a special night time show for parents and the wider community. Whenever we have done this in other parts of Australia the adult audiences have always loved the show and found it really entertainingâ€Â
Love Drunk Report courtesy of WIN News
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Following the performance, a special panel that includes local teachers, health and legal professionals and the artists will answer community member’s questions about the issues raised in the production; thus helping to bridging the gap between the youth and available services.
The Toowoomba tour is a collaboration between Phunktional Ltd, The John Villiers Trust, The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation, Darling Downs Crime Prevention Unit, Head Space, Toowoomba Youth Service and the Empire Theatre.
For more information on the performance go to: http://www.phunktional.org.au/love-drunk/
The Toowoomba Hospital Foundation is totally behind this initiative that will help and challenge the young people of our community.
Submitted by:
Peter Rookas,
CEO,
Toowoomba Hospital Foundation