Hello Members, the latest news below.
SAMARITAN SHOP What can I do? How may I help?
Please spread the word around the community……..
** Please help to donate AND buy goods for our shop .
** HELP on Sunday Dec 14 at 8:30 am meeting / car pooling at Robert Smith's Furniture in Pambula .
Collecting at Whipstick on Mt Darragh RD . and loading straight into shop at Masonic Hall .
Will need some folks to remain at the shop AFTER the first load arrives to assist sorting and putting onto tables .
*** HELP loading the shop from 9 am on Monday Dec 15 . Meeting at the shop to start .
*** HELP around the shop once it opens up on the Wednesday Dec 17 from 9 am
*** help to enjoy the days and welcome the community . Tell your friends the shop is on again!
Note** please stay as long as you like ; No clocking on or off, but just lending a hand. Gai Jacobs has a roster to help us organise.
gayrenejacobs@y7mail.com
Please contact her to join the fun
ALSO……….
Thanks to all who have responded for support for the Ethiopian family .
We are still trying to meet the needs of this family with accommodation so please contact me if you have a place to offer or ideas .
As work is scarce at this time for these two professionals, rent asked needs to be nominal at the start . Four young children .
annmickbrosnan@gmail.com
Any further requests for these folks and we will be sure to call on the community generosity once again .
Cheers and enjoy the day
Mick Brosnan
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A group of SJA members attended the recent Rising Tide People's Blockade in Newcastle, the world's largest coal port.
It was hot, windy and noisy – but peaceful.
This highly organised event can be described as a cross between a beach party, football match and music festival. Over 8000 attended over 3 days.
Fast becoming a 'must do' event for anyone who cares about the planet, and a 'meeting of the tribes'.
Be there with us on the beach, or on the water next year! https://www.risingtide.org.au/
Rising Tide has three demands of government:
1) Immediately cancel all new fossil fuel projects.
2) Tax fossil fuel exports at 78% to fund community and industrial transition, and pay forclimate loss and damage.
3) End coal exports from Newcastle – the world's largest coal port – by 2030.
More on our social media pages – links below.
Some of the action at Horseshoe Beach Newcastle Nov 28-Dec 1 2025.
Sapphire Coast Reef Life Survey
Hi Wendy,
Just letting you know the Sapphire Coast Reef Life Survey (RLS) training workshop was successfully completed over 21-24 November and enjoyed by all involved. (photos attached)
Dive participants were Jayde Rankin, Will Marshall-Grey, Matthew Durban, Todd Sowers and Jen Thompson.
Many thanks must go to Antonia Cooper for making time available to come over from Tasmania to run the training workshop, Jayde Rankin for coordination of air fills and boat charter and local dive knowledge, and Cayne and Sham for workshop support and encouragement to all divers. While undertaking the dive survey training, we also managed to collect valuable biodiversity data at 8 different sites across Twofold Bay that will contribute to the broader RLS dataset for the Twofold-Shelf bioregion.
We are hopeful that if budget allows, we may be able to run another similar training workshop in 2026 for those divers who expressed interest but missed out on this 2025 event.
Thanks for your support Wendy and to the generous funding donation from the SJA 'Ocean Guardians' benefactor.
cheers
Nick
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You can now may make regular monthly donations via our website: https://sjasc.org.au/donation/
We are using https://www.raisely.com/ for this new feature thanks to our volunteer website manager, Ray.
What can I do? How may I help? Thankyou!
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Women's Resource Centre News (Bega)
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Regards,
Russell Jennings
Email: secretary@sjasc.org.au
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