Brainfood Conference 2013

Jenny, Julie, Anne, Joh and I attended the Brainfood Conference last week. There were a smaller number of participants than usual and it made for a more intimate group and many stories were shared. We heard about the hardships faced by other communities as 'times are tough' everywhere. We had the opportunity to give feedback to the ACFE board about what would help.

Julie and Joh shared with a workshop the things we do at the Traralgon Neighbourhood House to keep our people coming back. We let them know how we only start a course if someone requests to either learn something or teach something and that way we know at least someone is interested;-).

This is the clip they made to show the kinds of things we do to stay interesting to our community:

 

Some of you are in it:). I know I feature in it. I loved the time out and put on quite an entertaining show at the dinner. Have a look at our facebook page photos to see some of the things I got up to!

Jenny and Joh shared a story about how we have drawn on our community support to overcome problems this last 12 months and they won a sewing machine from the lovely man from Toyota - which came just in time for the Red Cross ladies to use on Saturday morning! Don't you love it when that happens.

We really appreciated the enthusiasm and support from our friends in community education. Our crowd funding project received a donation from Springvale Neighbourhood House. At the end of the conference the Brainfood people also made a donation towards our project.

If you haven't had a chance to put your pledge in, click here now - http://www.pozible.com/vrihall only 13 days to go!

PS: Our Committee of Management will henceforth be known as a Board of Governance!

Introduction to Astrology

Julie, who sits next to me in the office did this course last year and she raved about all the insights she got. Ask her about it.  "It's spooky how accurate it is.", was a common response to the course.

There is a lot to learn about astrology, but our tutor Angelika has been studying astrology for a long time. She will cover all the basics about astrological signs, planet, houses and charts.

If you've always wondered what it is all about, let Julie know you'd like to be in the Term 2 class.

What is Zentangles?

We have a new class starting next term called Zentangles.

Zentangles are a drawing, doodling new form of art.

I found this example on Flicker:

Check out this beautiful pinterest board of Zentangles. There is also a blog about Zentangles.

If you would like to learn how to do Zentangles, call Julie to reserve your place in next term's class.
03 5174 6199

I'll leave you with a clip from You Tube: