August 2024
Dear friends of SpringDale and friends I have yet to meet,
Science has always excited me and in the lead up to Science week, this year, I spent many hours researching what we could do at SpringDale to inspire others to think about Science and maybe follow that inspiration.
Many of the articles in this issue has a science lilt and some ex-science teachers and others have offered to help with Science week, this year. This could be because I am raving about recently finding out that you can extract DNA from a strawberry using kitchen equipment, the alcohol we bought during COVID to keep people safe, and a pair of tweezers. I haven’t tried to do this yet but I keep talking about how amazing that is and we will do it together, during Science week. (Maybe I’ll try before?)
during science week and we will publish them on the website as they are scheduled. We will hold Science Slots at 4pm Mon 12 Aug – Fri 16 Aug – we will run simple but interesting science experiments to see or participate in in. On Wed 14 Aug at 10am we’ll host a Brain Break morning tea. This will consist of yummy morning tea, Science Trivia and a Science display.
Another offering for this month will be a session to enable people to participate and help Plan Victoria, you may like to participate on line using the link https://engage.vic.gov.au/shape-our-victoria or come to SpringDale on Wednesday 21, 10am for a session so your opinion can be recorded.
in september. rob gardner our sustainability champion has secured a guest speaker, tim forcey author of my efficient electric home handbook, to speak to us at springdale on friday 6 september 7pm. it is a free session and tim will have his books for sale.
In October we are planning to hold Repair Café sessions and I am calling for people interested in helping with this, who have a skill to share and would like to help. Please let me know if you would like to help with this or Science Week or if you would like more information or to book in for the Sustainability Talk.
Hope to see you at SpringDale soon.
Yours sincerely,
Anne Brackley OAM
Chief Enthusiasm Officer & Coordinator
SpringDale Neighbourhood Centre Inc.
