Bottle Tree Bulletin Bottle Tree Bulletin - July 2019 | Page 6

Injune
Volunteer Day
It was Volunteer Week from May 20-26 and
Injune kicked off proceedings with a morning
tea for volunteers at Henricks Park on the
Monday. One of the town’s most cherished
volunteers, Joy Denton, spoke about the
benefits of giving time to others and outlined
the numerous opportunities in Injune, from
hospital and emergency services support to
the Injune Visitor Information Centre. Helen
Wassman and Rohan Ballon from QLD Health
were on hand, encouraging Injune residents to
join the Healthy Communities Initiative and
walk 10,000 steps a day. Loretta Johnson
from QLD Ambulance then addressed the 30
attendees and publicly thanked the volunteers
who drive the Injune ambulance and
participate on the Local Ambulance
Committee, the link between the community
and the ambulance service. As Loretta said:
“We have locals giving to locals to save locals
and if we don’t have volunteers we don’t run.”
The morning concluded with a sausage sizzle
put on by QLD Ambulance.
Red keeps giving Injune IN July
A whopping $27,283 was raised at the recent
RED Day held at Bymount and the committee
have shared the proceeds with numerous
community groups. In thanks to the support
they provide on the day $500 was given to
Emerald and Charleville Remote Area Family
Services and to the Bymount P&C. Major
donations of $5000 each were given to local
ambulance committees in Injune, Mitchell,
Surat and Roma, and $5723 was gifted to
Lifeflight. Congratulations to everyone
involved in this most successful day. 1-29 Susie Klein exhibition at Injune Creek
Gallery
14 Barry Walsh Memorial - Injune Golf Club
20 Historical Car Display, Injune Men’s Shed
10am-2pm
24 Centrelink Bus in Injune
OAM for Ashley McKay
Congratulations to Injune local Ashley McKay
who was awarded a Medal of the Order of
Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours list, in recognition for his services to
campdrafting. Ashley was one the founding
president of the Australian Campdraft
Association and continues to be an active
member.
1. Valda Hafemeister and
granddaughters Tamsin and Kirsten,
who all volunteer at the Injune Visitor
Winter arrived on time on Saturday June 1 for Centre, at the Volunteer Morning Tea 2.
Damper cooks at Injune’s Biggest
Injune’s Biggest Morning Tea, which raised
Morning Tea L-R: Lynne Jones, Lib
over $2000 for the Cancer Council QLD.
McEwan and Justin MacDonnell 3.
Following on from the successful pikelet bake- Ashley McKay OAM in action in the
off in 2018 this year saw a damper cook-off in 2018 Injune Campdraft
Biggest Morning Tea
camp ovens as the experienced team of
2.
Lynne Jones and Lib McEwan faced off
across the fire with Wallaroo’s Justin
MacDonnell. There were equipment failures
(the top came off the salt shaker), there was
adverse weather (it tried to rain) and there
were dozens of food critiques, but the line to
the tasting table was long with return
tasters. Once bellies were full Fiona Vincent
addressed the crowd to talk about the
inspiring work of Injune Creek Patchworkers
who make items for cancer patients. Fiona
then conducted the eagerly anticipated
multi-draw raffle with many goods donated
by local businesses and crafts people.
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+EVERY Friday Fitness 7-8am and
8:15-9:15am.
+EVERY 2nd & 4th Sunday, 5pm Injune
Churches Together
3. Ashley McKay OAM in action in the 2018 Injune
Campdraft 4. Fiona Vincent (centre) among the
donated raffle items at Injune’s Biggest Morning
Tea (Mandy McKeesick) 5. At the Volunteer
Morning Tea were L-R: Chris Riddell, Joy Denton,
Puddy Chandler, Rohan Ballon and Helen
Wassman (photos Mandy McKeesick).
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Claiming the Date
October 12 - Injune Rodeo