Youth Theatre & BEDS
02 September 2010
Bendigo Youth Theatre
Alison and I attended the performance of the Bendigo Youth Theatre being Disney's production of Beauty and the Beast at the Crook Street Community Hall recently. We were extremely impressed by the Nexus Community Theatre group, the standard of the performance was truly amazing. I would like to congratulate all the participants and to Julie Lovell the Director for the production. It is a pity more people don’t attend these events and all of the students were outstanding!
BEDS (Bendigo Executive and Directors Sleep Out) Event
Last Wednesday was a great day for Bendigo because instead of having the usual Mayoral Charity Ball we had a different sort of ball. This time out on the cold lawns of the park opposite the Municipal Offices. Why? Because we wanted to draw attention to the plight of homeless and disadvantage folk in this City. How? Well, with the cooperation of St Luke's Anglicare and Strategm working with the City of Greater Bendigo staff we had a sleep out were approximately 130 people many of whom were business Executives and Directors donated for the privilege of a night sleeping out on the lawns. It is pleasing to note that students from Bendigo Senior Secondary College and Catholic College worked hard to raise funds to enable them to participate in the sleep out. Whilst this was perhaps only symbolic of the hardships faced by people who have to sleep rough through no real fault of their own, it did give some idea of hardships of sub-zero temperature sleeping out. Three young people who had experienced homelessness and who had benefited from the excellent work of St Luke's addressed the participants and gave strong incites into the difficulty associated with homelessness and some of the contributing factors. More importantly, it drew focused attention on the issue and provided much needed funds to help St Luke's deal with the problem. Approximately $60,000 was raised towards helping people who find themselves such awkward circumstances.
Cr Rod Campbell
Mayor
*PHOTO used for feature image by BILL CONROY 2009
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