Local faces

1. Phil Ahmat, Jandamarra Cadd and Brian

Warner grabbing their copy of the Cooroy

Rag from Cooroy Harvest Fresh. 2. Congratulations to Saskia Ayres of Cooroy, winner of the XBOX at Cooroy IGA from purchasing any two Lynx products and placing her entry in the entry box. 3. Happy birthday to our editor, Alex Purcell, for last month! 4. Sorelle Christensen shopping at Blue

Brown Bag. 5. Denise from Kenilworth shopping at

Wimmers Factory Shop & Save. 6. Lauren, Gail and her grandson. 7. Angela serving Jason at Cooroy Butchery. 8. Shanna with Paul at Bold As Love Jewellery. 9. Chris in Cooroy Car Parts. 10. Happy first birthday to Lukas Law, love family and friends. 1.

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Cooroy Rag proudly gave $15,000 back to 22 successful applicants in an evening of celebration, that brought our local community together.

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1. Grant recipients with the Cooroy

Rag team Alex, Jodi and Judy and

Cooroy Rag committee members

Scott, Stephen, Lisa, John, Ashley,

Cathy and Stephen 2. Sienna and Mia 3. Cathy and Siona 4. Bob, Rosie and Matt 5. Chris, Peter, Sandy and Stephen 6. Rachel and Karen 7. Margaret, Dorelle and Terie 8. Chris, Lisa and Polly

Jody Alden (Sunny Coast Accountants) presenting Polly Back with $500 for Cooran State School.

Cooran State School

COORAN State School and Cooran State School P&C are currently seeking funding to build a new kitchen/garden project. Working in conjunction with the new school gardens being built by students, teachers, and volunteers with the direction from The Living Classroom Project.

The kitchen/garden project will complete what already is a wonderful school. Money would be spent on a 3X3 garden shed and its installation onto the school grounds, giving us a place to store all our garden equipment for years to come. We would also purchase the shed and ground materials from local family-owned business Pomona True Value.

Cooran State School received a grant of $500 to go towards a garden shed.

Chris Bell receiving $1000 for the Cooroy Chamber of Commerce from Sirah Robb (Wythes Real Estate).

Cooroy Chamber of Commerce

THE Cooroy Chamber of Commerce is a not for profit, member organisation that promotes the common interests of the business community, working across various sectors such as trade, industry and advocacy. Four years ago, the Chamber was successful in securing funding from the federal government that resulted in the installation of a 31 camera CCTV network which included three automatic number plate recognition cameras, strategically positioned around the town. The system in now out of warranty and this, combined with the rapidly advancing improvements in technology, maintaining and upgrading the system is of paramount importance to the effectiveness of this valuable asset.

Cooroy Chamber of Commerce received a grant of $1000 to go towards maintaining and upgrading the CCTV network.

Cooloola Noosa Committee

OUR wonderful educator, Niki Andrinopoulos delivers education programs within the Cooloola and Noosa Shires and travels between schools in our mobile interactive classroom. We are a not-for-profit and registered charity with children at the centre of what we do. Our committee wishes to apply for a grant to cover some of the expense associated with updating the ageing technology in our travelling classroom. In particular, we need to upgrade to a touch screen TV. By upgrading our TV, students will be able to have a much more interactive and exciting lesson where they can self direct their learning.

Cooloola Noosa Committee received a grant of $1000 to go towards a new touch screen TV.

Dave Wright receiving $1000 for Cooloola Noosa Committee from Bekki Woodcock (Galah Home).

Matthias Lochthofen (Mary Valley Pet Cremation) presenting Julie Hawkins with $500 for Cooroora Netball Club.

Cooroora Netball Club

COOROORA Netball Club is situated alongside the Pomona Cooran Cutters oval in Cooran. It comprised of approx 60 junior players, five competitive teams and one modified team in this year’s competition. It incorporates Kin Kin, Cooroy, Pomona, Cooran, Federal and Traveston. We train at Cooran every Wednesday and play competition at Noosa on Saturday mornings. Over the last two years, most sporting bodies have struggled a bit due to Covid. Any funding would be spent on equipment like rebounders, markers and balls for our players, and netball clinics for players and coaches to upscale their skills and to be able to give more to our club and community.

Cooroora Netball Club received a grant of $500 to go towards equipment and training.

Chris Humbert (Tigress Heart) presenting Donald MacLeod with $500 for Cooroora United Football Club.

Cooroora United Football Club

COOROORA United Football Club is a community-based club operating out of the Cooroy Sporting Complex, Cooroy. It provides a football experience for those aged under 6 to over 35 in a safe and friendly environment. Our aim is to appeal to the social and fun elements of playing football, together with promoting strong community leadership and engagement. We are seeking funding to assist with our end of year Junior Presentation Carnival. This fun event to acknowledge the efforts of our young players, under 6 to under 16, over the past season and involves nearly 200 children.

Cooroora United Football Club received a grant of $500 to go towards their end of year Junior Presentation Carnival.

Cooroy Horse & Pony Club

WE are having the most amazing year so far with many new memberships and some great young riders coming through. We have excellent and dedicated families involved which is really exciting. Our Cooroy grounds are quite old now and the current committee and members have the job of bringing them up to scratch to make them look fresher and most importantly, to make them safer for the horses and riders. This year we have had to replace half of the sheeting on the roof due to age and rust, plus repair and paint the outside of the building. We also need to replace a majority of our fencing and horse yards as they are rotting.

Cooroy Horse & Pony Club received a grant of $1000 to go towards fencing and yard replacements and Council fees.

Photo: Siona Howard receiving $1000 for Cooroy Horse & Pony Club from Warren Berry (Wythes Real Estate).

Friends of the Noosa Botanic Gardens

THE Friends of the Noosa Botanic Gardens is a non-profit organisation of volunteers who work with the Noosa Council to develop, enhance and promote this community space as a place of belonging for visitors and our diverse community. Our 2021 Strategic Plan and Objectives identifies the growing need for the gardens to become a valued venue for all ages and stages of life and to ensure we are inclusive of all members of our community. We seek to provide specific support for people with mobility challenges and are seeking funding for a golf buggy that would be used to facilitate inclusive practices for all members of the community who wish to enjoy the gardens and the Friends’ events.

Friends of the Noosa Botanic Gardens received a grant of $500 to go towards a golf buggy.

Margaret Rickard receiving $1000 for Cooroy Noosa Genealogical Society from Maree Millar (Cooroy Shoes).

Angela Kirkpatrick (Cooroy Butchery) presenting Terie Wakeham with $1000 for Cooroy Pomona Lions Club. Gloria Bale (THE ART HUB cooroy) presenting Helen O’Brien with $1000 for Cooroy Scouts.

Cooroy Noosa Genealogical Society

FOR 25 years, the Cooroy Noosa Genealogical & Historical Research Group has curated a collection of newspapers published by the Cooroy Rag from 1969 to 2012. Within the Heritage Centre, we also hold a collection of about 3300 original print photograophs from the publication years 1984 to 1996. To prevent deterioration, the newspapers will be housed in archival storage boxes and the photos will be scanned and stored in archival protection.We intend to create a linked database for easy access by historians, researchers and the community on the Group’s internal website.

Cooroy Noosa Genealogical Society received a grant of $1000 to go towards their volunteers carrying out this work.

Cooroy Pomona Lions Club

THE Cooroy Pomona Lions Club has a long standing history within the Noosa hinterland, having assisted many varied groups and people with financial donations. The Club recently took part in an energy efficient assessment with ECOBIZ, part of the Noosa Council’s program to reduce energy consumption. The main electricity usage item highlighted was our old fridge which we are looking to replace with a more energy efficient model. A grant would be used to purchase a new fridge in which to store drinks used for our fortnightly market BBQs and other community events such as the King of the Mountain Festival.

Cooroy Pomona Lions Club received a grant of $1000 to go towards their volunteers carrying out this work.

Cooroy Scouts

COOROY Scouts is a program that focuses on the development and wellbeing of our children in the community. Within our Cooroy group we have four sub groups that meet once a week. All of these groups are run by volunteer leaders and we also have a parent run committee. Scouting is education for life and fills the gap often left in the current school system. Activities include cooking, craft, projects, camping, life skills, physical activities, building friendships and conservation of our environment. We would dearly love to upgrade our nearly 30 year old kitchen at our Cooroy Scouts on Mary River Road, Cooroy.

Cooroy Scouts received a grant of $1000 to go towards a new kitchen.

Cooroy Tennis Club

COOROY Tennis Club has provided tennis facilities and services for the Cooroy community and nearby areas, for over 60 years. We are about to purchase and install an online booking and payment system, known as Book-a-Court. This will involve gate keypad installation, linkage to our court lighting, and connection to the online platform. Book-a-Court will significantly increase tennis participation by the community, by making access to our facilities available seven days a week, including night use, and by providing covid-safe booking and payment services. Also, this booking system will help fill the demand for more available courts, for the popular game of pickleball, which can be played on tennis courts.

Cooroy Tennis Club received a grant of $1000 to go towards their new booking system.

Photo: Dale Bergman (Noosa Christian College) presenting Dorelle Goldsworthy with $1000 for Cooroy Tennis Club.

Will Vines receiving $500 for Eumundi Dragons Rugby Club from Peter Zipf (IGA).

Eumundi Dragons Rugby Club

EUMUNDI Dragons Rugby Club is a family orientated club. The philosophy of our club is to provide a safe environment where all players, no matter their level of skills or experience, can learn and develop the skills of our wonderful game. This year we have 54 registered players and a total of over 150 members, when you include parents. Funds would be used to assist in the acquisition of a multitude of club resources including training and match balls, cones, line marking paint, repairs to our scrum machine and providing new jerseys for extra teams.

Eumundi Dragons Rugby Club received a grant of $500 to go towards resources for the club.

Lorraine McNab receiving $500 for Imbil Mary Valley Scouts from Robbo McInnes (Sunshine Mitre 10 Cooroy)

Imbil Mary Valley Scout Group

AT the moment, Imbil Mary Valley Scout Group only has seven members registered, but numbers do fluctuate. To go camping with COVID-19 in communities around, we need a larger tent to enable spacing out and still having room for their personal equipment. Gazebo sides will help to secure our kitchen and food storage area better, from both the wildlife and natural environment. Our first priority is to purchase two tents. Our second priority is for six sides for gazebos.

Imbil Mary Valley Scout Group received a grant of $500 to go towards purchasing camping equipment.

Jane Gomes receiving $500 for Eumundi District Swim Club from Siona Howard (Cooroy Landscape Supplies).

Eumundi District Swim Club

THE Eumundi District Swim Club has members from Cooroy, Cooran, Gympie, Kybong, Traveston, Eumundi and surrounds. We had a terrific year in 2020/2021 swim season even with Covid challenges, with our swimmers reaching Wide Bay, State and National level competitions. Through fundraising grants we are able to help keep the club operating. We support our members in providing a quality environment for the promotion of swimming as an enjoyable sporting pursuit. The club is committed to the growth of swimming as an essential life skill and a component of health and fitness.

Eumundi District Swim Club received a grant of $500 to go towards their club.

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