CLUB'S COMMUNITY HEART CELEBRATED

Bribie Island Bowls Club's continued commitment to our local community was recognised at last month's Keno & Clubs Queensland Awards for Excellence. Clubs Queensland is the peak industry body for all registered and licensed community clubs throughout Queensland.

The Club took home the prized Heart of the Community award for their work in support of B.I.K.E.S (Bribie Island Kids Educational Support) and was named as a finalist in the Health and Wellbeing category for their annual Kokoda Challenge Charity Walk that supports past and present defence force personnel.

B.I.K.E.S. is a Bribie Island St Vincent de Paul Special Works Project and it's not only increase awareness about the support they provide to the local community but to also raise the funds needed to help keep the program operational and to help support the ever-increasing number of families in need.

The Club's Community Coordinator Kerry Muller expressed pride in the Club's commitment to providing equal access to education for at-risk youth on the island, helping develop the future generation.

“We see the kids of our community as being the future leaders,” Kerry said. “We want to see them on an equal footing with the other children who go to the schools around Bribie.” designed to help local children in need by working with all three local state schools through their chaplaincy program by providing school supplies, uniforms, footwear and laptops. Education can be a powerful tool and equipping children with knowledge and skills gives them greater access to greater opportunities.

Bribie Island Bowls Club has joined forces with B.I.K.E.S. to

Bribie Island Bowls Club General Manager Kevin Bertwistle said the B.I.K.E.S program had had a profound impact on the community.

“It’s really important that we give kids the best start in life,” Kevin said. “If we can do that through our program supporting B.I.K.E.S, we think that’s really worthwhile. We want to help all the children that we can on the island.”

The woodies love baby possums Who doesn’t just love the pretty little face of a baby (joey) possum?

Wildlife Rescue Queensland, (WRQ) is an organisation focused on rescuing and nursing back to health injured and baby wildlife of all sorts. At a recent visit they asked the Bribie Woodies if they would be able to produce a