Units 3-6 John Street TELARAH NSW 2320

Tel: 49325755 Fax: 49325800

Maitland Community Care Services

Email: Admin@mccs.org.au Website:

www.mccs.org.au

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2015

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a fabulous start to the New Year.

Thank you to all the volunteers who attended the Volunteer/Staff Christmas get together at Maitland

Park Bowling Club, from the feedback received, everyone seemed to really enjoy the casual Barefoot

Bowls event.

Most of you will be aware that we had a misfortunate incident in our Meals on Wheels room on

Friday 6th February. A faulty refrigerator thermostat resulted in a fire, which was quickly distinguished

thanks to our local fireman. We wish to thank everyone who helped on the day, due to the assistance

of many volunteers, our meals service was able to continue to operate with very little disruption. We

thank all the volunteers for their patience and understanding, who have had to contend with the

current working circumstances due to the room being unavailable.

We are in the process of organising our biggest fundraiser of the year, “OUR TRIVIA NIGHT”, details are

enclosed. We are hoping to see many staff and volunteer faces on the night. Let’s make it our biggest

and best yet. Tickets are only $10 pp or $100 for a table. It’s a great opportunity to socialise with fellow

staff and volunteers, whilst having lots of fun. We have some great raffle prizes for the tombola raffle,

as well as many other great prizes to be won on the night.

Happy reading.

Tanya Meyn

Volunteer Coordinator

From Volunteer

Coordinator

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FUNDRAISING

2014 Major Raffle

Winners 1st Prize: D Warr

2nd Prize: Craig Howe 3rd Prize: Dorothy Jones

#Unfortunately 3rd

prize has not been claimed to date.

Christmas Hamper Winners 1st: Alice

2nd: Joyce 3rd: E Kucharski 4th: Tom Grant

5th: Alice 6th: J Burgess

7th: June Poetschka 8th: Jean Wilson

9th: June Poetschka 10th: P Kurthi

11th: Jack Grant 12th: Virginia

13th: June Murrell 14th: Bert Guy 15th: Virginia 16th: Joyce

17th B Osbourne 18th: Tom Grant

19th: Val Grzegorczyk

We are seeking raffle prize donations for our Trivia

night. Do you know a business who you may be able to

ask to donate a prize. We are seeking anything from

vouchers, movie tickets, accommodation, dinners,

bottle or two for toss a coin. Thanking you in advance,

the more helping hands the more successful the night.

Friends of Maitland Community Care News

Here we go again, planning some Fundraising events for 2015. But

first, a big thank you to all those who supported our efforts last

year, we really appreciate your involvement and enthusiasm, you

were a great help to our group.

Coles Sausage Sizzles - commencing in February from 10am -

2pm , dates are as follows:

April 9th 2015 June 4th 2015

If you are interested in helping please let us know.

Maitland Taste Festival – 7-8th March. Come and visit our stall.

Trivia Night – April 17th – East Maitland Bowling Club. This is

hoping to be our biggest and best event of 2015. Come along and

help make this night a huge success. You don’t have to be a

genius, just come and enjoy yourself. Make up a table with friends

or just come and join a table. Lots of fun, games, prizes and raffles.

Tickets $10 or book a table, $100 for table of 10.

Tocal Field Days – May 1st, 2nd and 3rd. More news on this later,

but we are looking helpers on the stand and also for people to don

the Purple Cow suit and do a short wander around for the kiddies.

Fashion Parade – Saturday May 23rd… save the date. More on

this to come.

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SHOPFRONT MEALS

Been volunteering all day,

don’t feel like cooking tea.

Don’t forget we have

shopfront meals, anyone can

purchase these meals. They

are delicious, nutritious and

affordable, starting from $6.

Can be purchased from

Reception.

Maitland Community Care Service workers evacuated

Fire crews responded to a refrigerator blaze at the Maitland Community Care Services building today.

Crews from Maitland and Telarah were sent out to the premises at John Street, Telarah about 12.40pm.

According to Maitland station officer Stephen White the fire was caused by a fault in the refrigerator's

thermostat.

Maitland Community Care Service workers safely evacuated the building.

A CO2 extinguisher was used to put out the fire and the building suffered only minor damage.

Fire crews completed minor salvage work and removed the refrigerator unit.

An electrician was called to investigate the site before it was declared safe for employees to return to work

LUNCHROOM ETIQUETTE WE HAVE AGAIN HAD COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE LUNCHROOM BEING

LEFT QUITE MESSY, DISHES IN SINK AND CRUMBS ON TABLE.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS:

WASH, DRY AND PUT AWAY ANY ITEMS USED

ENSURE TABLE IS LEFT CLEAN BY WASHING DOWN WITH CLOTH

WHEN FINISHED EATING

ENSURE ALL RUBBISH IS PLACED IN THE BINS PROVIDED

What’s happening around John Street.

AUTUMN 2015 FUNNIES

What happens to a frog's

car when it breaks down?

- gets toad away

A husband, who is not the most outgoing guy, relents to his wife's months of nagging to take her out dancing.

During the evening one guy on the dance floor is giving it large - break dancing, moon walking, back flips, the

works.

Seeing this performance, the wife turns to her husband and says, "See that guy? Twenty-five years ago he

proposed to me and I turned him down."

Her husband replies, "Looks like he's still celebrating!!!"

Sam walks into his boss’s office. “Sir, I’ll be straight with you, I know the economy isn’t great, but I have

over three companies after me, and I would like to respectfully ask for a raise.” After a few minutes

of haggling the boss finally agrees to a 5% raise, and Sam happily gets up to leave.

“By the way”, asks the boss as Sam is getting up, “which three companies are after you?” “The electric

company, water company, and phone company”, Sam replied.

I have CDO. It’s like OCD, but the letters

are in alphabetical order,

LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

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2015

A VERY BIG WELCOME TO

OUR NEW VOLUNTEERS

We hope you are enjoying your

volunteering experience with us, as

we are enjoying having you apart of

our team.

Gwen D

Maria S

Marea S

John M

Jenny B

Too many people spend the money they

have earned, to buy too many things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t

like!!!!

Check us out at: www.mccs.org.au Current Newsletter Social Calendar Up-to-date information

ALL STAFF ARE HAPPY TO TASTE TEST THE RESULTS OF THIS

YUMMY RECIPE ANY TIME YOU WOULD LIKE

Base Topping 150g butter, softened 3 Eggs ¾ cup (175g) caster sugar ½ cup shredded coconut Icing sugar, to dust ½ cup caster sugar 1 Egg ¾ cup thickened cream ¾ cup self raising flour 2 teaspoon vanilla essence

10 ripe apricots, halved stone removed.

METHOD 1. Preheat oven to 180c. Line a 20cm x 30cm slab with

non-stick baking paper. 2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar

until pale and creamy. Beat in the egg. Fold in the flours. Press into the pan and bake for 10 minutes. Set aside.

3. For the topping, use a balloon whisk to whisk the eggs, sugar, coconut, cream and vanilla together.

4. Pour over the base. Arrange the apricot halves cut side down, in rows on the top. Bake for 25-30 min.

5. Dust with icing sugar and serve with cream.

Our very own Katrina wed the love of her

life in November 2014. And as you can see

she made a stunning bride, as we never

doubted. The newlyweds have recently

returned to domestic bliss after

honeymooning in Fiji

.Congratulations Mr and Mrs Nix!!

Apricot and coconut

dessert slice

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Special Acknowledgements

SPRING

2014

Just for Fun

STAFF PROFILE

MARK KILMARTIN

Position: Support Worker – Meals on Wheels

Best thing about working at MCCS: The people. Staff, volunteers and clients.

Favourite TV show or Movie?

Jaws

Top 3 things on your bucket list? Health, Happiness and Travel.

Something we don’t know about you?

My shoe size.

Five people you would invite to dinner, dead or alive?

Buddha, Jesus, Gandhi, David Attenborough and Billy Connelly.

Favourite holiday destination and why?

Scottish Highlands, magical.

OTHER

ALWAYS CONTACT THE OFFICE IMMEDIATLY IF A CLIENT IS A “NO SHOW” AT THE DOOR AND ALSO IF THE DESTINATION THEY ARE DROPPING CLIENT IS DIFFERENT TO THE RUN SHEET.

COULD ALL DRIVERS PARK VEHICLES 004 AND 005 IN WASHBAY ON THE LUNCHROOM SIDE ONLY.

PLEASE DO NOT “BEEP HORN”AT A CLIENTS HOME, A KNOCK ON THE DOOR IS PREFERABLE.

Thankyou

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2015 TRANSPORT NEWS

REMINDER:

Please be aware that we pride and advise our clients the offer of the

following with our transport service:

Arm assistance

Assistance to and from the door

Assistance with bags, groceries to the home

Opening and closing car doors

We understand not all clients will accept this assistance, but please

always ask and offer this service at all times.

2013 VE Holden Commodore OMEGA Sports wagon with 64,800klm for $18,950

2012 Mazda 2 Neo

35,615 klm for $12,500

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Photo Gallery

FRIDAY FUN CENTRE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Another great Christmas party was held for our Friday Fun centre clients and they

Clients were fortunate to have Elvis entertain them on the day. As you can see

from the photos it was also a very fun day and again thank you Santa for another

visit.

CLIENT CHRISTMAS PARTY A client Christmas party was held at Banks Street Hall and was thoroughly

enjoyed by all who attended. Thanks to Susan Cox who entertained the clients with carol singing. Also a big thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this

day very special for our clients, including a special visit from Santa.

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2015 Puzzle Page

AUTUMN 2015

Australia Day Nominations

Congratulations to four of our volunteers who were nominated as Maitland 2014

Citizens of the Year awards. Our worthy nominees were Dorothy Button, Rex

Woolbank, Jean Wilson and Gail Canning.

Volunteer week Appreciation Dinner

THURSDAY, 14TH MAY

MAITLAND PARK BOWLING CLUB

6PM FOR 6.30 DINNER

Partners welcome at a cost of $20 includes 2 course

alternate dinner incl tea/coffee

RSVP: Tanya - 17.4.2015

Community News

AUTUMN 2015

Café Connect is especially for people living with dementia, their partners or carers. When: Third Tuesday of each month (17th March, 21st April, 19th May, 16th June, 21st July, 18th August, 15th Sep, 20th Oct, 17th Nov and 15th Dec 2015) Time: 10am to 11:30am Venue: Birdy’s 169 Maitland Rd Tighes Hill Café Connect is supported by Alzheimer’s Australia NSW.

Bookings are essential. Call Stuart on T: (02) 4962 7000

Café Connect is a chance to come together to share information and ideas over a cuppa and cake.

-Helping all Australians stay active for life. Heartmoves is a gentle physical activity program suitable for anyone who hasn’t done any exercise for a while. You can exercise at your own pace in a friendly atmosphere. Heartmoves is located at : 66 King St, East Maitland Ph: Michelle Davies 49338522 We have a few vouchers for 1 free Heartmoves class. Please contact Tanya if you would like one.

Harmony Day

27th March 2015 at 5pm

WHERE: Open courtyard next to the Cessnock Performing Arts Centre and Pedens Hotel, Cessnock

This is a great community event that brings the

community together and entertains them with

performers from different cultures. We have

Bollywood dancers, indigenous performance,

swag full of instruments, country and western

singer, bag pipes and more. Also food and coffee

vans, BBQ and mini stalls. There will be children’s

craft and a balloon man.