The Buderim Foundation will be holding their seventh annual Good News Night on the 19th September to announce successful applicants for the 2014 community grants.
Every year the program gives grants to community organisations that assist the Buderim community. This year the Foundation will distribute a record amount of just under $50,000 ($49,543) to a variety of community organisations, more than it gave in its first three years of grant giving.
Queensland Environment Minister, Andrew Powell will go head-to-head with Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson in the ultimate decider at the Real Food Festival cook-off on Saturday, 13th September.
‘The Mayor & The Minister’ cook-off will start at 11.30am in the Kunara Real Food Kitchen and will be facilitated by Free Ranging Chef, Peter Wolfe. Minister Powell secured the win last year while in 2012 Mayor Mark Jamieson took out the title.
Festival Director, Julie Shelton said the cook-off would see the culinary skills of both men put to the test.
The Sunshine Coast Real Food Festival is excited to announce that Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis will be joining in the fun at the festival on the 13th and 14th of September in Maleny.
Costa, a gardening enthusiast who is passionate about sourcing local ingredients to use in cooking, will be sharing the limelight with students from Montville and Conondale State Schools who are involved in Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden program.
Local businesses are being urged to get involved with Bloomhill Cancer Help’s 12th annual Race Day to be held on Sunday, 21st September at Corbould Park.
The annual major fundraising event for Bloomhill Cancer Help is set to be filled with fun, fashion, auctions, raffles, prizes and the excitement of watching the horse races live, is in need of sponsorship.
SUNREEF Mooloolaba are excited to be sharing their love of humpback whales by giving visitors the opportunity to swim with these magnificent creatures.
But Sunreef’s Swim with Whales encounters – an Australian 1st – are not just about giving people the opportunity to see the giants of the sea from a new perspective.
Quality Lifestyle Alliance (QLA) will celebrate Disability Action Week with Super Spring Saturday on Saturday 20th September.
Super Spring Saturday is set to be a carnival style event that will deliver an action packed day full of fun and activities for the whole family.
The 2014 Real Food Festival organisers will start the month countdown to the big event over an exclusive long table lunch for Festival stakeholders at Spicers Clovelly Estate.
Sustainable Partnerships Australia (SPA) is teaming up with Sunshine Coast filmmakers for a debut charity screening of independent feature film on Wednesday 27 August.
Local filmmakers Terrance Young and Ashlee Jensen are launching their film, 500 Miles, to Sunshine Coast residents and are generously donating 60% of proceeds from ticket sales to Sustainable Partnerships Australia’s Young Women Initiative.
Sustainable Partnership Australia (SPA) will host the Homegrown Music Festival at Kings Beach this Saturday 19th July.
Homegrown is an alternative music festival designed to give local musicians a platform to perform and express themselves to a local audience. The event has been made possible through online crowd funding.
Quality Lifestyle Alliance (QLA) will celebrate the graduation of eight staff with a Certificate IV in Disabilities at a special lunch at Yabbi’s Restaurant, Cotton Tree on Thursday 17th July.
QLA, a Sunshine Coast charity providing in-home support for people with disabilities for over two decades, is proud to acknowledge the achievement of the graduates who have been juggling work and study over the past twelve months.
