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Welcome to the Pre-Mothers Day Market Sunday 19th April 2009 The Country Womens Association, Stanwell Park Branch will be holding our Annual Pre-Mother's Day Market on Sunday 19.4.09 at our Hall, 15 The Drive, Stanwell Park. Most of our usual Stallholders will be there; Local Honey; Apples; Margies lovely knitwear; an interesting 2nd hand stall. An added attraction this year is a large quantity of women's dresses and blouses which have been donated to us, they are mostly sizes 12 to 16 and many of them have never been worn, as we do not have space to store them they will be going at bargain prices, so come along and buy your Mum a treat, have snacks, hot dogs, pies, or morning or afternoon tea of scones, jam and cream and enjoy the day at our happy village Market. ............... Stanwell Park CWA CWA in Stanwell Park have just celebrated their 60th birthday, 60 years of serving the community as well as raising funds for the selected causes of the parent body. Our first aim was to establish a Baby Health Centre. Back in l947 many young people did not have one car, let alone two, so it was a difficult situation for Mothers of babies with any problems to get to clinic at Coledale, they had to get a bus early and there was no bus back until after midday. This aim was achieved in l956, when the Branch paid rent, first for the back room of the Church of England which was very dilapidated and then when the Catholic Hall was built we moved over the road, where we stayed until 1964when we achieved our goal and were very proud to open our new premises on land leased from the Department of Lands, and where we are today. From 1956 to 200 the Government had only to provide the Sister to man the clinic, CWA cleaned, paid electricity, maintained the rooms and surrounds, so we were very upset when the Health commission decided to close the clinic. Over the years we have made the Hall available to countless local events, classes etc, while keeping the costs minimal. At one stage we had 29 hours of TAFE classes a week, where many people learnt pattern making, dressmaking, stretch sewing, homecrafts and art, until TAFE cut back on these outreach courses. Through our parent body we have an ear to Government, and have achieved many things through our State conference. We are affiliated with the Associated Country Women of the World whose headquarters are in London. Women from third world countries approach this body for help and it is given straight to the women who need it, sometimes a small amount can make a huge difference in their lives, our aid does not go through any government or other organisation. All funds raised for a particular cause by CWA go to that cause, our annual subscriptions go straight to Head Office for administration, together with donations from the Branches to help run particular things. This year our Head Office is administrating large sums of money for the government for drought relief, they were asked to do this because of the knowledge bank of people all over this State. ............... Aims (Excerpt from ‘Constitution of the Country Women’s Association of New South Wales Regulations and Rules’ May 2004) |
Map & Directions
Meetings 10am, 1st Tuesday, CWA Hall, 1. Travelling North along the Coast Road: Drive North on Lawrence Hargrave Drive 2. Travelling South or from the highway: Go straight through roundabout at south-bound Helensburgh exit (Right if you have exited from north-bound) ............... Links |
