Sorell Branch Country Women's Association in Sorell, Tasmania | Community organisation

Sorell Branch Country Women's Association

Locality: Sorell, Tasmania

Address: Cole Street 7172 Sorell, TAS, Australia

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25.01.2022 A mother’s love

24.01.2022 Items for baby bundle and for CSO

24.01.2022 We have packaged up our first batch of donated items and they’re on their way to the Hobart City Mission warehouse. Still collecting non-perishables until the e...nd of August. Drop off your donations Saturday 9 am - 1pm. Special mention to our wonderful member Shirleen for collecting $430 in gift cards donated by various Woolworths supermarkets. Thanks Woolies!!! See more

23.01.2022 A pyramid we try to live by. Art by Sarah Lazarovic

23.01.2022 Show them empathy......

21.01.2022 Heaps eof turbans, 4 twiddlemuffs, 17 breast cushions, 13 wig bags and 9 teddies. Another busy month from our members

19.01.2022 Thanksgiving cooking tip! One of the best baking tips ever... I have done this Many times.. If you need to soften butter quickly but don't want to melt it.... P...ut boiling hot water in a glass to heat the glass. Dump the water out and flip it over your stick of butter. In a few minutes it will be softy soft to use. See more

18.01.2022 Bears for Palliative Care

17.01.2022 Palliative Care Tasmania is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2020 Tasmanian Palliative Care Awards, celebrating compassion and excellence in the sector.... The judging process has been extraordinarily difficult this year which has resulted in multiple finalists in each category. See the full list here: https://www.pallcaretas.org.au/2020-tasmanian-palliative-c/ Tag a finalist.

16.01.2022 We’re excited to announce a new Friend of StandBy Support After Suicide ... Tara J Lal, Senior Firefighter, PhD scholar and author of memoir ’Standing on my Bro...ther’s Shoulders: Making Peace with Grief and Suicide’ (with a second edition to be released later this year). Through her book, Tara speaks of a difficult childhood with her father’s mental health concerns and her mother’s death (when she was 13), and the suicide of her older brother Adam, who tragically took his life four years after the loss of her mother. She speaks of how a ‘conversation’ with Adam (through the diaries he left behind), helped her to find her reason to live. Now a Senior Fire Fighter, Tara has run the psychological wellbeing program for Fire and Rescue NSW and is trained in suicide prevention. She is a mental health first aid instructor and volunteers her time as part of the peer support team at Fire and Rescue NSW to support firefighters suffering from mental health conditions and in the wake of traumatic incidents. She is also completing her PhD, which focusses on understanding the impact of exposure to suicide on firefighters both through the tragic suicides they encounter on the job as well as when a fellow firefighter takes their own life. Tara aims to use her research to develop evidence-based suicide preparedness, prevention and postvention programs for firefighters. Tara is also a professional speaker, regularly sharing her experiences to a wide variety of organisations as a way to create connection and understanding of mental illness and suicide in the community.

16.01.2022 Comfort Teddies off to StandBy.

15.01.2022 Women’s Health Week kicks off tomorrow, so we hope you’ll take some time to put your health first. Keep an eye out on our socials and head to www.womenshealthweek.com.au each day to explore health tips, tools and information on how to unlock your own powers for good health.

15.01.2022 What a wonderful way to celebrate our South-eastern Handcraft and Home Industries Christmas lunch at Bruny Island with some of the CWA Bruny Island branch ladies. Great way to catch up

14.01.2022 Thought for today........

14.01.2022 The CWA in Tasmania is looking at setting up a Virtual Branch: This virtual branch will give ladies an opportunity to be part of the organisation in which they... will be able to participate in many of our activities in regard to assisting the community through fundraising for our annual cause or knitting trauma teddies for Palliative Care or by bringing to the attention of the government or other bodies, the needs for women and children in the rural and remote areas of our state. See more

13.01.2022 This came from Eastbourne Primary School in 2000. I have no other information about who wrote it.

13.01.2022 Tickets available from the shop. Book now so you don’t miss out! Shop open Thursday 10 - 12.30 and Saturday 9 - 1.

10.01.2022 MEANING RECONSTRUCTION - Making sense of the world that was, and the world that now is. The idea that people make, or ‘construct’ their understanding of the ...world by learning from their experiences is known as ‘constructivism’. A move towards this approach to grief began in the 90s and early 2000s, led by a number of psychologists including Dr Robert A. Neimeyer. From a constructionist perspective, our sense of self is established through the stories that we tell about ourselves and others and the stories others tell us. Traumatic events such as the suicide of a loved one have the ability to disconnect us from our sense of self but also our sense of the world as we knew it. Those impacted by such loss are often thrust into a journey to ‘make sense’ of the world and their place in it. It is important to support opportunities for those impacted to explore meaning and ‘reconstruct’ their understanding of the world and their place in it. This exploration may take the form of journal writing, sharing stories, creative expression through art, spiritual enquiry, acts of service for others, in fact anything that can assist with the ‘meaning making’ journey. To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering - Friedrich Nietzsche

09.01.2022 Country Women supporting Orange Sky Australia In September 2019 the members of the Country Women’s Association decided to make Orange Sky their project for the... year and have held events to raise much needed funds. With Covid this has proven to be a bit harder than usual but the members persisted and through various methods, including online raffle, and today were able to present over $6000 to Orange Sky. Some branches have also donated funds direct to the organization. During the lockdown members of CWA have been busy making toiletry bags and filling them, knitting beanies and mittens with these also being presented. Orange Sky Australia is the world’s first free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness and was founded in a Brisbane garage by two 20-year-old mates, Nic and Lucas. In late 2014, the boys installed a couple of washing machines and dryers in the back of their old van and visited parks around Brisbane to wash and dry clothes for free. What started as an idea to improve hygiene standards and restore dignity to people doing it tough has evolved into something much bigger and more powerful. Orange Sky has since expanded to 33 services across the country and has been in strong demand with the Covid crisis. When making the presentation, CWA representative State Vice President Madelaine Thompson acknowledged to work they do and that members of CWA are proud to be able to support such a worthy cause. Due to the Covid Orange Sky will continue to be the project till September 2021 and fundraising will continue. See more

09.01.2022 Thank you, Tassie! The ABC's Rug Up Tassie winter knitting appeal has wrapped up, and the support has been overwhelming. We received more than 20,000 knitted ...squares from across Tasmania, smashing our original goal of 5,000. It's enough to make over 800 blankets for people without warm shelter or clothing. Amazing! Let us know if you've been involved in the comments

08.01.2022 SALE OF THE FORCETT CEMETERY For those with questions or concerns regarding the sale of the Forcett Cemetery on Quarry Rd, Rebecca White is hosting a meeting a...t the hall. Those attending will be required to provide their name and contact details as part of the hall's Covid Safety Plan. Forcett Community Hall Saturday 12th September 2:30pm Please share.

08.01.2022 Breast pillows, twiddlemuffs, wigbags and turbans from this months meeting

07.01.2022 We will be at the Sorell Lions Book Sale tomorrow. Raising funds for Orange Sky Dalek oops ... Laundry We will have our tasty treats, craft, plants and Garage Sale Trail goods

07.01.2022 Annzie’s nan always had a box of wool beside her lounge chair. Nan was a homely woman, industrious and caring. She was very handy in the kitchen and no slouch w...ith the knitting needles, though crocheting was her preferred and best talent. Nan had a very soft spot for her little niece Annzie and never stopped showing it by making her stuff. A baby blanket, booties, jackets, doilies, mittens, you name it. Nan didn’t just make Annzie stuff though. Nan was always there for her, in every way, as Annzie grew. She was an any time every time Nan. As warm in spirit as her hand-made blankies. Annzie was an impressionable 13 years-old when her Nan passed unexpectedly. Annzie turned to crocheting, both to honour her Nan and to help deal with the grief. Sure enough, Annzie ended up with a box of wool next to her lounge chair, just like Nan. As a grown-up, Annzie shacked up with her hubby Wes, an any time every time bloke, and before too long she squeezed out two beaut little boys. Annzie crocheted her two newborns a baby blanket, as her Nan would have if she were there. That way Nan could still love them and keep them warm. Then mumming took over and the crocheting took a back seat. A decade later, Annzie was told she had thyroid cancer. Throughout her treatments, she was cared for exceptionally well by the various community and support groups in the area. She was, and still is, astounded by the kindness and support she was shown by complete strangers during that time. And wouldn’t you know it, one day at chemo, she was delivered a crocheted blanket. It was time to pull out the wool box again. Annzie started making blankies for other cancer patients. She started a Facebook page for crocheters who wanted to make blankies for the sick and boom, before you could say ‘thanks Nan’, she was supplying all of Far North Queensland with comfort and warmth. It’s grown a life of its own now. Annzie has so many helpers, she doesn’t even crochet anymore. Does she miss it? Not at all. Because she has so much more than that now. She has somewhere to belong. They all do. Because it was never about blankies. It was always about so much more. ******************** We all know somebody who does stuff for other people. Me and my very old sister Hilde () are writing a book called Heroes Next Door. We're coming to the very end of it and this is our last call out before deadline. Dob in the person you know who does stuff for other people? Doesn't have to be big stuff, cos the little stuff counts too. Hit up [email protected] if that special someone springs to mind. Sam xx

07.01.2022 Thank you for these positive thoughts Eco with Em

06.01.2022 Day two of National Palliative Care Week saw the team at PCT visiting Calvary St John's Hospital to donate two Lenovo Tablets, care packs and hand knitted bears... to the Gibson Unit. This wonderful moment was captured by The Mercury and will feature in tomorrows paper. Pictured here is our CEO Colleen Johnstone with Bea Rolins from the Country Women's Association in Tasmania (Inc), and Hannah Butler and Lisa Cattaruzza - both Nurse Unit Managers at the Gibson Unit (palliative care unit). It feels a little like we are playing Santa at the PCT offices this week, and we are loving every moment!

06.01.2022 Yesterday Sorell Branch was 83 years, yes we celebrated in style. We were lucky that our State President Jenny Ivey could come along. We also invited Adrienne and Mary along. We had a great time with an amazing bunch of ladies Hip hip hooray it was our birthday yesterday

05.01.2022 We are Chicks With Attitude

04.01.2022 I found this growing on the side of the road. It seemed appropriate for today.

03.01.2022 Sorell CWA will be holding a stall at the Sorell Lions Clubrooms on Sat 14th November at the Rose Show and Sat 21st at their book sale. Come along and grab some sweet treats, jams and craft.

03.01.2022 Today marks the 106th birthday of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr -- the glamorous movie star from the black-and-white era of film who co-invented a device tha...t helped make possible the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi technology! Born in Austria in 1914, the mathematically talented Lamarr moved to the US in 1937 to start a Hollywood career. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she was considered one of cinema's leading ladies and made numerous films; however, her passion for engineering is far less known today. Her interest in inventing was such that she set up an engineering room in her house complete with a drafting table and wall of engineering reference books. With the outbreak of World War II, Lamarr wanted to apply her skills to helping the war effort and, motivated by reports of German U-boats sinking ships in the Atlantic, she began investigating ways to improve torpedo technology. After Lamar met composer George Antheil, who had been experimenting with automated control of musical instruments, together they hit on the idea of "frequency hopping." At the time, radio-controlled torpedoes could easily be detected and jammed by broadcasting interference at the frequency of the control signal, thereby causing the torpedo to go off course. Frequency hopping essentially served to encrypt the control signal because it was impossible for a target to scan and jam all of the frequencies. Lamarr and Antheil were granted a patent for their invention on August 11, 1942, but the US Navy wasn't interested in applying their groundbreaking technology until twenty years later when it was used on military ships during a blockade of Cuba in 1962. Lamarr and Antheil's frequency-hopping concept serves as a basis for the spread-spectrum communication technology used in GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices. Unfortunately, Lamarr's part in its development has been largely overlooked and her efforts weren't recognized until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave her an award for her technological contributions. Hedy Lamarr passed away in 2000 at the age of 85 and, in 2014, she was as long last inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her invention of a "Secret Communication System" many years ago. To introduce kids to her incredible story, we highly recommend the inspiring picture book "Hedy Lamarr's Double Life" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/hedy-lamarr-double-life For older kids, there is also a graphic novel about her life and work, "Hedy Lamarr and a Secret Communications System" for ages 7 to 10 at https://www.amightygirl.com/hedy-lamarr For adult readers, Hedy Lamarr's incredible story is told in the exceptional historical fiction novel, "The Only Woman in the Room," at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-only-woman-in-the-room She is also the subject of an excellent new documentary "Bombshell: Hedy Lamarr" at https://amzn.to/32xAHcI -- or stream it on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3f0bG1H Hedy Lamarr is also one of 50 remarkable women of science featured in the stunning illustrated biography, "Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers," for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/women-in-science If you'd like to encourage your children's interest in engineering and invention, check out our blog post: "Building Her Dreams: 60 Building and Engineering Toys for Mighty Girls," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10430

01.01.2022 DON'T MISS THE BUS! BreastScreen Tasmania's mobile screening unit will be visiting Sorell from the 24 August 4 September 2020. Appointments are FREE. Pleas...e contact BreastScreen Tasmania to make an appointment you do not need a doctor's referral. http://www.ths.tas.gov.au//make_a_breast_screening_appoint See more