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Sundale Creating Communities

Locality: Nambour, Queensland

Phone: +61 1800 786 325

Address: 35 Doolan Street 4560 Nambour, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.sundale.org.au

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25.01.2022 It’s birthday season at James Grimes, with three of our favourite residents recently celebrating their special day. Happy birthday and many happy returns to Bob Ackerman who turned 95 and Rita Price who turned 86 late last month. They both received a birthday card from the students at Community Kids Yandina. Hip, hip hooray also to Marie Gregory who turned 90 years young today last week.

25.01.2022 We will remember them. Bowder Care Centre residents made poppies and spoke at a special Remembrance Day ceremony this morning - a fitting tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

25.01.2022 If this love story doesnt make you smile, nothing will! Happy 70th wedding anniversary to Rod Voller residents Stuart and Betty. Stuart and Betty met at a dance, with Betty saving the last dance that night for Stuart 70 years later theyre still dancing!

24.01.2022 It is with a heavy heart that we announce one of Sundales founding fathers, Sir Clem Renouf AM has passed away. He was 99 years of age. Sir Clem was a truly remarkable man whose list of extraordinary achievements reveal a life of generosity, compassion and vision. Born in Ingham, Sir Clem enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Air Force shortly after the outbreak of WW2 and served for 5 years as a bomber pilot and flying instructor.... After WW2, Sir Clem set up his accounting practice in Nambour and practised for 27 years. Sir Clems contribution to Sundale cannot be understated. In 1961, along with J.D. Grimes and Roy Charlton, Sir Clem helped fund the purchase of an almost 18-acre site by Doolan and Carter Roads, which is now home to Nambour Garden Village. History repeated itself 22 years later when Sir Clem and some of his friends played a pivotal role securing 15 acres of land neighbouring Windsor Rd, which is now home to Rotary Garden Village. Sir Clem was a foundation Board Member of Sundale, the organisations Treasurer between 1964-87 and Patron between 2000-2013. A lifelong Rotarian, Sir Clem was also the President of Rotary International (1978-79) and played an instrumental role in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has reduced polio cases by 99.9 per cent since 1979. Sir Clem was also a Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of Governors of International House at the University of Queensland, a member of Legacy for approximately 15 years, a Chairman and Treasurer of Lifeline Sunshine Coast and a former Trustee of the National Seniors Foundation. In 1979 Sir Clem was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and knighted in 1988 for services to the community. In 2008, Sir Clem established the Renouf Family Scholarships, for high achieving undergraduate students at the University of the Sunshine Coast in memory of his parents for their sacrifice in giving him the best education possible, under challenging circumstances. Clem is survived by his wife Lady Firth and his two children, Noel and Judy.

24.01.2022 The show must go on (even if the Nambour Show has been cancelled), as James Grimes Care Centre residents recently discovered. Show Day featured Dagwood Dogs, hot chips, an egg and spoon race, a side show alley, a vegetable display and show bags.

23.01.2022 This is a bit groovy! Residents and team members went back in time yesterday to the 1970s to celebrate McGowans 50th birthday.

22.01.2022 The residents at James Grimes Care Centre celebrated National Pyjama Day with sideshow alley games and pancakes with strawberries and cream yum!

22.01.2022 This is a wonderful idea. At McGowan, each resident has a personalised Christmas bauble which includes their name and photo.

22.01.2022 Thank you 7NEWS Sunshine Coast for your wonderful story on Shannon Lee, the inaugural winner of the Sir Clem Renouf Sundale Scholarship. https://www.facebook.com/100453416678768/videos/423866918646622

21.01.2022 Spring has sprung at Sundale! At Voller this means tea cup plants and baby chickens. At nearby McGowan, residents are also enjoying the hatchlings courtesy of Henny Penny Hatching.... The experience has also triggered great conversations amongst the residents, especially the former farmers.

21.01.2022 Three more lucky McGowan residents have brand new front doors, which feature personalized pictures. Ron, Gloria and Ruth were the fortunate trio who had their names drawn out of a hat and were able to choose their own picture.

20.01.2022 Earlier this month the team at Bowder organized an extraordinary Show Day for the residents, which included a fashion parade, a sideshow alley, a fishing pond and a shooting gallery.

20.01.2022 The Christmas creativity is in full swing at Bowder, with residents making table centerpieces using glass coffee jars, lights and Christmas decorations.

19.01.2022 Residents at James Grimes Care Centre recently let their inner artists loose during a Jackson Pollock inspired painting party.

18.01.2022 Aging disgracefully is part of the fun at Bowder, as the residents recently discovered as part of Queensland Seniors Week.

17.01.2022 The fun never stops at Palmwoods. Recently the residents enjoyed a fairy-tale fun day.

17.01.2022 There's clearly no shortage of artists at Rod Voller Care Centre! Look at the masterpieces our residents created during their painting session.

16.01.2022 First it was Hungry, Hungry Hippos, now a life size game of Kerplunk has come to life at Sundale, with the team at Rod Voller working their magic. The aim of the game is to carefully remove the sticks, while dropping the fewest balls possible.

16.01.2022 The residents at James Grimes Care Centre decided to celebrate Fathers Day ahead of schedule with donuts, watermelon and a quiz. Residents have also made Fathers Day gift bags, which they will distribute on Sunday.

16.01.2022 A friendly rivalry took over James Grimes Care Centre on Wednesday night for Game 2 of the State of Origin. Our residents and staff are now preparing to pull out all the stops for next week's decider!

16.01.2022 For more than 40 years Eunice Krome has been providing comfort, kindness and compassion to Sundale’s residents. Thank you for the wonderful article Sunshine Coast Daily.

16.01.2022 Thank you, Eric and Sparky for providing some Christmas cheer to the residents at Coolum Waters.

16.01.2022 To celebrate Fathers Day, the residents at Bowder were gifted Mates Day packs which included socks, deodorant and of course chocolate. Meantime, McGowan celebrated Fathers Day with a BBQ, trivia, a few cold beers and lovely gift-packs which were made by McGowans female residents in craft.

15.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas thanks to the wonderful residents at McGowan who hand painted Christmas figurines which will be used at table centerpieces.

14.01.2022 Giddy up! The residents at James Grimes Care Centre enjoyed their own Melbourne Cup festivities yesterday. The Fashions on the Field competition was a hard one to call. Don't they look great!

14.01.2022 The wonderful children at Burnside State Primary School recently sent cards to the residents at McGowan. In response, the residents, including Alice, Betty, Elva, Eunice and Joyce made and sent their own hand made cards back to the students.

14.01.2022 Visitor restrictions to help keep everyone safe mean the residents at McGowan can not physically thank Sundales amazing volunteers for the incredible contribution they make to the organisation. So instead, they got down and dirty and made a wonderful sign.

12.01.2022 Thank you, Sundale community, your passion and commitment to each other and to Sundales care recipients and residents is simply wonderful.

12.01.2022 Nambour Show organizers might be calling the Sundale team at McGowan to oversee next years event, judging by the activitys residents enjoyed at the recent McGowan Show. There was spin the wheel, a fashion parade, an indoor bowls competition, go carts (with remote control cars), clown machine games, show bags, heaps of giveaways, hot chips, Pluto Pups and a BBQ lunch!

12.01.2022 Happy 50th birthday to one of Sundales most iconic addresses McGowan Lodge. On this day in 1970, Queensland Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen officially opened and named McGowan Lodge to honor a bequest from Mrs L. E. McGowan who left half of her estate to Sundale. Remarkably, the first intake of residents at McGowan Lodge included Mrs White, Mrs Green, Mrs Brown and a Mrs Long and a Mrs Short!... Over the past 50 years, hundreds of residents have called Sundales McGowan Lodge home. Countless staff and volunteers have also passed through the doors and delivered outstanding care, compassion and support. Happy 50th birthday and thank you McGowan Lodge for playing a crucial role in the lives of so many people at Nambour Garden Village and throughout the Sunshine Coast.

12.01.2022 To celebrate the recent Brisbane Ekka holiday, the residents at Rod Voller held their own Show Day, complete with a side show alley, plenty of games, dagwood dogs, sample bags and strawberry ice creams.

12.01.2022 Christmas celebrations are in full swing at Sundale, including at McGowan where residents and their families recently enjoying a delicious Christmas feast, entertainment and trivia.

11.01.2022 To celebrate McGowan Lodges 50th birthday, team members both past and present caught up recently (while practicing social distancing) to reminisce about the past five wonderful decades.

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Jonita Pon Magar who has won James Grimes Care Centres Christmas door competition for her wonderful display on Rita Herrick’s door. The judges were also very impressed by second place getter, Henry Sabater who decorated Norman Grimshaw’s door and third place getter, Marion Miosge who transformed Jean Dalton’s door.

11.01.2022 Palmwoods Care Centre residents enjoyed a spook-tacular party for Halloween!

10.01.2022 Guten-Tag from the residents at James Grimes Care Centre who recently celebrated Oktoberfest with apple strudels, pretzels, games, a beer poring competition (it’s actually tea) and a quiz! Sundale’s amazing chefs also prepared a delicious BBQ lunch with German inspired treats.

10.01.2022 One, two, three oclock, four oclock, rock. Five, six, seven oclock, eight oclock, rock. Nine, ten, eleven oclock, twelve oclock, rock.... Were gonna rock around the clock tonight. Thats certainly what the residents at Palmwoods Garden Village did recently during Rock N Roll Day as part of Queensland Seniors Week.

09.01.2022 The Wild West came to Palmwoods recently, complete with Wanted posters of the residents!

09.01.2022 Its difficult to tell who loves Sundales Window Therapy Program more the residents or their loved ones Residents at Bindaree are also using technology to stay connected to family and friends.

09.01.2022 Hip, hip, hooray and happy birthday to Sundales oldest resident, Hazel Green, who celebrated her 104th birthday at McGowan this morning.

08.01.2022 As always, some wonderful advice from the residents at Rotary Garden Village.

08.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day, a national day of action, dedicated to reminding everyone that its important to ask friends, team members, care recipients, residents and loved-ones, Are you okay?.

07.01.2022 Hip hip hooray! McGowan resident Lucy Olsen celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday! She spent the day surrounded by family, but enjoyed an early party with her carers and fellow residents on Friday. Lucy is the proud mother of three, a grandmother of five, a great grandmother of nine and a great great grandmother of one.

07.01.2022 If this doesn’t inspire you, nothing will! Presenting McGowan’s Pump It Up fitness video.

06.01.2022 On behalf of our care recipients, thank you for supporting the Sundale Kindness Campaign.

05.01.2022 Residents at McGowan and Bindaree Care Centres took time out yesterday to commemorate Remembrance Day.

05.01.2022 James Grimes Care Centre residents weren't the only ones to get into the Melbourne Cup spirit this week! Bowder, McGowan and Palmwoods residents gave them a run for their money. Talk about dressed to impress!

04.01.2022 Sundale acknowledged R U OK Day with a range of activities yesterday. At Bindaree, there was an early morning breakfast for staff, RUOK? Day cupcakes for residents, quizzes and treasure hunts. Most importantly the activities were a catalyst for team members, care recipients and residents to ask Are you okay?.

04.01.2022 Happy Aged Care Employee Day Sundale! Today is your day and an opportunity to thank you for the extraordinary job you do each and every day you really are superheros. This years Aged Care Employee Day theme is #ThanksforCaring.... The care, compassion and kindness you have displayed this past year is nothing short of remarkable. On behalf of everyone at Sundale, including our residents and care recipients, thank you for your dedication, passion and commitment. Happy Aged Care Employee Day.

04.01.2022 This photo is sure to brighten your day! Coolum Waters resident green-thumb, Pat Kelly and her beautiful orchid display.

04.01.2022 Thank you Sunshine Coast Daily for the wonderful write up in Fridays paper about the amazing community organisations including Boomerang Bags Nambour and Sunshine Coast Face Mask queens who are hand making wonderful cloth face masks for the team at Sundale.

04.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day from the team at Voller. All the men, including team members received a tuxedo shirt and enjoyed delicious fish and chips with a cold beer on the outside courtyard.

04.01.2022 Happy 99th birthday to one of Sundales founding fathers, Sir Clem Renouf AM. Born in Ingham in 1921, Clem enlisted for service in the Royal Australian Air Force shortly after the outbreak of WW2 and served for 5 years as a bomber pilot and flying instructor. After WW2, Clem set up his accounting practice in Nambour.... Clems contribution to Sundale cannot be understated. In 1961, along with J.D. Grimes and Roy Charlton, Clem helped fund the purchase of an almost 18-acre site by Doolan and Carter Roads, which is now home as Nambour Garden Village. History repeated itself in 1983, when Clem and some of his friends played an instrumental role securing 15 acres of land neighbouring Windsor Rd, which is now home to Rotary Garden Village. Clem was a foundation Board Member of Sundale, the organisations Treasurer between 1964-87 and Patron between 2000-2013. He was also the President of Rotary International (1978-79) and played a pivotal role in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which has reduced polio cases by 99.9 per cent since 1979. Happy birthday to a truly remarkable man.

03.01.2022 Late last week, Sundales CEO Danielle Mackenzie, received an unexpected and wonderful surprise She had been selected as a finalist in the Queensland Leading Age Services Australia Excellence in Age Services Awards. Without her knowledge, Danielle was nominated for the Individual Category, which aims to recognise people who have made an outstanding contribution to the age services sector.... Humbled, but also extremely proud, the nomination gave Danielle the opportunity to reflect on what Sundale has achieved over the past year. Danielle is particularly proud of Sundale 2.0, a framework which will allow the organisation to cater to the evolving needs of the community for decades to come, but most importantly the countless proactive, positive changes the team has made which allows Sundales residents and care recipients to live the life they choose, within a caring and supportive community. The awards will be announced on 7 August 2020 to coincide with Age Care Employee Day. Until then, everyone at Sundale has their fingers (and toes) crossed Danielle.

03.01.2022 Maria Kruger at Rod Voller Care Centre has spent the past month creating this sensational art work. Maria used a technique called pointillism, in which small, distinct dots of colour are applied in patterns to form an image.

01.01.2022 Have you taken advantage of Sundales Window Therapy program yet? The current situation doesnt mean you cant see and connect with your loved ones. Sundales Window Therapy program is now up and running at every Care Centre.... The initiative includes Noughts & Crosses and other games which can be played using a window. If you, a family member or a friend would like to book a Window Therapy session with your loved one, please contact your appropriate Care Centre.

01.01.2022 What a wonderful and thoughtful gesture. Some of the residents at Bindaree recently received kindness cards from the students at Tannum Sands State High School.

01.01.2022 Were thinking Sundales residents should hold their own art show! Recently the residents at Rod Voller used bubble wrap and the flick technique to create some flower masterpieces.

01.01.2022 The men at Bindaree celebrated Fathers Day with a special roast lunch and homemade eclairs for dessert (they look delicious). Bindarees Dads also received Fathers Day gifts, which were donated by Sundale team members.

01.01.2022 COVID-19 doesnt mean you cant go camping, as the residents and team members at McGowan recently discovered.