What: 3-Legged Challenge
When: Anytime over 22-24 March 2019
Who:  Carer Support, Carers SA, Carers & Disability Link, and Northern Carers Network.
Where: Anywhere!

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers L - R Luis Arellano, Lynn Huang, Aneet George, Chen Li, Stathis Avramis, Samantha Agius

Photo: Magpie geese, Cleland Wildlife Park, Adelaide

1st March

Art Galley of South Australia: First Fridays
Launch of the Quilty’s exhibiton, guided tours and live music.

2nd - 7th March
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2019: Telling Truths
Six days of free sessions at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden (off King William Rd, Adelaide) to deliver truth from interesting and insightful authors.

Photo: Chen Li, Sandra Vallance - Acting Chief Executive Officer, Connecting Up and Renu Bala after presenting the results of their final project

Today we farewell our two new Professional Year interns Chen Li and Renu Bala, both UniSA Masters of IT graduates, who have worked together with our long-term volunteer Stathis Avramis over the last three months on creating a more sustainable volunteer model by implementing the volunteer management software investigated last year to structure volunteer admission and management processes, training and development. 

Photo: SAcommunity volunteers exploring media software options available on the new volunteer computer.

The SAcommunity team would like to thank the City of Prospect for their Community Support Fund 2018/19. The grant has been used to purchase a high specification computer to support our activities and develop new services of benefit for the Prospect community. 
 

Photos: The Loxton News photographer Stephanie Thompson, provided with permission from Loxton Mardi Gras Inc.

What: 62nd Annual Loxton Mardi Gras Festival 2019
When: Friday 22 - Sunday 24 February 2019
Friday 22 February 2019
Scouts SA Family BBQ at 6.30pm, Open Air Screening Family Film "Up" at the Rotunda East Tce Loxton, 7pm
Saturday 23 February 2019
Mardi Gras Family Festival Parade, Main Street Party and activities at Main Street, Loxton, 9am - 5pm

What: SA Healthy Towns Challenge: $50,000 grant for preventative health projects in rural & regional towns - Round 2

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers L - R Meika Bottrill, Laura Monje Gomez, Daniela Atanasova, Erin, Matthew Blandford, Sophie Hood

Connecting Up is looking for Volunteers!

Need office, administration, library or journalism experience?
Want to practice your internet literacy, computer and customer service skills?
Want to bring South Australian community stories to life?

Volunteer with us and join in the spirit of the chase

Photo: Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens courtesy of volunteer Chen Li

2 February

World Wetlands Day theme: “Wetlands and climate change” In SA: Visit wetlands available such as the Greenfields Wetlands,  Warriparinga Wetlands and Paddocks Wetlands.

Every so often one of our volunteers writes more about why they started at Connecting Up and what led them to volunteer, to continue volunteering and what they have learnt from their experience.

What it’s like to volunteer at Connecting Up