Community Link Newsletter Summer 2016

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The Bankstown Men’s Shed at Coolaburoo Neighbourhood
Centre provides a safe, friendly and active environment for men
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Operating hours are 8am-3pm Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. For more information, call 9738 1147. CRIME DOWN
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Crime Statistics.
Since 2013, arson, motor vehicle theft, robbery, and steal from
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and enter has dropped by 34%.
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of programs and campaigns across the City. Some of these
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Day campaign.
For more information on how Council and police
are working together to combat crime, visit
GOLD STAR FOR SYLVAN GROVE
Picnic Point’s Sylvan Grove has been named
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their household recycling.
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Avenue (Picnic Point), and Seven Oaks Crescent (Bass Hill).
Over the past 12 months, 15 foxes
have been removed from areas
of the City thanks to help from
local residents.
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foxes in the area, visit
GOLDEN RUN FOR MEALS
ON WHEELS
More than 1,450 volunteers have played a
vital role in delivering in excess of two million
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most vulnerable over the past 50 years. To
help celebrate this achievement, Council
hosted a golden anniversary dinner for
Bankstown Meals on Wheels.
If you’d like to be a Meals on Wheels
volunteer, and give something back to the
community, call 9707 9646.
MEN’S SHED
DID YOU KNOW?
164 local projects were
selected to receive
a share of $481,000
in Council’s annual
Community Grants
Program.