Community notices

Wild At Art tasks Aussie kids with a powerful mission: draw or paint their chosen threatened Australian animal or plant to raise awareness of the 2,000+ endangered species and help protect them from extinction.

Do you have a child, niece, nephew or friend aged 5-12 who loves nature? Tell them about Wild At Art!

Last year we had just under 5,000 incredible entries from kids around Australia. Entries close on Monday 10 August 2026.

Food donations for unhoused people in Adelaide

While everyone is finding shopping a bit more expensive these days, unhoused people in Adelaide are finding it extra tough. Could your family add an extra item or 2 into their shopping to help people who don't have as much as you do? We are specifically looking for the following items that are easy to carry in a backpack and don’t require refrigeration:

*one pot meals

*pasta and a pasta sauce 

*instant soups

*2 minute noodles 

*baked beans

*tinned soups 

*tinned spaghetti

*small tins of tuna

*tinned meat

*teabags and instant coffee in smaller jars, long life milk with a lid that screws back on so it doesn't end up all over everything. Sugar in sachets. 

*savoury biscuits and maybe a packet of sweet biscuits.

Items can be left in the box in the front office and Gus Brodie-Tyrrell and family will collect weekly this term and donate to Pathways in the North-East. Pathways Community Centre in Modbury is providing hampers for over 2000 households every two weeks. However; not everyone who lines up for food takes a hamper because they are unhoused, don't have access to a kitchen and often have to sleep in their cars or a tent in someone's garden. Gus' grandma Sally who volunteers at Pathways will help make sure the food goes to people who need it most.

Mt Lofty Kindergym 

Kindergym has moved back to Uraidla, and we will need volunteers to help us remain affordable and sustainable. Pack up will be Thursdays at 11am, and set up will be the following Monday from 2-4pm, to allow for the Uraidla Markets to use the hall. Even if your child is no longer Kindergym age, consider coming along to help or sending a family member, getting some incidental exercise and helping your community! Also, we are always welcoming new committee members. 

For more information, please contact Genevieve at coordinator.mtloftykindergym@gmail.com