On Friday 3 October 2026 our guest speaker at our Zoom club meeting was Cate Sinclair CEO from the Northern Centre. Cate spoke about the work of the Northern Centre in supporting families experiencing domestic violence. Cate also spoke the upcoming event in November, “Make a stand Annual Walk”. Join the Ryde Hunters Hill domestic, family and sexual violence committee in a walk against abuse. The “Make a stand Annual Walk” is on 25th November 2025 Wednesday 8:30am to 10:30am at Macquarie Park precinct. For more information see flyer in this bulletin or go to: https://thenortherncentre.org.au/
We still have cheese boards for sale for $55. With a retail value of $144, they make great gifts for special occasions or for Christmas. Please contact me or Garry Maloney if you would like to purchase one.
Christmas Pudding orders will be available soon . Price lists and order forms will be sent out to members and supporters in the next couple of weeks and will also be available on the club website. These puddings are delicious and also make great gifts. Funds raised go to the Books in Homes project at Moree East Public School that our club supports. See the club website for more information about this worthwhile project.
The next Club meeting will be held on Friday 10 October via Zoom 7.15am for 7.30 start. Visitors are always welcome, just click on the link below.
The Club Assembly on 17 October will be at Dunmore Lang College. Principals from the local Primary and High Schools, or their representatives, have been invited to attend the breakfast meeting to update us on what is happening in their schools. each year our club makes cash donations to the schools to help with programs or projects to support their students. Members and visitors are welcome to attend. Please let Garry Maloney know if you wish to attend by Monday 13 October for catering purposes. Cost is $25 for a hot breakfast commencing 7.15am for 7.30 start finishing at 8.30am. Contact Garry on email Garry.maloney@hotmail.com or mobile 0426230458.
The Tree of Joy will be put up in Cox's Road Mall in early November. our thanks to Seb and Annette Lentini and Cox's Road Mall Management for their continued support of the club's Tree of Joy project. Gifts collected from the donations will go to CCA NSW, Macquarie Hospital and St Vincent de Paul Society North Ryde.
Best regards
Mandy
For our upcoming Zoom Club meetings and assembly, here is the link details:
The result of the Bunnings BBQ fundraiser that was held last Saturday 27 September 2025 is: The club made a profit of $2,554 on the day, another great result for the club. The BBQ was publicised as raising funds for the End Polio Now campaign. $2,000 of the funds raised will be our annual donation to this campaign. We sold around 75kgs of sausages (900), and 253 drinks. It was another busy day for those involved.
I would like to thank the wonderful team from our club for their continued support and enthusiasm on the day. More helpers would be greatly appreciated. In particular I would like to thank those that were there for the whole day, from the start at 7am to the clean up and returning items to the North Ryde RSL Club storage after 5pm.
Rob; Mandy; Peter, Pam and Nick. We had wonderful support at different times during the day from: Bernie; Ian (Mandy's husband), Sandeep and Mei (our Youth Exchange Student). We also had help during the day from Nomungerel Ariunjargal and Archer Ha, the 2 students from Marsden High School that we are sponsoring for the Science Experience, being held at Macquarie University during the school holidays. Thank you all for your help, time and effort in supporting our club.
The 2025 Carols on the Common will be held on Sunday 14 December on the North Ryde Common.
Volunteers are needed, can you help? We are seeking help from friends of our club to assist with the many volunteer tasks that need to be undertaken on the day and during the evening of the Carols.
We particularly needstrong, able people to help with the setting up and packing up phases of the event. The more helpers we have the quicker this can be done. If you cannot help with this the heavier tasks, there are a number of other tasks that may suit you better.
Please look at the tasks below and consider volunteering your time for one or more of these tasks.
These tasks include:
Morning set up from10am-12pm
Top car park assisting with directing cars and collecting payments: 3-10pm
Bottom Car Park assisting with directing cars and collecting payments: 3-10pm
Bucket Collection: 8.00pm
Event Pack up: 9pm-12am ( the more people we have for this the earlier we can finish)
Raffle ticket sales during the event: 4-9pm
light duties can also be assigned
If you can assist in any way please let me know the times you are available and your preferred role/s by return email woodmal50@hotmail.com or call my mobile 0400803417 . If you have neighbours, friends, colleagues or family members who can assist even for a couple of hours, please let me know.
We will, once again, be running a Christmas raffle throughout the event with three baskets of Christmas goodies to be won. We are seeking donations of items to go in these baskets as part of the prizes. If you would like to donate some items such as bonbons, Christmas cake or pudding, shortbread biscuits, wine, serviettes or any other Christmas fare items please contact me by email or on my mobile 0400803417. We are also happy to take cash donations so we can top up the baskets with any items that may not be donated to make them more appealing.
The next meeting of the Carols Committee will be on Thursday 23 October at 7pm at North Ryde RSL Sports Club.
🎉This year marks a major milestone for CCA NSW – our 60th anniversary! 🎂 To honour six decades of dedicated community service and raise much-needed funds for our ongoing programs, we’re hosting a special 60th Anniversary Gala Dinner Fundraiser — and we’d love for you to be part of it! 📅 Friday, 7 November 2025, 6.30pm onwards 📍 Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club 🎟️ Tickets: $100 per person https://events.humanitix.com/ccanswgala Join us for a fantastic night out—enjoying live entertainment from Australia’s favourite ABBA tribute band ABBASBACK, a delicious two-course meal, raffle, silent auction, and more—all while knowing that every dollar raised goes directly to supporting our vital community services. 👉 Don’t miss out, head to https://events.humanitix.com/ccanswgala to secure your tickets now!
The Sydney Retirement Village & Resort Expo, which will be held next Sunday 19th and Monday 20th October 2025 at The Epping Club in Epping. This community style event provides a wonderful opportunity for anyone over the age of 55 to ask questions and gather information about a wide range of retirement villages and over-55s lifestyle resorts, all in one convenient location. Admission is also free.
Event details:
The Sydney Retirement Village & Resort Expo at Epping
Date: Sunday 19th & Monday 20th October 2025
Location: The Epping Club, 45-47 Rawson St, Epping NSW 2121 Time: 10am-3pm both days
