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NEWS COLUMN 23/7/2010
Last month more than 13,300 cans of food were donated to libraries across Brisbane in return for more than $100,000 in library fines waived by Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. The cans are being delivered to Foodbank to distribute to welfare agencies and needy families. The amnesty finished on 30 June. The Bracken Ridge library collected 519 cans.
GOLD (Growing Older and Living Dangerously), one of Council’s Active and Healthy Lifestyle programs, provides free or low-cost activities for residents who are 50 years and over. Sign up for a GOLD activity and make some new friends. Program booklets of events running from July to December are available at the Ward Office.
Bald Hills West Bracken Ridge Scout Group are hosting a family trivia night on Saturday, 31 July 2010 from 5 - 8pm at the Scout den on Bracken Ridge Rd, Bald Hills. Cost is $10 per family or $5 per person. There will also be a sausage sizzle for $2. To RSVP by 29 July 2010 please call Sharon Window on 3863 1918 or email swi58445@bigpond.net.au
Brisbane residents now have the opportunity to cut their household bills while helping the environment with the rollout of a new $20 million energy reduction program. Brisbane City Council recently launched the EzyGreen energy reduction scheme, which offers residents GreenPowerTM and a range of energy saving options, including discounted solar hot water and power systems. EzyGreen bundles energy saving giveaways and low upfront cost solutions that take advantage of local, State and Federal energy savings initiatives into one easy-to-use program. EzyGreen has been available to both renters and home-owners across Brisbane from 12 July 2010. Visit www.ezygreen.com.au or call 1300 399 473 to register and take advantage of the offers.
As part of Council’s new “Eyes in the Suburbs” promotion, residents who report certain maintenance issues to Council property will go in the draw to win one of ten $100 monthly cash prizes. Brisbane residents are automatically eligible for a prize when they lodge a valid request with Council for issues such as potholes, graffiti, cracked footpaths, etc. The promotion opened in July and closes at the end of June 2011. Entrants must lodge a request with Brisbane City Council for maintenance or repair to Council property - for example, potholes on Council roads, grass cutting on Council land, graffiti on Council property etc, either by phoning 3403 8888, submitting a request online at www.brisbane.qld.gov.au, or sending an MMS/SMS to 0429 234 948.
