Sa bai dii (hello) All.

First I would like to welcome back all NMC volunteers and members.

We are now back and already planning programs for the rest of 2012. This year will be another busy and hopefully with lots of fun for us as we are embarking on organising and holding our first International fund raising dinner and fashion show. We are currently at a planning stage, but I will inform you all of the progress and when the big day night will be.

We have also been asked by many people about holding more cooking workshops like the ones we produced in 2011. In response to those requests, we are looking into applying for funding so that we can start organising our next cooking workshops later in the year. If you wish to take part in the cooking demonstrations either by helping us coordinating the project, or helping us with the funding applications, or helping us promoting it, we would love to hear from you. You can either email us on talk2nmc@gmail.com or northsidemulticultural@gmail.com

Kind regards,



Seng McMahon
President/Coordinator, Northside Multicultural Community, inc.

Happy New Year to everyone! February is here already—the year seems to move along so quickly!

Northside Multicultural Community Inc.'s office at Zillmere is open again, and some of NMC's activities have resumed, or are about to resume, for the year:

• Multicultural Women's Morning Tea + Arts & Crafts, second and fourth Fridays of every month from 10am–12pm at Banyo Library, Room 1, downstairs, 284 St Vincent's Rd, Banyo; no cost, and you are welcome to bring your own craft materials.

• NMC Craft & Sewing, 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 10am–12pm, at Zillmere Community Centre—54 Handford Road, Zillmere. All welcome. Bring something for morning tea to share. Also bring clothes patterns, zips, etc. you would like help with. If you wish to donate material, please bring it along with you. Cost: gold coin donation appreciated. (Starts 15th March, 2012)
  

• Multicultural Men's Group, first Friday every month 10am–12pm at Banyo Library, Room 1, downstairs, 284 St Vincent's Rd, Banyo; no cost, though donations are welcome.

• Banyo Community Garden located at Hilltop Place end of Earnshaw State College oval, every Friday from 9.30am to 11.30am, welcomes new volunteers.

Contact NMC for further information, enquiries, donations: talk2nmc@gmail.com.