- 1 - 60 YEARS SERVING THE COMMUNITY 2019/2020 President: Ross O’Neil [email protected]Snr Vice President: Robin Arndt [email protected]Secretary: Fiona Reid [email protected]Treasurer: John Van Dieren [email protected]Supervisor: Margaret Evans [email protected]Administration Leonie Glass [email protected]@SouthPerthSCC @southperthseniors South Perth Senior Citizens Centre 53 Coode Street, South Perth WA 6151 Ph: 9367 9880 Email: [email protected]Website: www.spscc.org.au Proudly printed by Steve Irons MP, Federal Member for Swan.
SERVICES South Perth Senior Citizens Centre: Serving the community since 1959.
Meals on Wheels Meals delivered to your door, 7 days per week. For any Meals on Wheels enquiries, please call the Centre on 9367 9880.
Podiatry (by appointment) Thursday Only $22.00 per visit. To make an appointment with our lovely Podiatrist Alana, please call the Centre on 9367 9880.
Hairdressing (by appointment)
Tuesday & Thursday mornings Pricing: Ladies & Gents Haircut $25.00 Shampoo & Set $25.00 Shampoo, Cut & Set or Blow-dry $50.00 Blow-dry $25.00 Perm, Cut & Set or Blow-dry $90.00 Colour, Cut, Set or Blow-dry $85.00 Colour & Cut $75.00 To make an appointment with our lovely hairdresser Gronya, please contact her on 0421 455 237.
Dining – Bill Grayden Dining Hall
Every Tuesday at 12.00 pm Pricing: Members | 3 Course meal $15.00 Non-Members | 3 Course meal $20.00 Special Lunches: Members $25.00 Non-Members $30.00
We warmly welcome new members to all of our activities!
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ST PATRICK’S DAY We love a celebration here at South Perth Seniors Centre and St Patrick’s Day was the perfect time for fellowship, laughs and anything green.
ANZAC DAY ANZAC commemorations were held at the South Perth Senior Citizens Centre on April 30th. We had a very large attendance, swelled by the loyal RSL members and guests. As usual, we had the services of Barry Telfer who played the Last Post and Rouse on the bugle. This always brings out the goose bumps. After a beautiful lunch, we were entertained by 7th Heaven, who gave us all the old WW1 and WW2 songs to which we all sang along – some of us with more gusto than tune, but all enjoyed the musical tribute.
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MOTHER’S DAY How very lucky we were this year to celebrate Mother’s Day together and be entertained by the very talented children from Wesley College Primary School.
BIGGEST MORNING TEA In May 2019 we held our Biggest Morning Tea for the Cancer Council. We had an amazing response to the event with community involvement from Wesley Mums Yoga Group and South Perth Walking Group. Local businesses donated prizes to raffle, which helped us to achieve a donation to the Cancer Council of $2,290.00. Well done to everyone who helped out. The challenge for 2020 is to do even better!
60TH ANNIVERSARY – SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1959 2019 was a very special year for South Perth Senior Citizens Centre as it was our 60th year serving the community of South Perth seniors. We celebrated with two special events. The first of these was our usual Anniversary lunch in February. We enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by our cook Maria, followed by the sweet sounds of Nikki Dagostino or, as she is best known “Little Miss Squeezebox”. Nikki is a well-loved entertainer who had the members singing along with her and enjoying the old melodies. Our second celebration, known as “The Main Event”, was celebrated on October 15th at the Royal Perth Golf Club. The venue was most popular as, although members live within the South Perth council area, most had never been to the golf club. Members and guests were greeted at the front door with a complimentary drink on arrival and then directed to their tables. On each table was a spring flower arrangement from Daisy Hill Florist and a 60th memento biscuit lovingly baked by Kathlyne. The menu was a two-course alternate drop of braised lamb shoulder with pan-fried gnocchi or chorizo and pistachio stuffed chicken breast followed by a delicious ricotta baked cheesecake with mixed berry coulis. Robin Arndt gave us a history of the South Perth Senior Citizens Centre, right from its inception as the “South Perth Old People’s Welfare Committee”. Thank you Robin for doing a fantastic job in gathering information and presenting it to us. We had a great raffle with local businesses donating fabulous prizes. The main prize of a Tahitian Pearl Necklace donated by Soklich & Co was won by our very own Kathlyne. The raffle raised $1,035.00 for the Centre. To finish off the special occasion, we had Nikki Dagostino and Libby Hammer entertain us and even had some members up singing with them to music from the 50s and 60s.
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MELBOURNE CUP A day to dress to impress, enjoy each other’s company over a fantastic meal and have a flutter. Congratulations to all our winners.
OBITUARIES Agnes McMillan – March 2019 Agnes had been a member of South Perth Senior Citizens Centre for 5 years and in this time made some lovely friends while playing bingo and enjoying our Tuesday lunches. Joan Sparks – May 2019 Joan was a valued MOW volunteer for 10 years. Joan was also a member of the Royal Perth Golf Club and Collier Park Golf Club. Flo Johnson – May 2019 Flo was a member of South Perth Seniors Citizens Centre and a member of the Legacy group who meet each week at SPSCC every Thursday. Peter Jones – May 2019 Peter was a member of South Perth Senior Citizens Centre along with his wife Pam. Peter was in a variety of clubs including woodwork and car clubs. Kevin Uppill – July 2019 Kevin had been a long-time member of South Perth Seniors along with his wife Loraine.
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Margaret (Peggy) Morrissey – August 2019 Peggy was a long-time member of Legacy and South Perth Senior Citizens Centre. Michael Fitzmaurice – December 2019 Michael was a member of South Perth Senior Citizens Centre; he ran our iPad classes in 2019 and was a past president of our Social Committee. Lyn Bailey – January 2020 Lyn had been a member of South Perth Seniors for many year attending all of our special events. Lyn also enjoyed receiving Meals on Wheels. Audrey Murphy – January 2020 Audrey was a long-time receiver of Meals on Wheels. May they all rest in peace.
THANK YOU FROM THE PRESIDENT What a busy year we have had, including the 60th year celebrations which were highly successful, and attended by over 150 guests including near-centenarian Bill Grayden. We have been lucky to receive a federal grant to fund a new piano for the hall, which will be here shortly. Our specialised lunches have been well attended and well organised. Thank you to Maria our chef for the last 18 years. Maria decided after our final Chistmas lunch it was time to hang up her apron to spend more time with her grand children and families. We wish her all the best. I would like to congratulate Patricia Evangilsta on being recognised as our Volunteer of the Year. I would also like to thank Vida Corbett for her sevices to the board over many years and for successfully getting our website up and running. I would also like to pay tribute to all my board members and to the work put in by Margaret and Leonie. We must be doing something right because, in 2019, I was selected as South Perth Citizen of the Year and this year, 2020, fellow board member Wayne Muller was selected as South Perth Senior Citizen of the Year, and South Perth Senior Citizens Centre was nominated for the Australia Day community group award for two years running. What a great reflection on our Centre.
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THANK YOU FROM OUR MEMBERS Trish Sullivan – MOW Thank you for doing my meals throughout the year, it is always appreciated. Audrey Wish – MOW I am so grateful to all the MOW people for delivering my meals throughout the year and thank you so much for all the help and time you give. Ron and Leonie Willson We just want to say thank you for so many things you do. The pleasure and help we get here from all the volunteers. A big big thank you. Francessca Fausta – MOW Dear Margaret and your band of willing helpers for all the work you do to help us oldies. It is much appreciated. May you enjoy the festive season. And thank you for the lovely Christmas diary and raffle prize. Cecelia Batt – Legacy Thank you all for your support with the Legacy Ladies. Merry Christmas from us all.
VOLUNTEER AWARDS Congratulations to our volunteers who were nominated for the City of South Perth Volunteer Awards last year. We all enjoyed a lovely afternoon together with other volunteers of all ages at the Perth Zoo.
Congratulations also to Vida Corbett who was named the Volunteer of the Year. Vida is pictured here with Cameron Keoh (Youth Volunteer) and Andrea Burnett (Junior Volunteer). Vida recently retired from the Board of Management of South Perth Senior Citizens Centre after 20 years and was also recognised for her volunteer work with Soroptimist International of South Perth, Soroptimist International of Western Australia, South Perth Uniting Church, YouthCARE, UnitingCare West, BMW Club WA and as a Justice of the Peace.
