#THANKYOUSES Wednesday 18 May, 2022 is Wear Orange Wednesday or ‘WOW Day’. On this day we encourage communities across Australia to wear orange and thank all SES volunteers who generously give their time to help communities during flood and storm emergencies. Here’s to all the volunteers across Australia who work all year round to protect us at…
Campbelltown Catholic Club community liaison and history buff Jeff McGill is catching up with a diverse selection of identities at ‘The Catho’. His first face-to-face was with Peter Barron. He’d normally be doing laps — twenty a day! But Peter Barron can only dangle his feet in the pool for the moment, after having a…
“My son was like… ‘My mummy loves you’…and I was just thinking, oh my god, how embarrassing.” But Charlene Vaughan was blown away by the warm welcome and humility of her lifelong footy hero, Anthony Minichello. Affectionately known as ‘The Count’ due to his supposed resemblance to the Sesame Street character, Minichello retired from the…
Move over The Brady Bunch backyard – a bigger and better patch of artificial grass has been created at an Ingleburn school thanks to Campbelltown Catholic Club. This all-weather green space replaces what was once a rough and muddy series of trip hazards. Some of the pupils can be seen here enjoying a rare burst…
Shade sails to cover a hot playground, synthetic grass, and new flooring in the administration wing. They’re some of the pressing needs at Narellan’s St Clare’s Catholic Primary School and Campbelltown Catholic Club has come to the rescue with a funding package. The delighted principal, Marg Foldes, is pictured here with some of the pupils…
Campbelltown’s Catholic Club’s annual donations often go to newer schools just starting out in the new estates. But this year the Catho has also given generous funding to Macarthur’s oldest local school – St Patrick’s Girls College, founded in 1840. This has delighted principal Sue Lennox. “This sum of money is extraordinary and we feel…
A new bus shelter will protect the youngsters of St John the Evangelist Catholic Primary School from the weather, thanks to Campbelltown Catholic Club. This has delighted principal Paul Moroney, pictured at right, discussing the plan with the school captains and Catholic Club director David Olsson. “Sincere thanks to the Club for its generous donation…
Caption: David Olsson, one of Campbelltown Catholic Club’s directors, inspects the new shade structure at the John Therry College sport courts, with Principal Wayne Marshall. More than $1 million has been donated to local schools and community groups by Campbelltown Catholic Club – despite all the lockdowns and restrictions. For our schools, that means shade…
The function coordinators and event staff at the Campbelltown Catholic Club were so accommodating! Nothing was ever any trouble and the reception was sensational! Food was tremendous, and serviced with a smile. The reception was more then I could have ever wanted. Thanks again to their team.
Would you like to learn a musical instrument…and make new friends? Well, Catholic Club members now have a perfect way to do just that, with Campbelltown-Camden District Band now being one of our sub-clubs. The Band has a fantastic training program, and is launching its new training bands for 2022 on Monday, 7…
