05/05/2023

Macquarie Park Business Community Walkathon 2023

SusanLeroux
1 min read

The Macquarie Park Business Community Partnership Walkathon 2023

The Walkathon is back in 2023: a day where more than 500 local employees bring networking, engagement and FUN to the streets of Macquarie Park while making a difference to Early Childhood Literacy in the community they work-in.

Get your colleagues together: create teams, stride-out between the members of the Macquarie Park Business Community Partnership, and raise money for early childhood literacy; directly impacting the children – and the families – of the local government area of Ryde.

This year, we are aiming to reach an amazing goal of having 1000 children in Ryde receiving books each month via Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

As part of United Way Australia’s commitment to our program: Ready to Read, we manage the distribution of the Imagination Library for children aged 0 – 5 years in Macquarie Park; In addition, and working with local partners, we provide other wrap-around activities such as a weekly playgroup called “The Magic of Storytelling” and other unique early childhood learning opportunities.

The Walkathon will give you the chance to:

join other local businesses giving back to the community in which you work
raise funds for local children’s literacy
get to know your neighbourhood business district better
network with other businesses over a fun sausage-sizzle, and
have a fun afternoon out with your colleagues.

Plus: there’s no fitness requirement – only walk the distance you’d like to walk!

For more information contact the United Way Partnerships Team: susan.leroux@unitedway.com.au

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27/10/2022

Reading with the next generation

Lucy Ryan
2 min read

Grandparents play a unique and special role in the life of their grandchildren. Much like parents they can help their grandchildren start their literacy journey by fostering a love for reading and books.

Jan Carroll (grandparent, avid reader, and childhood educator) delights in how her influence on her grandchildren is developing their own love of books and reading, and how this is leading to new experiences and memories.

I love to choose books as gifts for my grandies – “The Little Yellow Digger” for the one who likes trucks; “Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat” for the one who loves dancing….and cats! and “A Stick and a Stone” for the almost-three-year-old who loves to explore the world.

Imagine my delight when my granddaughter, shopping for Mother’s Day earlier this year with her mother, said “I’ve found a book that Mémére will love!” The book was “Ruby Red Shoes: My Wonderful Grandmother” She was right! I do love it, and mostly because she chose it…. because of our connection through books!

My grandchildren also love to share their books with me. A visit to one little household always includes an introduction to their latest selections from the library. Some of the stories they shared with me have since found their way onto the bookshelves at my kindergarten.

That family also loves The Story Orchestra series. You can read the story, look at the pictures, and with a press of a button, hear a small excerpt of the appropriate classical music. It was a joy a few weeks ago to be with my daughter at a presentation of The Nutcracker, introducing my granddaughter to the delights of seeing her first ballet performance, knowing that she was familiar with both the story and the music, and to hear her say in excited anticipation “This is my favourite part”.

We thank Jan immensely, for sharing some of the ways she is involved with her grandchildren’s journey into reading and literacy, and how this has helped create a special bond with her ‘Grandies’ and their Mémére.