MURRAYLANDS woman Hieke decided over a decade ago her mission in retirement would be to nurture infants in her home. Today, her walls are adorned with the faces of close to 40 babies she has… Read more
REGIONAL homelessness services provider ac.care will extend its opening hours during extreme weather conditions this week to help anyone in the community access a cool space out of the heat. The agency’s community centres in… Read more
ac.care has backed a national campaign to raise social security payments to counteract the growing burden of increased cost of living pressures. The country agency’s call for greater support for the most vulnerable in our… Read more
COMMUNITY FOCUS: Support Homeless People Luncheon chairman Barry Stafford, committee members Robin Reid, Anne Hinkly-Tyler, Di Ind and Astyn Reid and ac.care marketing and communications manager Jason Wallace launch the 2020 program. Picture: THE BORDER… Read more
MEMBERS of Mount Gambier’s Pine Tree Quilters were saddened when they learnt children on the Limestone Coast taken into state care often had no possessions other than the clothes they were wearing at the time.Inspired… Read more
OUR annual general meeting will be held at 5.30pm on October 19, 2019, in Mount Gambier. Read more
SOCIAL welfare agency ac.care is “crossing the bridge” and consolidating its services for the region in the heart of Murray Bridge. The not-for-profit country agency will close its main office on Kennett Road and relocate… Read more
COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Mount Gambier Family Truck Show chairman Peter Burchell, committee member Michelle Nicholls, founder Adam Smith and ac.care Limestone Coast homelessness service manager Jill Pulleine inside the emergency accommodation unit maintained with funding from… Read more
CREATIVE GROWTH: ac.care program facilitator Lynne Kain has been sharing the benefits of art therapy with Mount Gambier High School students, including Jade Calverley. AN INNOVATIVE program is encouraging youths at Mount Gambier High School… Read more
TREASURED: Foster carer Barb Sinclair with a treasured gift from one of the many children she cared for in her Mount Gambier home. GRATITUDE: ac.care Limestone Coast foster care program manager Dani Atkinson thanks Barb… Read more