To kick off March, International Womans Day will be held at St Marys Corner, Cnr Great Western Highway and Mamre Rd, St Marys (parking entry vis Swanston Road) on the 8th March 2012, commencing at 9:00am. Woman can create a sculputre and share their life stories.

In partnership with Penrith City Council, pet lovers will be given a chance to have their four legged friends microchipped for FREE at Autumnleaf Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Autumnleaf Parade St Clair on the 15th March 2012, between 10:00am and 2:00pm. You will be able to speak to a vet, animal trainer and council companion animal officers.

For older members of our community, why not come along and celebrate Seniors Week with us. This event has been running in our community for a number of years and has always been a great success.  This year it will be held at the Erskine Park Community Centre, 57 Peppertree Drive Erskine Park on 21st March 2012 between 10:30am and 2:00pm. There will be lots of entertainment, lucky door prizes, information stalls and a delicious lunch will also be served. Transport to this event is available to local residents but dont forget to book.

Harmony Day: Come along to Harmony Day and listen to stories told by new refugees. This event will be held at St Marys Community Centre, Cnr Great Western Highway and Mamre Rd, St Marys from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

All these events are FREE so come along  and participate in community life.

Don’t forget to check our website for future events  www.scynt.org.au

See you there.

Six team members donated their time to pack Christmas Hampers which will be distributed to needy families this Christmas. The Anglicare distribution centre in Mt Druitt was abuzz with volunteers throughout the day with items such as tinned fruit and vegetables, biscuits, long life milk, Christmas cake, Christmas  pudding and Christmas candy were being sorted and put into hampers while on the other side of the warehouse toys were being sorted and bagged to be distributed in the coming weeks before Christmas.

The team felt extremely privileged to be a part of such a wonderful cause and no doubt to have contributed to someone’s smile this Christmas, even for just a moment!

SCYNT team members Frances and Pete!

Everything was resheduled for the evening of the 16th December. 

 Surely the rain would ease, the ground would dry out and our much anticipated event would go ahead….. or so we thought.

The rain just kept on falling, and unfortunately the decision was made to cancel, not postpone, but CANCEL the night.

The decision was a hard one to make, as the team have worked hard putting it together, but we cant control the weather.

Hopefully next year we may have more luck.

From our families to your family, we hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year, 

Let’s hope the rain stops soon. 

After months of discussion, planning, endless phone calls and advertising  we were all set to go.

The lolly bags were packed… Santa had confirmed that he would be taking a little break from checking his list, and would arrive at  Autumnleaf Neighbourhood Centre at 6:30pm

The movie, Santa Buddies, would be watched by families, sitting on the grass, enjoying the lovely spring evening, being enticed by the aroma of a sausage sizzle, and eating popcorn, fairy floss and waving their glowstix.

3 days before the event, the rain came….

The weather forecast and radars were checked constantly, the grass was getting soggier and a decision needed to be made. Our Family Community Christmas Event was CANCELLED.

Thankfully we have been able to reschedule the event for Friday evening, 16th December 2011, starting at 6:00pm.  We will still have the bbq fired up, popcorn, fairy floss, face painting, glowstix’s and most importantly, Santa has been able to rearrange his schedule and drop in to say hi.

So if you are free that evening please come along and enjoy our Family Community Christmas event, we look forward to seeing you there!