Grill’d LOCAL donation

“Grill’d” burger bar in church street Parramatta runs monthly “LOCAL” competitions. Grill’d donates a total of $500 to three local organisations each month, with $300 to most liked organisation. The clients choose the winners by dropping bottle tops into three jars represneting each organisation. In the month of January PDMSInc was one of the contenders.

Thanks to our kind supporters who frequent Grill’d and purchased meals there (for which they recieve a bottle top) and voting for our Men’s shed. PDMSInc were fortunate enough to be nominated the most favoured for January …… read the Grill’d notification here

HOW GOOD IS THAT ……… thank you Grill’d and our followers ……. whooo hooooo.

This donation will go towards some equipment for the shed members.

Permaculture Design Certificate scholarship

PDMSInc has a very close relationship with Parramatta City Council, especially in recycling of materials and self sufficiency. As such we would like to make all our friends aware of a scholarship opportunity offered by the council.

   If you are interested in obtaining a certificate in Permaculture Design then this will be for you.

However the offer closes shortly (2nd February 2015).

   Please see the FLYER HERE

So if you are eating out in Parramatta this month support PDMSInc by visiting GRILL’D in

Church Street Parramatta and put your token/s in the PDMSInc JAR ……..

The Hon. Jai Rowell, MP, NSW Minister for Mental Health visited Parramatta today (7th July 2014) to learn of the work, and lend his support and congratulations to the Parramatta Men’s Shed.

“Men’s Sheds are filling a much needed social connection while maintaining skills developed over a life-time. The Parramatta Men’s Shed provides opportunities to create and build, while socialising and contributing to the community.
“That’s why today I am pleased to announce a one-off $500 grant to the Shed which will be used to aid the purchase of specialist tools for use by the members.

Member for Parramatta, the Hon. Geoff Lee MP, has been a strong supporter of the Men’s Shed.

Parramatta Men’s Shed has not been slow in reaching out to the broader community. The members recently completed a community garden bed for Boronia Multicultural Services, another important community based organisation providing migrant and refugee services.

…… Read more …. (Media release)

Here at the Parramatta Men’s Shed, we have a number of enthusiastic members who volunteer their time on the board. Get to know them here…

The Parramatta District Men’s Shed now has a Facebook page! Head over to www.facebook.com/ParramattaDMS for all the latest updates on what’s happening at the shed.

And don’t forget to ‘Like’ the page to have all the latest news from our shed appear right in your Facebook news feed.