2014

Hear our Heart Himalayan Expedition was Successful!!! Our own committee member Josh Edwards completed a journey unlike any other.



Hear Our Heart Himalayan Expedition 2014. An adventure to the wild side of Everest and back and all the way back in March and April 2014 our very own committee member Josh Edwards set out to climb not one but two Himalayan peaks near Everest. Both peaks Mera and Island Peak soar into the heavens at well over 6000 meters or 20 000 feet!!! We are pleased to report that Josh has climbed both and in the process crossing one of the most dangerous high passes in the Himalaya, The infamous Amphu Labsta at almost 6000 meters above sea level. Josh came to hear our heart after attending one of our gala balls back in 2012 and has been inspired ever since. It was a mission for Josh to raise money for the project and in the end he raised $6000 before he left and has raised $1500 on his return!!! Josh is planning another expedition soon and is seeking sponsors to help him finance his expeditions. All of his expeditions will be in conjunction with Ear Bus Project. Josh has also been speaking to other community groups including Rotaract and Independent Retirees Association. If you would like to hear some of Josh's quite astounding stories, email josh.edwards2@bigpond.com
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Josh was Trained by Fisique Health and Fitness Professionals for this arduous expedition. Josh still trains with the friendly team today and recommends their services be it weight loss, personal training programs etc "Fisique were the cornerstone of all things that resonate success for the expedition, I couldn't have done it without Peter Brown and Megan Casserly...they were fantastic!!!" So far Fisique have raised well over $1000 for our project by running monthly charity workouts. Visit www.fisique.com.au for more info...

Added below are slide show images of the expedition. Both Mera and Island Peak were climbed as well as the dangerous Amphu Labsta

Its THAT time of the year again.................

Our Audiometrist, Gordon Rutter, will be there to give free ear health checks.
This involves checking the eardrum with a special ear torch (Otoscope) and checking to see if the ear drum is moving as it should with a machine called a Tympanometer.Of course, signed Parent permission is required for this which you can do on the night. 


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What a great night, had by all! The Art Auction Dinner Party was a success (held on Saturday 30th August). We were blessed with great company, great food, great music by Paul McMillan, trivia and the art auction. Over 60 people attended and had lots of laughs. 
Thank you to all who contributed to make the night a success and for those who attended. 
Big thanks to Ian and Gini Redenbach who made the night happen, big thanks to Rachel Mills and Donna Rees for all they do for our worthy cause, Department of Education Western Schools Education Director Paul Loxley was a terrific Master of Ceremony, Dave Rees was our Sergeant in arms and raised a lot of money fining people for just about anything he could think of!, Rod Crowfoot from Ray White Real Estate did a great Job selling our artwork and Dubbo West Public School Signing Choir directed by Department of Education Hearing Teacher Houda Pilcher for entertaining us on the night. 

​Thanks to our Town Coordinators for travelling to us for the evening- Donna Pumpa and Kylee Pearce from Nyngan, Rhonda Connelly from Warren, Natalie Thurston from Gilgandra and Leeanne Everrett from Wellington. They were truly humbled by the support our community are giving this project and enthused to raise the profile ever further in their own communities

We raised $3,200 !! 

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The combined Hear our Heart/Dubbo Deaf Club Charity Golf Day teed off at 10am Sunday 23rd March.  $5000 was raised and shared between both groups.

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A BIG Thank you to an amazing couple Jason & Larissa Chatfield

who have donated so much time, effort & energy to make this years Charity Golf Day such a success.

Well Done!

Thanks to Dubbo Meat and Seafood Centre and Bakers Delight for donating the meat and bread to keep our costs down. We had 97 Golfers this year. Wow!

 What an awesome support the Dubbo Community have given us at this years Golf Day. Look out 2015!!  (We hear Jason has already started to organise it lol!!)
Enjoy the slide show of the days high lights

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Raffle Anyone???

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Community Mutual in Dubbo and Tamworth have been a great help with promoting our very UNIQUE Major Raffle this year.

To start the ticket sales the girls from the Tamworth Branch, led by talented Country Music Singer Kate Baylis,  worked hard during the Tamworth Country Music Festival week to make a display and sell tickets.

What an awesome effort. They sold $740 worth of tickets

This has set the standard for the girls in the Dubbo Branch....... Brenda Moon has been busy trying to rev up ticket sales to catch up to Tamworth :)

Raffle tickets are available at Dubbo Community Mutual.

If you would like to win Lee Kernaghan's signed guitar call in to buy a ticket for $2