{"id":200853,"date":"2018-02-07T22:02:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=200853"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:24:01","slug":"sb-women-plan-breakfast-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/02\/07\/sb-women-plan-breakfast-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"SB Women Plan Breakfast Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Burnett Women president Caroline Cavanagh, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, who is one of the sponsors of the bursary; recipient Mikaela Lenihan and outgoing SBW treasurer Pam Mills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recipient of the inaugural Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes Memorial Scholarship was the special guest at a recent planning meeting held by scholarship organisers, South Burnett Women.<\/p>\n

Mikaela Lenihan, from Kingaroy, received the $5000 scholarship last year to assist her with her pharmacy studies at the University of Queensland.<\/p>\n

Mikaela is now in her second year at uni and told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the financial support she had received had been very helpful covering accommodation costs and purchasing text books.<\/p>\n

SB Women president Caroline Cavanagh said the group was now starting fundraising for the 2018 bursary.<\/p>\n

A breakfast to mark International Women’s Day will be held from 6:30am to 8:30am at Cassis on March 8.<\/p>\n

Tickets will be $45 and will go on sale next week on the Eventbrite website (at this link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Entries also close this week for SB Women’s upcoming art competition being held in conjunction with International Women’s Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An exhibition at the Kingaroy Art Gallery will run from March 8 to April 10 to celebrate the talents of female artists living in and around the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, entitled ROAR, will showcase new works by local artists responding to the theme: “What It Means To Be A Woman” in regional Queensland.<\/p>\n

Entries close on Friday (February 9).<\/p>\n

More than $2000 in prize money is on offer to participating artists:<\/p>\n