{"id":70029,"date":"2014-06-05T01:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=70029"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T04:23:49","slug":"graham-house-celebrates-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/06\/05\/graham-house-celebrates-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham House Celebrates Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70031\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-70031\" title=\"20140601 Graham House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graham House manager Linda O&#8217;Hare with special guest speaker Holly Ferling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70058\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grahamhouselogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70058\" title=\"Graham House logo\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/grahamhouselogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Graham House logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 5, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been changes aplenty at Graham House in Murgon, with new uniforms, a new logo and a new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grahamhouse.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The community centre, located in Taylor Street East, hosted an open day on Sunday to coincide with the launch of its new look.<\/p>\n<p>Graham House traces its history back to 1988. It has grown over the years and now hosts everything from emergency relief to transport services.<\/p>\n<p>The day was organised as a triple celebration: to mark National Volunteers Week, acknowledge Community Centres \u00a0Month and\u00a0Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month.<\/p>\n<p>There was a sausage sizzle, face-painting and jumping castle as well as loads of information available about Graham House&#8217;s many services and programs.<\/p>\n<p>After a Welcome To Country by Wakka Wakka elder Aunty Vera Sullivan, the guest speakers took the floor.<\/p>\n<p>A highlight of the afternoon was a presentation of &#8220;thank you&#8221; certificates to the many volunteers that keep Graham House programs ticking over.<\/p>\n<p>There are an incredible 70 volunteers involved with various programs operating out of the complex.<\/p>\n<p>Special guest speaker, Australian cricketer Holly Ferling, talked about the importance of volunteers before personally presenting each of the Graham House volunteers with their certificates.<\/p>\n<p>A second guest speaker was men&#8217;s support worker Jim Sloane, from Graham House&#8217;s &#8220;Older Wiser Stronger&#8221; project, who spoke about breaking the cycles of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>Graham House is also auspicing the new Murgon Men&#8217;s Shed, which is expected to be launched soon.<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett councillor Kathy Duff praised the organisation for the work that they do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anything that is too hard and isn&#8217;t Council-related, I ring Graham House,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You do it really, really well. You walk the talk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Graham Community Access and Development Officer Rosemary Braithwaite said services offered at Graham House include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community Development<\/li>\n<li>Information and Referral for Emergency Relief and Centrelink<\/li>\n<li>No Interest Loans Scheme<\/li>\n<li>Older Wiser Stronger (men&#8217;s program)<\/li>\n<li>Building Futures Together (family support)<\/li>\n<li>PHaMs (personal helpers and mentor service &#8211; mental health)<\/li>\n<li>Community Transport Services<\/li>\n<li>Social Support<\/li>\n<li>Family Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Groups that meet at Graham House include:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Spinners &amp; Weavers<\/li>\n<li>Broadband For Seniors<\/li>\n<li>Lilyponds Book Club<\/li>\n<li>Community Garden<\/li>\n<li>Community Kitchen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_70033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70033\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-70033\" title=\"20140601 Graham House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse3.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse3-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Sloane, from the &#8220;Older Wiser Stronger&#8221; men&#8217;s support program<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_70032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70032\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-70032\" title=\"20140601 Graham House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse2.jpg 290w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cr Kathy Duff with Murgon Men&#8217;s Shed co-ordinator Paul Pfeffer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70030\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-70030\" title=\"20140601 Graham House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140601grahamhouse4-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the many Graham House volunteers who were presented with certificates on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been changes aplenty at Graham House in Murgon, with new uniforms, a new logo and a new website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":70031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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