Rotary Recognition The Early Morning Centre receives recognition from the Rotary Club of Canberra On Monday, 15 February, the Rotary Club of Canberra recognised the work of the Early Morning Centre by presenting the centre with a Vocational Service Award, as well as personally awarding our Director, Nicole Wiggins, as a Paul Harris Fellow. Named after the Rotary Club’s founder, the Paul
EMC Non-Event Event 2021 We’re excited to launch our first annual Non-Event event; a fundraising event where attendees can do whatever they want, or nothing at all. The inaugural EMC Non-Event allows you to not only support a very worthy cause, but it also gives you the perfect opportunity to either select an activity of your choice at a venue of your
Start of Footy Season BBQ The NRL season is kicking off soon which means it’s time for our annual Start of Footy Season BBQ for guests! There will be Canberra Raiders players cooking the BBQ and helping out on the day, including Monday brekkie volunteer and Canberra Raiders Prop, Sia Soliola. The BBQ marks the start of our popular footy tipping contest,
2020 was a tough year for everyone, especially our guests. However, with the help of our dedicated staff, volunteers and sponsors, the EMC continued to provide support to vulnerable people in our community.
Christmas Closure 2020 Christmas & New Year’s Opening Hours The Early Morning Centre will be open for breakfast every day over the holidays except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Community Hub will be closed from Thursday, 24 December until Thursday, 7 January 2021. Day Date Opening hours Thursday 24 December 2020 7.30am – 8.30am (breakfast only) Friday 25 December
Friends of the EMC Summer 2020 Newsletter Read about what’s been happening at the EMC, including the recent visit from HRH Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Halaevalu Mata’aho, in our Friends of the EMC Summer 2020 Newsletter. If you would like to receive our quarterly newsletters, you can subscribe here.
Read about what’s been happening at the EMC in our Spring Newsletter
Friends of the EMC Winter Newsletter Click here to read about what’s been happening at the Early Morning Centre.
National Volunteer Week Monday, 18 May to Sunday, 24 May 2020 It’s National Volunteer Week! National Volunteer Week (NVW) is an annual celebration coordinated by Volunteering Australia to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers. This year’s NVW theme is “Changing Communities. Changing Lives”. Changing lives is exactly what our volunteers do. Last year our volunteers served over 10,000 breakfasts to
Volunteer Opportunities at the EMC Are you looking for an opportunity to support your community? We currently have two unique volunteer opportunities; for our weekly arts and crafts session and for our fortnightly computer club. Arts & Crafts Each Friday, we set up our arts and crafts table for any guests who feel like getting creative. We have basic supplies such as