Babies at risk of cerebral palsy receive special care
Tuesday, 1 October 2019A $10,000 donation by Canterbury League Club to Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) has assisted in supporting babies at risk with life-changing care and therapy. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a physical disability that affects movement and posture and is the most common physical disability amongst children. It occurs when there is damage to the developing brain
Join us as Canterbury fundraises for PINK week
Monday, 30 September 2019From 21-25 October, Members will be seeing a lot more pink around the Club as staff unite to fundraise for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). During this week, the cake displays at Bakehouse Café and The Bistro will be filled with a variety of pink coloured sweets, treats and cupcakes. For every purchase of
Local Year 4 kids learn to be water safe and wise
Saturday, 28 September 2019In a country surrounded by water like Australia, it pays to be water safe and water wise as local Year 4 primary students discovered through the Canterbury Aquatic Survival Skills Program. The swim program, now in its third year of running in collaboration with Canterbury-Bankstown City Council and Royal Life Saving NSW, had approximately 400
Melbourne Cup Competition
Wednesday, 4 September 2019Congratulations Andrew Hume you have won your way to the Melbourne Cup 🐎
MEET THE TEAM – MARY WHITE
Tuesday, 3 September 2019Members might not know Mary White in Payroll but to many staff members, hers is a familiar face – she makes sure all staff get paid! Mary forms part of the administrative backbone of Canterbury and is indispensable to the daily running of the Club. “I always remember my start date on 1st July 1999,
August the month of staff giving
Tuesday, 27 August 2019As the weather warms up, Canterbury staff have had a busy month of fundraising activities in support of Children’s Medical Research Institute, RSPCA and Donate Life network. The month kicked off with staff wearing jeans in support of Jeans for Genes Day and Children’s Medical Research Institute. There was also a “blue” morning tea where
Staff shine at 2019 Staff Awards Night
Tuesday, 27 August 2019Once a year Canterbury League Club takes the opportunity to recognise the achievements and dedication of service of their staff members at their annual Staff Awards Night. This year 45 staff from various departments including Food & Beverage, Gaming, Security and Surveillance, C-Life Health Club, and Marketing celebrated their 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RECEIVE FUNDING
Tuesday, 13 August 2019$192,050 worth of community grants from Canterbury League Club’s 2018/2019 ClubGRANTS program was recently shared between nineteen local organisations looking to make a difference. Recipient organisations will use the funding over the coming months to run programs that target specific issues in the community including family support, aged, disability, early childhood and youth services in
Happy 104th birthday to Bessie Corbett
Wednesday, 31 July 2019Last month Bessie celebrated her 104th birthday, making her our oldest Canterbury Member! She joined Canterbury League Club together with her late husband, Walter Corbett, over 30 years ago back when they lived in Greenacre. Bessie still enjoys having lunch with her family every Sunday at the Club which is only a hop, skip and
Bowel-ed over by Canterbury donation
Wednesday, 24 July 2019Help for Hirschsprung Disease (Help4HD), a leading charity for children suffering from bowel disease in Australia, were recently bowel-ed over by a large donation from Canterbury League Club. Hirschsprung’s disease is a congenital condition that affects the large intestine and causes problems with bowel movements, passing stools and incontinence. Help4HD was created to make the