Passing on quality clothing to others in need
Monday, 3 February 2020In the 12 months since Canterbury League Club has partnered with Pass It On Clothing & Co, staff have donated over 250kg of clothes and shoes to people living rough on the streets. Pass It On Clothing, a social enterprise, was founded in 2016 by Sydney-based couple, Chris Vagg and Olga Puga. Every three months,
Survivor life skills to clear up the future
Wednesday, 29 January 2020Since 2014, Canterbury League Club has been an avid supporter of The Business Concierge and their Survivor Life Skills program which was created to equip young Australians with essential life skills. Canterbury recently donated $7,500 to the program to finance presentations and student workbooks to schools within the Canterbury-Bankstown region, reaching over 3,390 students in
Congratulations Andrew Hume
Wednesday, 8 January 2020A huge Congratulations to Andrew Hume. Andrew is the lucky winner of the SeaDoo Spark promotion. Didn’t win today? Find out how you can win a trip to Vegas
Congratulations To Our Winning Members
Thursday, 2 January 20202019 finished with a bang for these three lucky Members. Saide Chalhoub drove away with a brand-new Kia Stinger, valued at $65,722. Helena Kotsiomitis enjoyed a tropical getaway in Hawaii. Andrew Hume experienced the race that stops the nation live from Flemington Racecourse. On behalf of everyone at Canterbury, congratulations to Members Saide, Helena &
Cooking Class Recognised With Awards
Thursday, 2 January 2020Local social services organisation Participate Australia (PA) presented Canterbury Executive Chef Stephanie Azar with their Ray Garden Memorial Award in recognition of the amazing cooking classes she runs for people with intellectual disabilities. Stephanie’s special cooking classes have run in conjunction with participants from PA for the past two years. In each six-week program, students
MEET MARGARET THEODOR FROM C-LIFE
Sunday, 22 December 2019Walk through the front of C-Life Health Club and Margaret’s smiling face is a hard one to miss as she welcomes members through the doors. Her dazzling smile, this time tinged with a mischievous glint, is still on her face as she encourages her clients to do just one more squat, one more lunge, one
Four Canterbury clubs unite to improve kids’ study outcomes
Thursday, 19 December 2019Over the past three years, Canterbury League Club has been piloting an educational program to improve the literacy and numeracy outcomes of over 200 children with learning difficulties. Together with three other Canterbury-based clubs – Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club, Campsie RSL and The Lantern Club – and in partnership with Learnings Links, an educational
SANTA BRINGS CANTERBURY CHEER TO FAMILIES DOING IT TOUGH
Tuesday, 17 December 2019In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the call was put out for donations of presents through the Canterbury Wishing Tree Appeal in support of The Salvation Army Campsie. And boy, was Santa kept busy! Thanks to everyone’s generous Christmas spirit and holiday cheer gifts in the form of toys, books, makeup and gift cards
Staff Christmas party raises $2,050 for drought appeal
Wednesday, 11 December 2019At the start of December, 184 staff members and their partners came together for a night of celebration and merriment at the Canterbury Staff Christmas party. On the night Lavico Italian Ristorante was transformed into a glittering Christmas wonderland and it provided a festive backdrop for the food-laden plates and trays of the grazing table
Canterbury renovation receives bumper crop of awards
Thursday, 28 November 2019Off the back of Canterbury’s multimillion-dollar renovation last year, the Club was recently awarded several building awards for its recent redevelopment. In conjunction with MPA Projects, Canterbury received an award in the Hospitality Building – Refurbishment category at the prestigious 2019 Master Builders Association (MBA) Excellence in Construction Awards for their work on the interior