Celebrating Nillumbik Women 2009 - Nillumbik Shire Council

Sabi Buehler
Nominated by Fran Gronow
Community involvement has always been
an integral part of Sabi’s life, as both a
teacher and volunteer.
The contributions she has made include
serving on a variety of committee and
community consultation groups, tutoring
in Learning Centres and Neighbourhood
Houses, providing information and
orientations to visitors to Melbourne;
sometimes pulling up weeds or planting
trees, regularly doing front of House at
Eltham Little theatre and singing in the
community choir - The Chocolate Lilies.
Perhaps her most valuable effort is dishing
out soup and sympathy and offering advice,
a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on
whenever it may be needed.
Through her involvement in education,
the arts, environmental and social justice
issues at various levels, Sabi has formed
a valuable network of interesting and
interested people. It is the network of people
that she drew upon in her most recent
endeavour to establish a U3A (University
of the Third Age) in Nillumbik. Despite
the huge amount of work involved in this
venture, it was established in record time
and the positive response, support and
enthusiasm from the Nillumbik community
and beyond, has been overwhelming.
Sabi has discovered there is a real need in
Nillumbik for a U3A, which can offer learning
and social opportunities for older people
and hopes to continue to be instrumental in
supporting this endeavour.