Pittwater Life September 2019 Issue
Can an Enquiry Fix Our Hospital? Write Stuff. Meet Our First Female Ferry Master. Bungan Castle Turns 100. Plus: Searching For Pittwater Time Capsules. The Mezcaltones.
Can an Enquiry Fix Our Hospital? Write Stuff. Meet Our First Female Ferry Master. Bungan Castle Turns 100. Plus: Searching For Pittwater Time Capsules. The Mezcaltones.
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usinesses or community<br />
services in time for a<br />
<strong>September</strong> 23 deadline. They<br />
will present their ‘pitches’<br />
live at a Shark Tank®-like<br />
event in Avalon in October<br />
for a shot at over $4000 cash<br />
and 10 weeks of business<br />
start-up coaching, provided<br />
by a crack panel of local<br />
entrepreneurs and business<br />
consultants. The business<br />
pitch event, ‘Spark Tank’, is<br />
hosted by Share the Spark,<br />
a new Northern Beaches<br />
charity that empowers young<br />
people to make life affirming<br />
choices. “The Spark Tank<br />
event is an amazing<br />
opportunity for young<br />
people between 8 – 23 to<br />
get together and bring their<br />
ideas to life!” said Kimberly<br />
Clouthier, Director of Share<br />
the Spark. “Every entry we<br />
receive gets professional<br />
feedback with specific ways<br />
to move their idea ahead.”<br />
Download entry forms from<br />
the Spark Tank Event tab at<br />
SharetheSpark.org.au.<br />
Gut health and<br />
its link to ADHD<br />
The expert speaker at<br />
ADHD Support Australia’s<br />
next meeting on <strong>September</strong><br />
24 will be Helen Padarin,<br />
who will be talking about<br />
Gut Health and its link to<br />
ADHD, raising awareness<br />
and providing practical<br />
treatment options. Helen<br />
will be speaking about<br />
the importance of good<br />
nutrition and lifestyle as it<br />
relates to various immune,<br />
digestive and neurological<br />
disorders such as ADHD.<br />
Helen has been a practising<br />
naturopath, nutritionist<br />
and medical herbalist since<br />
2001 and is the founder<br />
of Padarin Health and a<br />
MINDD Ambassador. “My<br />
mission is to educate and<br />
promote awareness about<br />
a truly nourishing diet and<br />
lifestyle for everyone” Helen<br />
said. Meeting starts 6.45pm;<br />
tickets $15 ($5 from each<br />
ticket will be donated to<br />
Hope for Health, a charity<br />
which engages in a two-way<br />
education program with<br />
Indigenous communities to<br />
promote positive nutritional<br />
and lifestyle habits for<br />
better healthy living).<br />
ADHD Support Australia<br />
is also launching its new<br />
membership platform<br />
through Patreon, which<br />
will allow people to access<br />
footage from all current<br />
events online for a small<br />
monthly fee. More info<br />
adhdsupportaustralia.com.au<br />
Beaches flushed with<br />
‘Saltwater’ creativity<br />
The combined creativity of 24<br />
Northern Beaches writers and<br />
artists is the focus of a unique<br />
new collection of illustrated<br />
stories celebrating the theme<br />
‘Saltwater’ to be launched<br />
at Manly Library from 6pm<br />
on Thursday <strong>September</strong> 12.<br />
The ‘Saltwater’ anthology<br />
is being hailed as a magical<br />
community collaboration<br />
involving short-story writers<br />
Continued on page 30<br />
News<br />
The Local Voice Since 1991<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>2019</strong> 29
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