By Jan Johnston of Stanwell Park CWA
Stanwell Park CWA has installed a defibrillator at our hall at 15 The Drive. It is on the deck and available 24 hours a day for community use.
Anyone can access the defibrillator and the location is perfect, given the proximity to the tennis courts, parks and various functions in the hall itself. This is a gift to the community and we are confident that it will be taken good care of and valued by everyone.
CWA members have since undertaken training in CPR and use of the defibrillator with the Dave Winner Foundation. We urge other community members to take advantage of this free CPR training, which we can highly recommend. Go to davewinnerfoundation.org.
On May 12, the CWA hall will be the venue for a talk about the Women’s Weekly cookbooks and their influence on Australian food culture. There is a generation of women who moved forward from the Commonsense Cookbooks and embraced the colourful books that were geared to modern-day recipes and ingredients. It will be interesting to learn how these much-loved books were involved in gradual changes to cookery, taste and society.
Food historian and local author Lauren Samuelsson will give a talk about her new book, A Matter of Taste, on Monday 12th, from 5-7pm at the CWA Hall, 15 The Drive, Stanwell Park. Everyone is welcome. A donation of $5 will cover light refreshments and Lauren’s book will be available for sale and signing.
Also, do visit us on May 3 at the Election Day cake stall at Stanwell Park Public School. We’ll be selling lovely home-cooked treats and potted plants, and a local artist has donated one of her pots for a raffle. All money raised will be used to donate to charities that CWA supports.
