It is NAIDOC Celebration time and the theme is "Unsung Heros". C4C staff and Community Partners were very happy to participate in activities at the Lake Illawarra PCYC on 1st July 2010. The event was organised by a broad team of people lead by Wendy Ainsworth from NSW Community Services. The majority of families participating are engaged with the many family support programs in the Illawarra and there was a presentation to Foster Carers who open their homes to children in need.
Richard Davis gave a Welcome to Country and the Wadi Wadi Mixed Tribe Dancers performed for the crowd. It was great to see the children join in as 'joey kangaroos'. The team from Park and Play were there to showcase their service along with displays from Housing NSW, National Parks and Wildlife, Community Services, lots of games and activities for the children. It was all hands on deck to cook the BBQ and serve the healthy salads and fruit salads. There were also tastings of kangaroo meat, crocodile and damper with native plant jams - my favourite was the Lilipilli spread.
Communities for Children sponsored a native animal display from Symbio Animal Park. Staff brought down a Golden Possum, baby Crocodile, Shingleback Lizard, Water Dragon and a beautiful Python. The children (Big and Small) were fascinated and learnt a lot about these beautiful animals, where to find them and how to look after them.
Tessa
