Message from The Area Coordinator
Busy month just gone and lots more for the rest of the year. We had a great day at Bunnings Browns Plains for our fundrais-ing sausage sizzle and thanks to all who helped and bought on the day. The week of action was busy and we have a lot more people wishing to receive the newsletter by email - it is sent bcc so that you don’t get lots of junk mail from other people’s address lists. The police, VIP’s, Logan City Council and the Alcohol and Mental Health team (who were kept very busy with their alcohol and drugs advisory service) all gave a lot of assistance to our community and we were happy to give out free key rings, fridge magnets and lots of information ranging from how to keep safe on the internet, to being safe during the upcoming storm season. Talking of which NOW IS THE TIME to get the gutters & yard tidy & also plan your evacuation de-tails for all the family (including pets) in case we have a bad time during the next few months. If you want any information please contact Emergency Management Qld for assistance or check the Get Ready website - www.getready.qld.gov.au
PCYC have their annual CAOS event on 13th September so we may see you there, then the next event will be the Road Safety Expo on 19th October. Also helping to prepare the Crestmead Community Carols which will take place on Saturday December 6th at Pinnington Park. Hope to see you at an event coming up, take care Geoff
The Crestmead week of action was a great success with over 100 vehicles being fitted with SAFE PL8 screws to stop rego plates being stolen for drive offs or used in the com-mission of a crime. This service is continued at the police station by the wonderful VIP’s (Volunteers in Policing) & can be done Wednesdays and Fridays - ring the station to make arrangements if you are unable to attend on the above dates. This of course means that you are not inconvenienced which would happen if the plates were stolen never mind the added expense. We are happy to be able to provide these screws to the VIP’s through our fundraising efforts. Many thanks to all those who supported us by purchasing a raffle ticket & this was drawn after the family fun day at Pinnington Park on Saturday 30th August. We were blessed with great weather & plenty of people attended to take part in the activities. Many thanks to Logan City Council for arranging the event & for all the hard work undertaken by the Logan City Safe team - lots of children were happy with their craft projects & the kites they made were fly-ing well. The races were fun & there was even time for a couple of tug of war sessions.
The Aikido display given by Craig & the team showed how to use moves as self defence & you can get more information from the com-munity centre - 3805 4100 for classes. A great initiative for people of all ages. We were very pleased to see so many of our local coun-cil, state & federal representatives at the fun day & we look forward to their continued sup-port at our events.
STORAGE KING - A VERY BIG THANK YOU!
We have been extremely fortunate to have received the generosity of a donated storage unit at Storage King at Kingston for a year. This is most welcome since we have such a large supply of equipment and leaflets etc that storage was becoming a problem, but now our wishes have been granted.
Storage King has grown to be the largest self storage organisation in Australasia. Storage King’s primary objective is to maintain its position as the number one self storage brand in Australia.
Therefore we would recommend using this company should you need some space for those items that just don’t fit around the place & are stored outside (a great invitation to a passing thief!) or whilst you are renovating/decorating your homes. We are truly grateful for their generosity & again a big thank you!
Despite the recent comments in the media re the crime rate in Crestmead, please note that they were only taken from the source of one insur-ance company & in fact the CRIME RATE HAS GONE DOWN. So although some people may have other comments on the matter we were pleased that the Albert and Logan News gave coverage to this matter and the editor Andrew Dawson also made mention of it (and our group) in his weekly session on the Spencer Howson program on Friday 29th August just before 6am. It is good when both sides of a story are shown, however that does not mean that everything is rosy. We all need to do our bit to reduce the rate of crime and if you see something suspicious let the police know - 131 444 through Police Link or Crimestoppers 1800 333 000
We all need to help our community grow and it would be great to welcome you to our group if you can attend an upcoming meeting.
