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It's That Time Again! FBC at the Pregnancy, Babies & Children's Expo!

24/5/2015

 
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Did you have a wonderful experience at the Birth Centre and want to help us spread the word about this awesome facility?

Friends of the Birth Centre need your help!  The Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s (PBC) Expo is coming to Brisbane and Friends of the Birth Centre will be having a stall!
We are putting a call out for volunteers, to spare any time you have available on Friday 19 June, Saturday 20 June and Sunday 21 June 2015.  The times are 10am - 4pm on Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.  

The Expo is held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane and we of course will have everything as organised as possible to make it nice and easy and comfy for our volunteers,  so mark your diary with dates and start thinking about how you might be able to help the FBC out at this great event.
We will need people to:
  • Help set up
  • Man (woman) the stall
  • Hand out flyers and goodie bags
  • Sell raffle tickets
  • Promote the Birth Centre and answer any questions people may have
  • Help pack up
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We promise it’s not scary – we will prepare you before the stall opens!
Babes in arms/carriers are very welcome.

If you think you can help in ANY WAY on ANY of the days, even for a short time slot, please let us know.

There will be more information to come, but in the meantime, if you could email the Friends of the Birth Centre PBC Expo Co-Ordinator, Skye Rowan, at [email protected] with any times you think you may be able help, or any questions you may have.

Don’t forget - mark your diary in any case because this is a huge, worthwhile event to attend!

Volunteer... To Share Your Passion

20/5/2015

 
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Each of us come to the Friends Of The Birth Centre after a life changing event which changes how we see ourselves and prioritise our lives. In the months after having your baby you process your birth experience, discover the human limit of sleep deprivation only to push beyond it, read endless pages of conflicting advice, celebrate with friends and family and quietly weep at the struggle and angst of such profound responsibility. In this turbulent time you may feel energised and impassioned to make a difference (other than creating a brand new human being) and that’s when we want to pounce!

You see we have a not so hidden agenda, we want you to join our organisation and share in the many rewarding and sometimes tedious tasks which allow us to keep supporting and spreading the vital message that non invasive continuity of care in birth is available for FREE! Why aren’t there queues of mothers outside the Birth Centre?! We need a marching band!
Volunteering is not intimidating, we are all mothers in the same life situation which means:
  • no pressure on what you can do- any help appreciated!
  • 89% chance of cake and 98% chance of tea at any meeting (of which there are few and all non-compulsory)
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  • tell us your skills and we’ll give you something to do!
  • or say what you want to do and we’ll say ‘Hooray!” and let you do it!
  • maintain work related competencies and relevant experience while looking noble and altruistic by volunteering
  • hang out with fun, relaxed (unless the baby has got it’s own nappy off again) and friendly parents
  • make a profound difference for the mothers of Brisbane
If you have an hour or two spare (not any more!) and want to help us where you can please email [email protected] with what you’d like to do or tell us your skills. Some ideas are: Pregnancy Expo Co-Ordinator Assistant, Librarian, Morning TeaCo-Ordinator, Facebook Manager, Cake Stall and Sausage Sizzle Co-Ordinator (Fundraising Co-Ordinator), Consumer Reps, Marketing, Blog Writers, Website Helpers, Vice President or Vice Treasurer!

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Thank You!

13/5/2015

 
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Now that we have had a chance to recover from what was such a fun day, we would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to everyone involved in making our 20th Birthday Celebrations - Family Fun Day such a success.
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Anxiously awaiting the start of the event!
Events like these are not possible without the help and goodwill of so many people - as they say, it takes a village! - and we would like to thank each and every one of you for your contribution. We truly do appreciate it.
​Here goes!
  • Vanessa Gibson from Mums in the Mix was our MC for the day.
  • Tanya Love from Tanya Love Photography took all of the amazing photos of the event, and also donated a Raffle Prize to the value of $1500
  • Brendan from Beats Bus Productions (Interactive Workshops)
  • Dr Sarah Buckley, one of our Guest Speakers. Sarah also donated a Lucky Door Prize
  • Cas McCullough, another one of our Guest Speakers. Cas also donated a Lucky Door Prize
  • Joe from Y Marketing created the wonderful video that you can now view on our website showcasing the journey so far of the Birth Centre and FBC. You can contact him on Twitter at @YMarketingGuy or call him on 0417 405 665
     
  • Victoria from Suze Wild Design was our wonderful face painter.
  • Holly Allen from Sensory Play Stations
  • Amanda and the team from Cosplay Heroes
  • Lesley Hooper provided our fabulous cake.
  • Nate and Steph from Uni-Dart Trophies
  • Matthew from Endota Day Spa kindly donated several Spa packages for our lucky competition winners.
  • Tiffany from Tab Graphics created the beautiful graphics you saw advertising the event.
 

We would also like to thank our Stall holders for participating:
  • Eligible Private Practice Midwives
  • Australian Breast Feeding Association
  • GO Mum Fitness (who also donated a raffle prize to the value of $100)
  • Sue Pini - Doterra Oils
 

We are also immensely grateful to Di Farmer, who attended as the representative for the Premier and Minister for Women.
 

And I am sure you would all agree that a MASSIVE thank you is due to ALL of the amazing Midwives who came on the day.
 

It made the event that much more special to be able to share it with the wonderful women who are so much a part of our birth stories.
 

Thank you again to all who were involved (we hope we haven't missed anyone!), and we hope you all enjoyed the day as much as we did!

Congratulations to our Winners!

5/5/2015

 
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We would love to thank everyone who attended and supported us at the event on Saturday, and we sincerely hope you had as good a time as we did!
A special thank you to everyone who supported our Raffle, and a big Congratulations to our winners!

​Raffle Prizes

$1500 Photography package from Tanya Love Photography - Won by Janet
$100 voucher from Go Mum! Group Fitness. - Won by Catherine

​Photo Competition

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Dayna Kiel (Photo by Etta Photography) and Shan Bell were the lucky winners of the Endota Spa Vouchers!

​Congratulations again ladies!

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