WHAT
DO MEN DO.
They do all sorts of things, it depends
on the individual,
• Build things.
• Wreck things.
• Talk.
• Tell Jokes.
• Relate experiences.
• Listen to others.
• Discuss health problems.
• Discuss any problem.
• Talk about anything.
• Cook lunch.
• Do nothing if that’s what they want.
WHERE
CORNER OF GRANT AND BLAND STREET’S
YARRAM PHONE: - 5182 5218 |
WHAT
ARE THE BENEFITS?
There
are many benefits from the shed some
are seen and measured some are just
felt.
The benefits for
the men:
• A place to be yourself and do what
you want, when you want, how you want.
• Other men who you can relate to.
• Ideas exchange.
• A place to learn.
• A place to teach.
• Someone who will listen and not judge.
• Someone who understands.
The benefits for
the community:
• Utilising skills that may
have been hidden and unused.
• Construction of community projects that may
have been unaffordable.
• Some of the problems that older men suffer can
be addressed and referred. |
SOME
PARTICULARS
• Stress free environment.
• Talk to blokes about blokes
things.
• Lunch provided.
• Shed open every Wednesday from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
• Come anytime you want - leave anytime you want.
• No obligation to attend every
week, come as often as you want or whenever
you can.
• All ages.
• Currently ranging from 45 years
old to 81 years old.
• A lot of knowledge and experience
is exchanged each week.
• A $2.00 attendance fee is requested
each week so consumables such as nails, screws
and sandpaper can be purchased. WHO
DOES WHAT?
The men actually
run the shed. They decide what to do, when
to do it and at what pace they do it. With
individual projects or group projects.
They
try and resource as much material and tools
as they can, what they can’t
get they pass to the supervisor to obtain.
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PROJECTS
COMPLETED
The following projects have been completed
by the men:
• Production of display frames for photographic
exhibition at Yarram show.
• Production of schedule board for Yarram ‘Eisteddfod’.
• Production of 40 paint frames for Yarram Secondary
College.
• Produce and install ‘Bingo’ signage
Yarram Country Club.
• Produce and install ‘Blackboards’ for
Yarram
• Country Club crèche.
• Construct ‘Puppet stage’ (full size)
for Yarram Secondary College.
• Restore garden seating for Yarram Catholic church.
• Restore and re-paint ‘Nativity Statues’ for
both Yarram and Woodside Catholic churches.
• Construct display cabinet for Australian and
New Zealand flags for Yarram RSL sub-branch.
• Restore and deliver bicycles for needy children.
• Manufacture toys for ‘Baker Centre’ to
deliver to needy families at Christmas Construct a
presentation lectern for Yarram RSL.
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