Red Cross – Glen Innes News

Dec

07

2024

Red Cross Christmas Tree Display & Competition – Photo Gallery

Local NewsChristmas Tree Display, Red Cross

The Australian Red Cross Christmas tree display is twenty-three years old this year and over all the years has been delighting Glen Innes residents and visitors alike. Some of the incredibly creative entries are featured in the below gallery.

Nov

21

2024

By Eve Chappell

Our History: The Town Hall

Local NewsChapel Theatre, Christmas In The Highlands, Glen Innes Arts Council, Glen Innes Town Hall, Our Local History, Red Cross

Our magnificent Town Hall is certainly the centrepiece for ‘Christmas in the Highlands’ on Friday November 29, and for the 23rd year it is the venue for the Red Cross Community Christmas Tree displays. The Hall has hosted performances by Dame Nellie Melba, Noella Cornish, school frolics, drill nights for the Volunteer Defence Corp, grand balls, weddings, troop home coming celebrations, Baby Shows, film nights, Macca, The Wiggles…. It provided the stage for Mrs Mackenzie’s early Musical Society shows and later the Glen Innes Arts Council, until 1984 when they produced My Fair Lady as the grand opening show in…

Nov

15

2024

By Megan Redfern

Red Cross Christmas Tree Display To Delight Again This Year

Local NewsChristmas Tree Display, Margaret Kiehne, Red Cross

The Australian Red Cross Christmas tree display is twenty-three years old this year and over all the years has been delighting Glen Innes residents and visitors alike. I asked Margaret Kiehne, President of the Glen Innes Red Cross branch, where the idea originally came from. She said it was filched from the Muswellbrook branch, and while their event didn’t make the distance, the Glen Innes iteration has kept going from strength to strength. The display already has twenty-five entrants and organisers hope to exceed last year’s total of sixty-two. There is no fee to enter, and schools, businesses and individuals…

Nov

06

2024

By Newsroom

Local Teacher Honoured With Prestigious Red Cross Humanitarian Award

Local NewsANZAC Day, Australia Day, Carla Bryant, Margaret Kiehne, Red Cross

Glen Innes Public School teacher Carla Bryant has been recognised with the Red Cross Humanitarian Partner Award for her exceptional commitment to the Red Cross Youth program. The award, presented at the New South Wales Red Cross Annual General Meeting in Sydney, celebrates Carla’s dedication to inspiring young people to help others. Margaret Kiehne, President of the Glen Innes Red Cross branch, attended the AGM to witness Carla’s honour. She expressed her admiration, saying, “The award was presented to Carla for the work she does above and beyond her teaching hours bringing her local group of Red Cross Youth, children…