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Queensland

Marianne Steentsma, President
Carmel Mulcahy, Newsletter Editor
www.esaaustralia.org

ESA Australia is made up of 5 chapters (known as “branches”, downunder). These
branches have distinctly different approaches and focus on their communities
and fundraising. However, two of their shared interests are Cancer Council of
Queensland and Leukaemia Foundation.

Each branch has 2 meetings per month. One for business, and one
for Education. Education is a prominent feature for ESA Australia.
The 5 branches choose their own topics for each month. This has
a two-fold result. It gives the freedom of originality to each branch
and just as important, the members and supporters of other cities
are educated when reading the reports in the monthly newsletter.
Some of the most recent reports are sampled below.

Brisbane-Beta Omicron: Members recently visited an amazing
exhibition at the Queensland Museum called ‘Gladiators, Heroes
of the Colosseum’. This included wall paintings, photos and
artefacts from seven Italian Museums and Institutions.

Redcliffe-Alpha Pi: Five members and three guests
attended an Asian cooking session with Betty
Coutanceau, our 2014 DIANA recipient. Betty raises
funds to continue the humanitarian work she and her
husband Maurice do in Nepal by conducting such
classes as this.

Gin Gin-Beta Epsilon: On a clear, starry winter night in July, eleven of our sisters
sat to learn about and make paper stars. Many groups in the Bundaberg region
had already weaved their share of 8-pointed stars to send on and contribute to
this 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth
Games installation and in so doing showed
their support for the “One Million Stars
Project to End Violence”. The beautiful
stars are intended to be symbols of light,
courage and solidarity to end all forms of
violence, including violence against
women, bullying and racism, and their
inclusion at the Games next year - a
statement to the world.

These reports have been abridged, but we welcome you to subscribe to our e-newsletter to read
the detailed reports. www.esaaustralia.org/newsletter

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