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Strathfield Mens Shed inc. Newsletter

A roster white board is available in the common room to enter your availability for the shed maintenance days.  .

Note that the shed will not be available for project work on maintenance days.

Presentation of artwork by Master Woodcarver, Peter Look

At past toolbox meetings on, Peter Look presented “Slender” to past President Michael Cosby as a gift to the shed. Carved from a single branch of a hardwood tree. He has engraved the base in English and Chinese.

Toolbox Meeting

The Committee thanked the Woodcarving group for their ongoing cleaning efforts of the toilets during the year. This roster will expire at the end of the year, so other members will be required to shoulder this responsibility in future.

Strathfield Mens Shed inc. Newsletter

Mens health

Hand sanitizer is at various locations throughout the shed but is not being used enough. Men appear to be lax in this regard, so don’t forget on entry and before leaving – sanitise.

Please stay away from The Shed if you are feeling unwell or may have been in places where infections are known to have been spread

How long is it since you had a health check? Men are renowned for overlooking regular check-ups. Don’t overlook your most important piece of preventative maintenance. Have a look at AMSA’s health promotion program ‘Spanner in the Works’.
Read more here at malehealth.org.au where you’ll also find a handy ‘symptom checker’ tool.

The Shed Wireless

Find out more about what other Shedders are thinking and doing at

http://mensshed.org/theshedwireless/

or Listen and subscribe to The Shed Wireless here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-shed-wireless-episode-8/id1510493380?i=1000478335631

Mister Newsletter

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https://www.misternewsletter.com.au/newsletters

By subscribing, you can have the latest issue sent straight to you.

Men’s Shed Week is Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October 2020. To celebrate, there will be a challenge for members on 30th Sept. This will be announced soon.

Street Library

Our Street Library is now erected next to our
entry path and has been attracting attention, both for its novelty look and for the books. Kindly decorated with an Australian flavour by Frank’s sister, Madeline. It is the answer to Councillor Karen Pensebene’s request for a street library for a new Early Learning Centre, Woodgreen, in Strathfield. A similar one for them is nearly ready for erection. Any decoration for it will be their own.

Little Free Libraries. Lidcombe Primary School has requested help for their research class to make some Little Free Libraries to put around the school for their students. During the coming term each will try designing and making a cardboard model then put together some made from plywood. A timely donation of suitable plywood offcuts from F.E.Mitchell has helped.

Strathfield Men’s Shed

The Strathfield Mens Shed committee is currently upgrading and or putting together procedures for cleaning, sign-in and health requirements to comply with the ever increasing demands of insurance. We ask that you are all patient and continue to support the committee in this ever-demanding tasks.

On arrival all members are required to sign in and pay their $2 for attendance on the day. When your day is over, please don’t forget to sign out.

Given the ongoing risk associated with Covid 19, influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), etc, we would ask anyone who is not well, or suspect themselves of not being well, not come into the shed during that illness. We have a vulnerable population of members that cannot afford to be subjected to these illnesses. Thanks for your support,

Members on the tools …

Members and committee are investing lots of time and effort in maintaining the shed for it’s members.

Welcome

Strathfield Mens Shed provides a facility that empowers men of all ages to socialise and do things in a practical way. Participation is encouraged to develop good self-esteem, respect for each other and to support our local community projects.

Members may learn and share skills such as woodworking, wood turning, metalwork and other hand crafts, all in a safe manner.

Mens Sheds are places of encouragement for all to take an interest in their own health and well-being. Good health, with a very big emphasis on mental health, is also based on many factors and becoming a member of a Mens Shed gives a person that safe and busy environment where many of these things can be found in an atmosphere of old-fashioned mateship and, importantly, there is no pressure.

You can just come and have a yarn and a cuppa if that is all you’re looking for.

Members come from all walks of life – the bond that unites them is often they are people with time on their hands and who would like to do something meaningful with that time.

If a man’s shed is his castle, then the Strathfield Mens Shed is his kingdom. If you would like to share your skills or just to have a chat, then drop by.

All visitors are welcome.

We are normally open Wednesday and Saturdays 10am – 4pm.

The modern Mens Shed is an updated version of the shed in the backyard that has long been a part of Australian culture.