Category: Community

Staff Vaccination Compliance

Leisa Dent | Posted on November 4, 2021 |

Jess, Disability Services Assistant, has received both doses of vaccine. Jess is pictured with a printout of her digital certificate. All active MSS staff, including disability support workers, aged care workers and administration staff, are compliant with the Victorian government Covid vaccination requirements for authorized workers. The majority of staff have received two doses of […]

40th Anniversary

Leisa Dent | Posted on October 20, 2021 |

2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the opening of Dame Pattie Menzies Centre Inc. Pictured: Dame Pattie Menzies; Kath Cooper, Shire President; and Senator Margaret Guilfoyle, Commonwealth Minister for Finance at the centre opening on 14th March, 1981. Below is an excerpt from the DPMC newsletter, 30th anniversary edition, 2011: In the mid seventies it […]

Cowboy Up for MSS

admin | Posted on February 4, 2019 |

Fundraising success at Alexandra Pro Rodeo Ritchie Timms took on a challenge to ride a steer at the Alexandra Pro Rodeo, to raise funds for our food van plans.What began as a bit of fun with a target of $1000, quickly ballooned with donations flowing in from far and wide over the following weeks. The […]

Our programs and events are held on the lands of the Taungurung people and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners. We would also like to pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging and Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be here today.

We acknowledge that we are on Taungurung Country. We hereby express our respect for the Taungurung people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are based. We pay our respects to their leaders and Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold forever the memories, traditions, culture and hopes of all Taungurung people. We express our gratitude for the sharing of this land.