Goodwill Drawer

2012

Opendrawer’s Goodwill ‘Show us your Drawers’ themed Challenge and Exhibition will support ‘The Men’s Shed’  - Alamein branch.

2011

Opendrawer supported with a Goodwill ‘Hottie Cover’ Challenge and Exhibition and we continue to support the Margaret Pratt Foundation Heart Lung Transplant Trust in 2012.

 About ‘The Men’s Shed

The Men’s Shed organisation gives a man that safe and busy environment where he can find  an atmosphere of old-fashioned mateship. And, importantly, there is no pressure. Men can just come and have a yarn and a cuppa if that is all they’re looking for.

So what is so special about this new type of Men’s Shed? Most men have learned from our culture that they don’t talk about feelings and emotions. There has been little encouragement for men to take an interest in their own health and well-being. Unlike women, most men are reluctant to talk about their emotions and that means that they usually don’t ask for help. Probably because of this many men are less healthy than women, they drink more, take more risks and they suffer more from isolation, loneliness and depression. Relationship breakdown, retrenchment or early retirement from a job, loss of children following divorce, physical or mental illness are just some of the problems that men find it hard to deal with on their own.

Good health is based on many factors including feeling good about yourself, being productive and valuable to your community, connecting to friends and maintaining an active body and an active mind. Becoming a member of a Men’s Shed gives a man that safe and busy environment where he can find many of these things in an atmosphere of old-fashioned mateship. And, importantly, there is no pressure. Men can just come and have a yarn and a cuppa if that is all they’re looking for.

Alamein Men’s Shed
9 Samarinda Ave
Ashburton  Vic  3147
Sue Leavesley
Phone: 03 9885 9401
Email: comprograms@alameinnic.com.au

About MPF

The Margaret Pratt Foundation Heart and Lung Transplant Trust is a registered charity whose mission is to encourage, develop and maintain Australia’s world class expertise in the field of organ transplantation by supporting research which addresses problems faced by children and adults after lung transplantation. The aim of the research projects supported by MPF must be to improve outcomes for heart and lung transplant recipients.

Margaret Pratt Foundation
ABN 32 237 226 148

15 Brookville Road, Toorak, Vic.  3142
Tel: 03 9827 5068
A.C.Pratt@bigpond.com.au
www.mprattfoundation.com.au