September Calendar

September 2020 Time2Enjoy Calendar Bus fare $20.00 You will receive an automated call the day prior to travel to advise your pick- up time. EAST 02 03 04WEST 01 WED THU FRI TUE No Outing Today Morning tea at No Outing Today Southern Gateway Morning tea at WEST Southern Gateway Centre, scenic 09 drive and BYO/ Centre, scenic takeaway lunch at drive and BYO/ WED JP Galvin Park, takeaway lunch at JP Galvin Park, Morning tea and Wollongong BYO/takeaway EAST Wollongong 10 11 EAST lunch at 07 08 Bicentennial Park THU FRI MON TUE EAST No Outing Today Scenic drive, morning tea and Scenic drive, No Outing Today 16 BYO/takeaway morning tea lunch at Moore 15 WED Reserve, Oatley and BYO/ takeaway lunch TUE Morning tea and 17 WEST BYO/takeaway at Cromwell No Outing Today THU 18 Park South, lunch at FRI Bicentennial Park No Outing Today Malabar Scenic drive, morning tea WEST and BYO/ 14 takeaway lunch MON at Moore Reserve, Oatley Scenic drive, morning tea and BYO/takeaway lunch at Cromwell Park South, Malabar 21 EAST 22 23 WEST 24 25 EAST FRI MON TUE WED THU Morning tea at Scenic drive, No Outing Today Morning tea at No Outing Today Southern Gateway morning tea and Southern Gateway BYO/takeaway 29 Centre, scenic Centre, scenic drive and BYO/ lunch at TUE drive and BYO/ takeaway lunch at Davidson Park, takeaway lunch at Reddall Reserve, No Outing Today Reddall Reserve, Lake Illawarra Forestville Lake Illawarra 28 WEST 30 EAST & WEST Don't Forget - We also provide shopping and shuttle bus MON WED services, pet and medical transport and personal Scenic drive, Bunnings, morning tea and Kirrawee and appointment transport. Where BYO/takeaway lunch at Taren ever you need to go - we can Point Bowling Lunch at get you there! Davidson Park, Club Forestville

Activus Important Information Ambassador - • If you have been tested for COVID-19 and Cheryl Koenig, OAM are awaiting your results, please do not attend any outings until you receive a My name is Cheryl Koenig, and earlier this year I was honoured to be negative result. appointed as an Ambassador for Activus. I look forward to working in partnership with this well-respected organisation who, for over 30 years, • have provided much-needed community transport in the Shire, for There will be limited numbers per bus. people with disability, the frail or aged, and their carers. I am an Author of five books and motivational speaker. In 2009 I was • Please listen to bus crew and take named NSW Woman of the Year for my community work and in 2014 instructions from them. received an OAM for services to people with disabilities, their families and carers. At one point I sat on about seven different government • Hand sanitiser will be provided on each bus. health boards and committees. If you are not feeling well on the day please remain at home. My involvement within the disability sector arose out of caring and advocacy for my son Jonathan who was severely injured when hit by a • In the event that some outings exceed speeding car aged just 12. That story was captured in my 3rd book maximum numbers extra buses may be put Paper Cranes – A Mother’s Story of Hope, Courage & Determination. on for another day. Basically it tells the remarkable story of how my son defied the ominous medical predications that he’d never walk, talk or eat again. As well, it • Some outings may require walking. tells my own emotional journey and my determination to turn my grief • You must decide if an outing is suitable for around and create purpose and meaning from something so tragic, by becoming proactive and raising awareness about the plight of people you. with brain injury and their carers. • In the event of inclement weather, bus crew Towering way above my awards, is my role as the carer of my now 35- will advise of alternative options for the day. year-old son. Caring tells you more about me and my ethos than any other role. In my opinion there is no job more important than enhancing Individual Pick Up Times the health and happiness of someone you love. You will receive an automated call the day Last year my fifth book, In My Blood, was released. It is a personal before your trip. Please ensure that you are memoir about being a carer and suddenly becoming a very sick carer. ready at least 15 minutes prior to your pick up Yes, strangely it never occurred to me that our lives, which had become time. Due to time constraints, we are unable to wait so closely interwoven since Jonathan’s accident, could once again past scheduled pickup times. unravel with frightening speed. But just when we thought we had our heads above water and were all living a pro-active and contented Winter Weather existence, paradoxically ‘A Mother’s Story of Hope, Courage and Determination’ became her own; my own. Quite suddenly, shortly after Please wear/bring clothing that is suitable for being named ‘NSW Woman of the Year’, I found myself thrown into a the season. new medical trauma when I was diagnosed with a mass the size of an orange in my lungs and informed I had a life-threatening blood cancer. It Club Entry – COVID Safe Practice has been a difficult road back, and I still have complications, but I’m still fundraising, volunteering and a guest speaker on a range of topics. All visitors will be required to present a valid ID, Pension and/or Concession Card, provide their My main message is that even though we can’t always define our own name, address and contact number when destiny - as sometimes when we least expect it ‘life’ has this habit of signing in. Visitors will be temperature checked getting in our way - what we can do, is define our own quality of life. by venue staff. Please adhere to the venues Even when faced with life’s hardest challenges, you can choose how rules and regulations during these procedures. you respond to your suffering – you can let it be your undoing, or you can choose to create meaning and purpose from adversity. Lunch Options Life is about choices, resolve, resilience and never ever losing hope! For more info about me visit: www.cherylkoenig.com.au Outings where we stop at a park for morning tea will usually be BYO for lunch. At times, if Cheryl there is the availability we will stop at a takeaway en-route. Please ensure you bring enough money to cover lunch costs. Companion Cards A carer travelling with you must have a current Companion Card to qualify for free bus fare fare or full cost is payable.