By Sonia Isaacs
ROTARY club of Maleny is adding another dimension to the good work of Domestic Violence (DV) prevention group, ‘Speak Up Now’ – Maleny and Blackall Range, by planning to launch a ‘wear purple on Friday’s’ t-shirt campaign next month.
Rotary (one of the collaborating parties in Speak Up Now) have decided to join with other Rotary Clubs across Australia to promote Purple Fridays – where businesses and individuals wear a Rotary purple DV shirt every Friday.
Maleny Rotary club is planning a soft launch of the wear purple on Friday campaign at Barbers of Maleny, located at the Riverside Centre in Maleny. Rotary representative on the Speak Up Now – Stop Domestic Violence planning committee, Sherryl Gregory, said she was very pleased that the DV awareness initiative was being championed by Rotary.
“While we can’t confirm a final date for the launch yet, we are aiming for a early mid September kick-off ,” Ms Gregory said.
September will also see Speak Up Now delivering their popular annual primary school ‘Kite Workshops’ program. This innovative program run over the last two years focuses on promoting respectful relationships. It seeks to empower school aged children to make healthy personal choices. The next workshop is scheduled for Thursday September 12, at Conondale State School.
Speak Up now will be also be launching a new version for Prep/Year 1 classes called ‘Fly a Kite for Kindness’. This will be a whole school event with the younger students (Prep/ Year 1/2) attending their workshop in the morning, and the older students (Years 3-6) having their program delivered in the middle session of the day.
To find out more, visit the Speak Up Now Stop Domestic Violence Maleny Blackall Range Facebook page or www. malenyrotary.org/