PORT Macquarie Country Women's Association (CWA) members have made two special community donations.
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As a forerunner to CWA Awareness Week celebrations, members of the Port Macquarie Evening Branch of CWA presented donations to two local charities, Bravehearts Mid North Coast and the Anglican Soup Kitchen.
"Both organisations have indicated that the money is being put to purchase much needed resources," spokesperson Gay Cowan said.
Jenny Watts, president of Bravehearts Mid North Coast, said the $500 donation will help provide essential education materials for Hastings students.
The Anglican soup kitchen is purchasing urgently needed kitchen equipment. The soup kitchen is providing many meals each week to the homeless and needy.
This year's CWA Awareness Week will shine a light on the issue of mental health and support services in regional, rural and remote communities particularly as they relate to women and how everyone can make a difference.
Branches are being urged to promote the important of starting a "Sconversation", an informal catch up with friends on a regular basis.
The organisation wants women - and men - to Start a Sconversation as a way of encouraging people to air their feelings and boost their mental well-being.
Members of the Evening Branch, with no scone cooking fans in their ranks, decided they would tweak the Sconversation and have a slice-a-thon instead.
The challenge was issued to various local identities to cook a slice better than the CWA ladies. Accepting the challenge has seen Leslie Williams MP, mayor, Peta Pinson and Port News editor Tracey Fairhurst throw their hats into the slice tin.
Branch members are excited to have teachers and students from Hastings Secondary College also accept the challenge.
Students are very keen to try out their cooking skills and have asked that money raised from their slices be donated to Headspace, a local organisation dealing with youth mental health.
Branch members will be manning an information stand in centre court at Port Central Shopping Centre from Monday, September 2-7.
Judging of the slices will take place on Saturday, September 7 at Port Central with the winner announced at 10.30am. Boxes of slices and recipes will be available for sale to the general public.