by Welcome Dinner Project | Jan 15, 2017 | News, Stories
2017 brings with it many changes, including the resignation of our wonderful Queensland Welcome Dinner State Coordinator, Libby Blom, who has decided to step back a bit to spend more time with her growing family. Due to Libby’s leadership over the past 18...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 29, 2016 | News, Stories
The Toowoomba chapter of the Welcome Dinner Project hit the ground running with the first home dinner on 19th March 2016. Toowoomba’s WDP Coordinators Emily and Darren worked tirelessly to ensure the inaugural Welcome Dinner was a huge success and a wonderful...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 28, 2016 | News, Stories
Our last Welcome Dinner of the year in Brisbane was held at Queensland Coordinator Libby Blom’s home. This was a very special day as Libby’s family could be a part of the celebrations and see for themselves what their mum, wife, and daughter has been doing all the...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 28, 2016 | News, Stories
On the 2nd of October, the Welcome Dinner Project Queensland held a stall at the Welcome Fest in Brisbane. The Welcome Fest was a great opportunity to share our vision and recruit new people to our project. We were perfectly positioned across from the World Music...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 28, 2016 | News, Stories
In August, we did something that we have never done before in Queensland. We had a community dinner welcoming hundreds of newly arrived Iraqi families on the North Side. We were quite nervous as the guests began arriving in droves, with the queue going out the door...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 28, 2016 | News, Stories
In July, we took part in the Welcome Family Picnic at Coopers Plains library with our good friends from Mums 4 Refugees and the Brisbane City Council. Councillor Steve Griffiths from the Moorooka Ward dropped in to say “hello” and “welcome” and to officially open the...
