Set amongst Lindfield’s shopping strip is foodie’s delight De’lish Food Store + Catering. Offering an amazing range of gourmet treats, regional products, and fresh food made on-site daily, De’lish carries a reputation for great quality produce, home cooked meals and outstanding service.

More than a food store, lunch stop or delicatessen, De’lish’s range of freezer friendly home cooked meals, are a convenient and nutritious solution for when time doesn’t allow you to cook for yourself. De’lish uses only the freshest produce, and these ready to heat meals are made from scratch. Choose from a selection of over 120 meals! From soups and pastas, to curries and casseroles, you’ll even find some old fashion favourites like Beef bourguignon!

Vicky Jorgensen, the founder of De’lish is very proud of the food store and particularly the home cooked freezer meals. “I love being able to drop meals off to my mum, an elderly friend or someone who’s just had a newborn and know they will be eating a healthy home cooked meal – as if I have cooked it in my own home kitchen. The convenience and quality of these meals are what makes them so great – we even home deliver if needed,” says Vicky.

As a special treat, Vicky and the team at De’lish Food Store would like to offer our Community News readers a Free soup when they spend $100 or more on De’lish home cooked freezer meals ($14 each). Simply pop int0 De’lish or give them a call on 9416 5916 and mention the newsletter to take up this offer. Offer valid till 30^th November 2017.

So next time you need to give someone a special gift – give the gift of a thoughtfully prepared meal.

One of the great benefits of our work at the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches is being able to support an amazing array of projects that make a huge difference to our community. This was evident recently when Turramurra High School celebrated their 50^th Anniversary.

During this celebration, past and present students, teachers and parents were all invited to a ‘Back to Turramurra Day’ where they enjoyed school tours, Turramurra trivia, and student performances. However, the highlight of the day was the smoking ceremony to unveil the Darinyun Walkway and outdoor learning area, which was performed by Guringai elder Laurie Brimson. The walkway celebrates Aboriginal culture and offers students a unique outdoor technology and learning experience. Centred on local indigenous flora and fauna, QR codes stationed along the walk connect students and visitors with information about specific flora that played an important role in the daily lives of the Guringai people.

The latest unveiling of the Darinyun Walkway is yet another example of what the school has been able to achieve since launching the ‘Inside Out’ initiative. Originally begun in 2014, the ‘Inside Out’ project was started with the purpose of raising funds to enable the creation of innovative and inspirational outdoor learning environments for the students.

Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches partnered this project, organising and funding a ‘Paver fundraiser’ which raised over $22,000, along with providing 50% of the seed money. We were also pleased to be able to provide an interest free loan to the school for the outstanding funds required for the project.

This ambitious project brought together members from the local community including Turramurra Rotary, the TLC Garden, Men’s Shed plus many others who worked together under the direction of the school’s P&C. What a privilege to see a community pull together for the benefit of our future generations.

It was extremely rewarding for the branch management and staff to see School Captain Midori Sugiyama’s involvement in the celebrations of the school’s 50^th Anniversary. Midori was one of the students from THS who participated in a Youth Observer program in 2016, which enabled students to sit in on the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank board meetings. The Youth Observer program has been running successfully with THS for several years, and in 2017 four new students were selected to observe the board in action and gain real-life learning experiences.

At the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches, we are immensely proud of the long-standing relationship we have with Turramurra High School and look forward to continuing to provide support over the years ahead.

There are many local organisations doing amazing things within our community, and the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches make a concerted effort to support as many of these community projects as possible. A project that we are particularly proud of is the partnership with the San Foundation to Fight Against Cancer.

Whilst the Fight Against Cancer is an ongoing initiative, the official opening of the San Integrated Cancer Centre was recently celebrated. The San Integrated Cancer Centre is a state-of-the-art centre of excellence, which builds on the San’s existing expertise, experience and world-class reputation providing an integrated treatment centre for patients with cancer and other chronic diseases.

The San Foundation is continually looking for financial support to ensure that major projects such as the Integrated Cancer Centre are able to provide the best facilities, staffing and treatment options available. When the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches found out about what the San Foundation was trying to achieve, we jumped at the opportunity to help.

Late last year, we were thrilled to be able to present the San Foundation with a cheque for $5000 to help fight cancer.

In addition to the $5000 donation, a referral rewards program was put in place to encourage ongoing donations. When any Adventist HealthCare staff, patients or community friends are referred to the Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches and draw down a home or investment loan, $500 will be donated to the San Foundation. Not only will the San Foundation benefit from this program, the person responsible for the loan draw down will also receive a saving of $600 from the upfront loan fees. This is a great initiative to continually drive donations from the Community Bank branches into the San Foundation.

Barbara Ward – Managing Director, San Foundation commented: “Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank branches have shown tremendous support to the San Foundation, we are very grateful for the generous donation of $5,000 and this great community initiative. We hope many people will support us”

If you would like to make a donation to the San Foundation, please visit: http://sanfoundation.org.au/other-ways-to-donate.html

Or if you would like to take advantage of the Community Bank initiative to support the San Foundation, please contact Dean Castell at Turramurra and Lindfield Community Bank on 02) 9488 9496