SHOUT OUT !!! A HUGE Thanks goes out to these amazing people donating their services...

  • DLA Phillips Fox Law Firm - Thankyou so much Amir Fitzhugh for guiding us through the forest!!! DLA Phillips Fox are providing us with pro bono legal advice in the following areas - corporations law, property law and taxation law....all very scarey areas for a small community organisation!
  • Martin Carey, Director of Global Projects, is donating his construction project management skills to coordinating and overseeing the cafe fit out.
  • Peter Macaluso, Managing Director of The CKC Group, who is donating his architectual services as well as snow balling the chain of giving. Amazing inspirational people!!!
  • The Hoyts Corporation for providing us with a genreous rent free period and a heavily reduced rental rate on the cafe site. We are also looking forward to many mutual beneficial partnerships between the Hoyts Cinemas and this project. It's great to see our large corporations getting behind local communities and even joining forces to work together with small community groups in building up stronger local communities!
  • Vic Lilli from Vic Lilli & Partners for not only providing his own engineering services for free but also for starting a chain of giving by others! Vic has been helping us through the quagmire of development consents, building processes and much more...
  • Yuri Bolotin, from Design Portfolio, the Design Company developing the branding as well as designing the cafe, is donating much of his own time as well as making a donation back to BMYS from the design fees.
  • Zoya Matis, a local resident, has donated a whole box of commercial cookery books that will be able to be used by the young people as a valuable resource.

The Cafe Has a Name!!!

After much deliberation and debate a name has finally been found! Both through the online poll and through consultation with the key stakeholders "PepperTree Cafe" won. Thak you to everyone who shared their knowledge and views on what name could encompass and represented this amazing project! The fiery passion that came through much of the debating sessions demonstrated just how deeply the local members care about this project. (WOW!)

"PepperTree" was selected because of its relevence to the local area. One of the oldest propoerties in Bankstown is "The Homestead". Throughout this beautiful property the original pepper trees still grow. It was important to us that the name could be inclusive to everybody while also capturing the growth this project will create. The great thing about nature is that is doesn't disciminate and we all exist within it. 
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Letter received from a young person:

This letter was sent in from a young person from Mt Hunter. We were so inspired by this young person's vision for a united community we had to share it. While we may not have worded things in the same way the sentiment is definitely shared.... 


"It has come to my attention that you have been funded by the Federal Government $786,000 to establish, support to create jobs and increase skills of our youth with art projects. I would like you to read my artistic lyrics for a rap song that is aimed at supporting tolerance between the different racial, cultural and faiths of this nation's youth due to especially the cronulla race riots, the attacks against Indian students and the anti-Asian and other minority groups by the one nation party. It goes like this:


THIS IS AUSTRALIA, [GROUP SINGS]
WE COME FROM MANY NATIONS, [INDIVIDUAL NOTE]
ALL OVER THE WORLD, [INDIVIDUAL NOTE]
SO MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, [INDIVIDUAL NOTE]
IN THE WILL TO SURVIVE. [INDIVIDUAL NOTE]
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First Advisory Committee "The Brains Trust" Held

A huge thank you goes out to both those who attended as well as those who have expressed interest in being involved. We've very excited to be working together with such amazing people and businesses including Mr Tony Stewart M.P.; Mark Sykes, Manager of the Arab Bank in Bankstown; The Bankstown District Sports Club; The Westpac Foundation; Bankstown City Council; Metro MRC; and Members from the BMYS board - Jean Claude Camelin, George Zeitoune & Geoffrey Allen.  



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"From little things big things grow..." Kev Carmody

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Make Your Mark NOW!!!

The cafe needs a name.
Post a name suggestion or vote on the names you like best. The providers of the top 10 names will receive an exclusive dining pass to the new cafe once it opens. The name selected to be the name of the cafe will receive a $300 gift voucher.


Enter as many names as you can think of. The name should:
1. Embrace what the project is about (i.e. building the capacity of the individuals and the community, creating opportunities for young people, strengthening community & connecting people)
2. Be catchy and easy to remember
3. Leave a lasting impression on people


No internet access - No drama!
If you know someone who doesn't have access to the internet but have name suggestions they can submit them along with their contact details by calling BMYS on 02 9790 3406.


HURRY...we need the name soon!!!


(Don't forget to also email your details through to make sure your suggestions are eligible to be awarded a prize. See post below for details.)
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