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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A social enterprise project in the South Western Sydney suburb of Bankstown. Funded through the Australian Government Stimulus Package to generate local employment. This project provides young people with accredited training and paid employment in the hospitality industry. The HUMANITY Project also creates opportunities for fostering local micro businesses and the establishment of other social enterprise projects increasing the future sustainability of local community organisations.
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.
About Us
- BMYS
- Established 1986, BMYS delivers essential service for young people in the South Western Sydney suburb of Bankstown. Services include streetwork / outreach services; youth drop-in centre; information, support & referral; Casework; Education and employment support; community festivals & events; community participation and harmony programs.
Bankstown Multicultural Youth Service Inc Website
How to post your comments on a blog
A lot of people have been asking us how to add post comments on the blog as they have never blogged before. We are pretty new to this as well but here's what we've worked out...if anyone has any other advice please feel free to share it with us all!!!
Step 1: Click on the 'comments" link. After you type in your comment. click "post link"
Step 2: You will be asked to "choose a profile" from a drop down menu under the post box. If you have an existing account with one of the choices provided click on it. We didn't already have an account so we picked google (no particular except that we were familar with google)
Step 3: It will ask you to provide your email address and make up a password. After this you just follow the prompts and "hey presto!" you can now post comments on this as well as other blogs.
Step 4: Make sure you record your password somewhere safe (because if you're anything like us you WILL forget it!)
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLOGGING!!!
Step 1: Click on the 'comments" link. After you type in your comment. click "post link"
Step 2: You will be asked to "choose a profile" from a drop down menu under the post box. If you have an existing account with one of the choices provided click on it. We didn't already have an account so we picked google (no particular except that we were familar with google)
Step 3: It will ask you to provide your email address and make up a password. After this you just follow the prompts and "hey presto!" you can now post comments on this as well as other blogs.
Step 4: Make sure you record your password somewhere safe (because if you're anything like us you WILL forget it!)
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLOGGING!!!
Name provided by Jean Claude, (Local volunteer - Seniors 4 Youth).
ReplyDeleteB.A.Y.S. which stands for Bankstown Amity Youth Service. Also suggests the the logo could include a picture of a bay.
4 more suggestions:
ReplyDelete- Le Monde (french for "World Cafe")
- Jeunesse (french for "Youth")
- Cappuccino
- Le Cappuccino
Mug-A-Cino
ReplyDeleteFadi suggested:
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The following young people have entered these name suggestions through the HomeBass Youth Centre:
ReplyDeleteMohammed F - Cafe Extreme, Cafe Love
Motuliki - Enigma Cafe, Home Base
Sarah - Moving Mountains, Lasting Impressions
Mohammed H - Young Mark Cafe
Joonyah - Penstaville, My Lil Kitchen
Rania - El Tayeb/Tafadal (Good/Tasty)
Sami - Sam's cafe
Vea - Shining Star
Julie - Fresh Cafe
Ibrahim - Punchbowl Gangstar
Matthew - Matt's Bankstown Cafe
Musta - Cafe Sweet
Attamed - Cafe Paradise
Romeo - Romeo & Juliet Cafe, Romeo's
Tavita - Motion
Pata - M.A.D Cafe (Make A Difference)
Hannah - Mimiz, Hannah'z
Renally - Centro Cafe
Ravin - Motion Cafe
Michael - New Beginnings
Caleb - Fresh Start
My suggestion is "CAFF INN"
ReplyDeleteTom Tesoro
tesoro01@optusnet.com.au
02 97852874
Suggestion 1 - "Oak seed cafe" or "Acorn cafe" (from a Greek proverb "mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow")
ReplyDeleteSuggestion 2 - "The olive seed cafe" (the olive branch represents peace and the seed represents growth)
Suggestion 3 - "Wild seed cafe"
Suggestion 4 - "Old School Cafe"
Suggestion "PepperTree Cafe"
ReplyDeleteon the oldest property in Bankstown is located a Homestead with a number of very old and magestic Pepper Trees. The Fruit of the pepper tree is a very sought after spice and has historical relevance to Bankstown.
Suggestion
ReplyDelete"Olive Grove Cafe"
Re PepperTree Cafe.
ReplyDeleteA picture of the Pepper Tree in fruit would make a great logo....
"Horizons Caffe" horizon means prospect, possibility and perspective which reflects each individual's own situation and each individual's own future path and dreams.
ReplyDeleteor "Dreams Caffe" representing the aspirations and goals of evryone.
Mark Sykes suggested:
ReplyDelete“Green Shoots Cafe” sort of summarises beginnings, fresh starts, rebounding back from adversity, is a current term used by the media and business to describe the economy picking up from the GFC and is associated with food.
I have been trying to vote for a couple of days and the poll doesnt seem to register them.
ReplyDeleteStill unable to vote
ReplyDeleteHemat suggested "Mustard Seed Cafe" - the mustard seed has historical significance. Hemat explains that the mustard seed is referred to biblicaly as the smallest seed in proportion to its plant.
ReplyDeleteHi Geoff, I'm resetting the tally to include the newest suggestion. This should hopefully fix the problem you've been experiencing. All the votes in to date will be recorded in brackets after each suggestion.
ReplyDeleteSuggestions that have been on the list for the past month and have not received any votes will be removed from the latest voting list. Anyone who wants to see one of these back on the list can send through a comment to request it be included again.
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