Participants from the Les Twentyman Foundation at our Malmsbury Camp.

With the easing of COVID restrictions, we are finally able to welcome back community groups to our Malmsbury Camp after a two-year absence.  We partner with not-for-profit organisations to provide camps for their service users on the weekends and during the school holidays. Over the last month, this has included refugee families from the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project and young people involved with the Les Twentyman Foundation.

The Doxa Youth Foundation is commemorating its 50^th Jubilee this year.  We will be having a big celebration at the Malmsbury Camp on October 2.  There will be a delicious lunch, fun activities for all ages, interesting memorabilia to look at, culminating in the cutting and eating of a huge birthday cake. You will receive your invitation in the mail soon. For further information contact Julie Harrison at jharrison@doxa.org.au or ring 0419583457

Photographing nature at our Malmsbury Camp

Our Malmsbury team has been implementing a range of new activities to nurture children’s and young people’s appreciation of the natural world and the need to care for it.  We have upscaled our kitchen garden so that campers can experience harvesting and cooking fresh produce to encourage healthy eating and an appreciation of sustainability.

We have also introduced bush photography, which is very popular with our campers.  Children and young people photograph flora and fauna in the bush to encourage them to slow down and observe and to value the natural environment.  Campers often proudly take their best photos home to show to their families.