Welcome to Karuna's August eNewsletter!

Karuna would like to keep you up-to-date with our latest news, events and industry practices. Once a month we will be sending an e-bulletin just like this one that will keep you informed. We are doing this in a bid to help the environment and reduce costs as our regular mailed newsletter is not the best for the planet or our purse strings!

We also want to ensure you don’t miss any of our upcoming courses, fundraising events or news. If you would like to be deleted from this mailing list please just let us know by replying to this email. If you think others might enjoy hearing about us it would be great if you could forward it onto your friends.

The Karuna Team
Kindness Compassion Courage

Queensland Health has commissioned the End of Life Alliance (EOLA) to draft recommendations for end of life care in Queensland. This will include a recommendation for a specific statewide model of care. The recommendations will not just focus on palliative care but will also look at care for all Queenslanders who are dying.

The EOLA have developed a survey to gain information about people’s needs and expectations for care at the end of life. Karuna would like to encourage you to complete this survey and pass on your views about what services you think are needed to best support people with a life threatening illness, and their families.

To complete the survey please visit www.palliativecareqld.org.au and follow the links on the homepage.

Karuna Art Market a Success!

On Saturday 1 August Karuna once again held its annual Art and Jewellery Market. In addition to new and pre-loved art and jewellery we also had plants, bric-a-brac and clothing. We were also lucky enough to have over 100 designers from around the country donate funky jewellery, homewares, children’s toys and bags!

The weather was perfect, lots of people came including NOVA and we made over $25,000 which was brilliant.

Karuna would like to say a big thank you to everyone who donated and to all the volunteers who helped out on the day - we couldn’t have done without you. While it was a lot of work the money raised will help us assist more families in Brisbane who really need the wonderful services Karuna provides.

Upcoming courses

Introduction to Buddhism
August 29 & 30, 10 am – 4 pm, 27 Cartwright St Windsor.
$150 (morning and afternoon tea provided)
Bookings essential

This taster course will introduce you to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism and give you an insight into the Buddhist world view. It covers topics such as happiness, karma, meditation and overcoming difficult emotions.

Creating Sanctuary
Sunday 27 September, 9.30 am – 4 pm, 27 Cartwright St Windsor.
$75 (morning and afternoon tea provided)

Spend a day building more of the sacred into your life. Take time to move away from the lure of ‘busyness’ to replenish your spirit and reconnect with the joy in everyday.

Weekly meditation
Monday 4 pm - 5 pm Tuesday 6 pm – 7 pm
Cost by donation

Take some time out to relax and calm your mind through meditation. Be guided through the skills necessary to develop your meditation capability and enhance the quality of your daily life.

For further information about any of these courses, visit our website.

To book into the ‘Introduction to Buddhism’ or ‘Creating Sanctuary’ course telephone 3632 8300.

Support Karuna through Bridge-to-Brisbane

Brian Dissanayake is running in this month’s Bridge-to-Brisbane in a bid to raise money for Karuna! What a champion! If you would like to support him and in-turn help Karuna please visit www.everydayhero.com.au/brian_dissanayake

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