A BIG thank you to all of our loyal supporters and new friends who visited us at our pop-up stall on Thursday, October 30. Our pop-up stall is located in the courtyard of the Pacific On Coolum complex, and we have many items for sale, which are homemade.  Our next stall will be on Thursday, November 27, running from 8 am to 12 noon.  Come along and do your Christmas shopping early, and know that your money is giving back to help those less fortunate.

We have been so happy with the poppies that have been rolling in. These crochet or knitted poppies will be used to make our cascade, which we will present on ANZAC Day 2026.

The St Peter’s Craft group/Coolum Quilters group donated many to us, and we had a big bag of poppies given to us at our recent stall. We were so thrilled and excited to receive these and are very happy if you have made some and give them to us at our next pop-up stall.

We have started sewing them onto our backing and cannot wait to see the end result. Without our extended community of knitters and crocheters, this would not be possible.

We still need more poppies, and to reach our target, we need as many as possible by the end of February so that we have enough time to make the cascade.

To achieve our target, we are looking for volunteer knitters and crocheters to knit or crochet red poppies with black centres. The poppies will be attached to netting to create a cascade from a suitable tree, wall or building in Coolum.

Please send all completed poppies to Quota Club of Coolum Beach at PO Box 250, Coolum Beach, QLD, 4573, or you can drop them off at our next stall or contact Jude on 0410 455 494 to discuss pick up. Thank you, Coolum community, for helping us make this happen.