Toongabbie Sports and Bowling Club is a registered club located in Toongabbie, within walking distance to Toongabbie Railway Station and close to Parramatta and Blacktown.
We have excellent facilities, including Bombax Brasserie, we also offer outdoor dining on the terrace.
We have two excellent bowling greens and welcome new members to the club. We also offer free bowls coaching for beginners. We cater for both Pennants, Social and Mixed Bowls as well as social Barefoot Bowling events.
We have a very well equipped facilities, with large screens for your viewing pleasure.
Thursday through to Sunday night, we offer the services of a member’s club courtesy bus to get you home safely.
We do more than that . .
Training a New Generation of Hospo Workers
The program will be offered to at-risk youth, disadvantaged groups such as people with additional needs and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and parents and carers looking to return to the workforce.
“Toongabbie Sports is enormously proud to have supported this initiative since 2017 contributing more than $45,000 to assist all participants reach their potential,” said Chief Executive Officer at Toongabbie Sports Andrew Lauridsen.
The students will learn how to make barista-standard coffee, cash and Eftpos handling, safety and hygiene practices, as well as developing customer service skills tailored to customer-facing hospitality roles, which are transferrable into other sectors.
“It is always a pleasure to engage with the students and hear their stories and about the skills and confidence the program gives them. Crystal from Café Connect and her ever-evolving team are amazing and we look forward to this community-based initiative continuing to make positive change.”
“We have seen students who were previously disengaged from school complete the Café Connect program and re-engage with school, teachers and peers to go on and complete their HSC.”
The positive outcomes from the Club’s donations are felt from the graduates, their parents and the program developers.
“We have seen students who were previously disengaged from school complete the Café Connect program and re-engage with school, teachers and peers to go on and complete their HSC,” said Executive Officer at Hills Community Aid and Developer of the Café Connect program Mici Beer.
“We’ve also assisted with training for women who have survived long-term domestic violence, and through Café Connect, have built the skills needed to confidently move into their first job.
“These are only a handful of positive outcomes from Café Connect and these outcomes are only possible with the support of ClubGRANTS and funding.”
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But we do more than all of this with the club supporting a large variety of local non profit organisations with more than $250,000 in Community Support each year like Foster Care Angels who recently shared this story with us about one of children they assist each and every day. . .
“…our foster daughter aged 7 just brought in a ‘special memories’ box that she has never shown anyone but wanted to share with us tonight. And in it was the comb that she had received from you guys when she first came into foster care. This is one of her special memories so thank you!”
Foster Care Angels prepare and distribute care packages to children moving into the foster care system. Often they enter the system with little more than the clothes on their back and sometimes stories that might bring you to tears. While the Foster Care families themselves deserve much of the credit the packages supplied by FCA contain essential items and treats that we might take for granted that they have never actually had.
“The comb was pretty pink and purple one with unicorns on it. Doesn’t sound like much but she never had her hair brushed, so to her, it wasn’t the soft teddy, toy, book or any other item . . . it was the hair comb that meant the most.”
We are proud to support groups like Foster Care Angels who bring hope where sometimes there was none. So when you visit us at Toongabbie Sports Club you can be assured that we are supporting your community.
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