Somerville Funerals on the Gold Coast helped The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc celebrate its 10 year anniversary at their offices at the TAFE building in Southport.
A special event was held, with invited guests from the Queensland Department of Multicultural Affairs, local councillors and representatives from the various different cultural groups living on the Gold Coast. Somerville Funerals provided flowers as gifts for the visiting VIPs.
Somerville Funerals has supported several activities that promote the diversity of the African communities within the Gold Coast, and Jenny Crewes, Location Manager Somerville Funerals Southport, is well known to representatives of The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc.
The Migrant Centre Organisation Inc. is also involved in the Gold Coast Griffith University’s Humanities Industries Partners Program, providing social enterprise experience for students.
Jenny Crewes was recently invited to meet with two students who were selected to work on a publication project called “The
Final Journey”. The publication is intended to assist older, culturally and linguistically diverse migrants to make end of life decisions in their new country. It addresses a variety of subjects from organ donation, preparation of wills, to planning a funeral ceremony.
Southport Mayor, The Honourable Ron Clarke officially launched the publication at a special event at the Migrant Centre in Southport. Jenny provided a range of “props” for their display, including a LifeArt coffin, a floral display, plus much more. The LifeArt coffin generated much interest from people attending the event.
“It was a great experience working with the students – they took their research very seriously and prepared their publication in
a very thorough manner”, says Jenny.