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The Zen of Graffiti Removal

19/8/2015

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    Quote from a forum in the USA;   Graffiti: Art or a Crime?  - "Graffiti is an awesome art form. It is a culture.    It is a way to express yourself and style. While there are some unacceptable forms of graffiti such as tagging, there are many acceptable forms such as murals and pieces. There are many inspirational Graff artists that act as role models and keep this art form alive. Graff is about friends, fun, chemistry, burners, achievements, travel, meeting new people, cultures and lifestyles. This art form is a great way to experiment with colour combinations, styles, fonts, techniques, effects and so much more. Indeed it is the biggest art movement in the world and will never stop!"
For the members of RCNE removing tags is an exercise in mindfulness, a stroll through the streets and lanes of Mayfield and surrounds, taking note of gardens and patting friendly cats, talking to our fellow citizens about this and that, testing the coffee and food in the local eateries and finding new avenues for community service. We have a list of walls which are blank canvasses, needing the touch of those inspirational Graff artists to bring Mayfield more high value public art. We see a need for more walls where crews can learn and practise their skills and become those inspirational Graff artists - or at least the best that they can be. We need more of the kindness of strangers and building owners to make these things possible.

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Old letter boxes

6/8/2015

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Rusted and Busted, taking it away
Sunday was a glorious day and MightyMax was having its first official day out on graffiti removal duties.
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Trailer Daddy Damien takes great pride in looking after MightyMax and contents.

Graffiti removal always starts with a rubbish pickup in Webb Park then a run down Maitland Road and Hanbury Street to remove any new tags.
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Having done that we took a swing around Selwyn Street to get back onto Maitland Road and saw a letter box covered in tags. Cleaned it off and discovered it was moving slightly - Oh Oh! Danger Danger!! Potential toddler killer!! JB and Damien went to the Auspost depot while JMB stayed with the box. Mayfield resident Bruce came over to chat and after exchanging stories about the Club and graffiti and shoulder surgery and brown snakes he patted the box and THUMP!! down it went much to his constenation.  Appeared that the only thing holding it up was the strangling kikuyu grass around the base which had completely rusted out. Letterbox was removed and transported back to the depot in an Auspost van.  Civic duty done!!
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Serendipity

5/8/2015

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Into our lives a little bit of sunshine falls. The wonderful children, staff and parents of Islington Public School fundraised for a concept "Clean drinking water for children overseas who don't have it regularly". The cheque was waiting to be sent to an organisation which could fulfill this object and fortunately they found us!! The result is that we will expand this money three fold through partnering with a Global Grant with the Rotary Club of Downtown Los Angeles. They are working on a series of staged grants with the  RC of Suni Migori in western Kenya to provide new tanks, taps and latrines for schools in that county. The Wasrag (Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group) newsletter had just the right project highlighted. The school was delighted and we are happy, problem solved. We will provide ongoing support to a very special local school with a Community Building Partnerships grant application to restore their  basketball courts, hoping we are successful. 
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Hand washing station being installed
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Delivery of a 10,0 00 litre tank
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