• Msida parish youth group Passi Wara Kristu is organising a barbecue in aid of the group on Friday at 7.30 p.m. in the parish centre parking area in Johnny Catania Street, Msida. A lottery will be organised with a number of prizes to be won.
Price for adults is €10 and €5 for children under 10. Booking from Msida parish or by calling 7946 4824/7991 2990 or from the group’s members. Tickets are on sale on a first-come-first-served basis.
• Our Lady of the Lilies band club of Mqabba is organising a barbecue night on Friday at Mqabba main square (in front of the band club’s new premises). A varied menu will be served. There will be live musical entertainment. Tickets are obtainable by calling 7985 3044, from Bice Farrugia or from members within the women’s section. For more information, visit www.talgilju.com.
• Last call to apply for YWCA Malta’s three cosmetology scholarship grants offered by Peach and Sorrel Academy.
This is an opportunity for young girls/women who would like to pursue a course in the beauty field. VTCT diplomas will be awarded to the successful candidates, in nail technology, beauty therapy, fashion and photographic make-up.
Applications close on Friday. For more information, call 7900 2930 or e-mail ywcamalta5@gmail.com.
• The next meeting of the San Ġorġ Preca Group will be held on Friday at 6.30 p.m. at the MUSEUM headquarters in Blata l-Bajda (entrance next to Preca Library). Young couples and mature adults are especially invited.
• An evening walk at Il-Majjistral nature and history park, led by John Borg, curator of the National Museum of Natural History, will take place on Saturday between 7.45 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. Meeting point is by the Golden Bay bus stop.
The group will walk along the nature paths and will be on the look-out for bats, shrews, rodents, insects, reptiles and birds and other species. The fee is €5 for adults and €3 for students and children. To book, e-mail Annalise Falzon on walks@majjistral.org.
Looking ahead
• A day’s outing in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor is being held at the Intercontinental Hotel, St George’s, St Julian’s, on August 1 after 9 a.m. For booking and information, call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.
• US-Malta friendship group Stars and Stripes Malta will be organising a summer get-together on August 3 at Ta’ Kenuna Restaurant, Nadur. US Embassy representatives and Mark Miceli Farrugia, former Ambassador of Malta in the US, will be present. Foreigners living in Malta and expatriates from any country are welcome. To book, contact PRO Joyce Grech on 9942 5594 or e-mail joyce_grech@yahoo.co.uk.
• Il-Majjistral nature and history park, in conjunction with Malta Outdoors, will be holding kayaking sessions at the park on August 1 and 2 at Golden Bay between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
The two-hour kayaking session will take you around the wild coast of Rdum Majjiesa adjacent to the park in Mellieħa. Proceeds will go to the park. Price is €30 per person. Visit www.maltaoutdoors.com or e-mail walks@majjistral.org for booking.
• Il-Majjistral is also teaming up with Sharklab-Malta to offer guided sessions to introduce participants to the joys of snorkelling and the underwater world which lies in just a few metres of water off Golden Bay, part of Rdum Majjiesa Marine Protected Area.
Sessions will be held on August 4 and 18. The fee is €12. If you have your own equipment, the fee is €10. The fees include equipment rented from H20 Divers as well as a fee which will help fundraise for projects at Majjistral Park and for marine research and awareness activities conducted by Sharklab-Malta. The group will meet at Golden Bay between 9.30 a.m. and noon.
For more information, visit www.majjistral.org or e-mail Annalise Falzon on walks@majjistral.org.
• The Friends of Australia Association will hold its annual barbecue at the Danish Village Complex, Mellieħa Bay, on August 11 at 8 p.m. Members, family and friends are requested to book early to avoid disappointment. Maltese-Australians who are on holiday are welcome to join. For more information and bookings, call the association, Emigrants Commission, Valletta, on 2122 2644 or 2124 0255 during office hours, or the secretary on 7909 4036 or Joe Pavia on 7982 1783.