Events…
We run inclusive community kindness events each month.
And you’re invited!!!
We’re all about spreading kindness, increasing mental health and decreasing social isolation.
We actively facilitate people getting to know each other and everyone is welcome.
So far we have…
- Community Coffee Catchups
- Painted Kindness Rocks at our Kind Cafes and community events
- Packed toiletries bags for survivors of domestic violence
- Speed 1:1 Networked for a Cause
- Chalk Walk n Talked kind messages at local parks
- Given Free Hugs at The Strand (collaborating with Renew Yourself Mindset and Chasing Dreams Photos by V)
Upcoming Events:
Chalk Walk & Talk
Date & Time: May 2025 – date to be announced soon!!
Location: The Strand – Townsville, North Queensland
Lets spread some kindness Townsville!
Meet outside The Rockpool Pavilion on The Strand, grab some sidewalk chalk (free) and we’ll walk together, writing kind messages on the pavement as we go.
We finish next to Strand Park about an hour later and you’re welcome to stay for morning tea (BYO).
This is an inclusive event for the whole community.
Kids are very welcome with an accompanying adult.
Past Events:
Missy Moo’s 1st Birthday Party
Date & Time: Friday, March 21st from 10.30 am – 12.00pm
Location: Missy Moos Coffee – 410 Ross River Rd, Cranbrook QLD 4814
Missy Moos is having a party and you’re invited!
It’s also Harmony Day- so that’s double the reason to celebrate!
*FREE cake
*party games
*Pocket Hug Cards
*Angel Paws puppies (donations accepted)
*email us a family recipe and we’ll give you a print out of everyone’s faves Email to fiona@thekindnesscatalyst.com.au
*you might like to wear something of cultural/ family significance or the official Harmony Day colour-orange (not essential)
This is a FREE event and everyone is invited. It is also wheelchair accessible.
Food and drink is available for purchase at the cafe. Missy Moos is a proud Kind Cafe with a Community Pay it Forward Board…”Give what you can, take what you need”
Many thanks to our supporters @donnaglass-helenmunroproperty and The Kindness Fairy
It would be helpful (but not necessary) if you can indicate if you are planning to come 🙂
Networking for Kindness
Date & Time: Friday, April 4th from 9 am – 10.30am (open networking from 8.30 am)
Location: Sticks & Grinds Cafe – 28 Palm Drive, Deeragun, QLD 4814
Come and connect with other local businesses and community groups, while supporting a great cause.
You can enjoy a coffee and cake and $10 from your ticket will be donated to North Townsville Community Hub, to support their ongoing disaster relief support.
This is a facilitated event.
We’ll be there from 8.30 if you’d like to start chatting early.
Thank You Thursday
Date & Time: Thursday, February 13th from 10.30 am – 12.30pm
Location: Missy Moos Coffee – In the Centrecare meeting room @410 Ross River Rd, Cranbrook QLD 4814
Let’s say thanks to the beautiful Oncology team at Townsville University Hospital 
Come along and colour in/ write on a Thank You card (provided) and bring a tea room item to create a gift hamper (e.g. hot chocolate, Tim Tams, etc)
We’ll also be chatting about past and future Community Kindness Events- we’d love your feedback and ideas 
This is a FREE event. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Hosted by Missy Moos Coffee, a Kind Cafe located in the Centacare Building.
Special thanks to Centacare NQ for donating their air-conditioned meeting room for this event
and Donna Glass- Helen Munro Property for your generous sponsorship
Kindness Fun Day
Date & Time: Tuesday, January 14th from 1pm – 3pm
Location: Sticks & Grinds Cafe @ Woodlands Village Shopping Centre, 28 Palm Dr, Deeragun QLD 4818
Have some fun with FREE fun kindness activities!
- Paint a Kindness Rock, Chalk some kind messages on the sidewalk and help create a Community Kindness Mural.
- Kids can get their face painted (for a fee).
There’s lots of fun for everyone! Children must be accompanied by an adult (adults- you can choose to either join in the fun or sit and have a cuppa at our the cafe) - Adults are welcome without kids too
- Sticks and Grinds Cafe is a Kind Cafe- they host regular Kindness Events and have a Pay it Forward Board and a Words of Encouragement box available for community use.
- Thank you so much to our sponsors @Donna Glass- Helen Munro Property and The Kindness Fairy and our anonymous donors for help making these events free and accessible to everyone.
- FYI this venue is wheelchair accessible
Poetry Competition for Kindness Week
Date & Time: Entries Close Saturday Nov 9th 2024
Location: Online.
Winner announced at Sticks & Grinds Cafe @ Woodlands Village Shopping Centre, 28 Palm Dr, Deeragun QLD 4818
Are you a budding poet?
We’re holding a Poetry Competition for World Kindness Week!
And the topic is, you guessed it…
Kindness!
Entry is FREE and open now…
All 3 finalists will have their poems shared on our socials and the Townsville Poetry Facebook page.
Plus they get a chance to read their poem at our Christmas Art Market and Kindness Catalyst Merch Launch 1-4 Sat Nov 16 at Sticks and Grinds Cafe in Deeragun, where the winner will be announced. (don’t worry, we can also read it for you and you don’t have to be there to win 
)
Each finalist will win a cafe voucher kindly donated by Sticks and Grinds Cafe.
Additionally…
- the winner will receive a Pick-me-up Pack from The Kindness Catalyst
- second place will receive a Kindness Activity Pack for Two
- third place will receive a Treat Bundle.
Entry is free and everyone is welcome.
Please email entries to fiona@thekindnesscatalyst.com.au by Saturday Nov 9
Thanks to our sponsor Donna Glass- Helen Munro Property
Christmas Art Market & Kindness Catalyst Merch Launch
Date & Time: Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Location: Sticks & Grinds Cafe @ Woodlands Village Shopping Centre, 28 Palm Dr, Deeragun QLD 4818
Local established and emerging artists will be exhibiting their wares and chatting about how they got into art.
You’ll meet…
Danya’s Designs (local illustrator and digital artist/ teacher), Maggie O Digital Art (digital artist and author/ illustrator), and our two potters Susanne from Happy Clay and Ingrid from Treadles & Trinkets.
It’s World Kindness Week and we’re officially launching The Kindness Catalyst merchandise which raises funds to run community kindness events in Townsville.
Please come along and bring friend to support us and buy a cuppa at our Kind Cafe Sticks and Grinds Cafe (and check out their Pay it Forward Board and Kind Words Box).
Special thanks goes to Donna Glass- Helen Munro Property for your kind sponsorship.
Mental Health Week Mood Boost
Date & Time: Tuesday October 8, 2024 at 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Missy Moos Coffee (in the blue Centacare building) @ 410 Ross River Rd, Cranbrook QLD 4814, Australia
Cost: Donations will be accepted for Angel Paws pet rescue
This Mental Health Week, enjoy a pick-me-up at our community coffee catchup
- Feel-good Bingo (with prizes)
- Create a Random Act of Kindness Card with a small gift
- Furry cuddles from Angel Paws animals
RU OK Day Community Coffee Catchup at Missy Moos Coffee
Date & Time: Thursday September 12, 2024 at 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Missy Moos Coffee (in the blue Centacare building) @ 410 Ross River Rd, Cranbrook QLD 4814, Australia
Cost: A gold coin contribution is optional but definitely not necessary.
Get out of the house for RU OK day and come for a Community Cuppa.
We’ll have fun activities to join in. Come on your own or bring a friend and score them a free coffee from the Pay it Forward Board (first 10 friends).