{"id":2957,"date":"2026-07-29T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:11:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T08:11:02","slug":"helping-the-journeymen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2957","title":{"rendered":"Helping The Journeymen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At yesterday&#8217;s Bunnings BBQ Community Assist, we were proud to be able to help out The Journeymen. A great organization here on The Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SERVICE-ABOVE-SELF-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SERVICE-ABOVE-SELF-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SERVICE-ABOVE-SELF-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SERVICE-ABOVE-SELF-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SERVICE-ABOVE-SELF.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Journeymen started with a simple post in a Sunshine Coast spiritual group, a fortnightly Sunday meet-up for guys to talk, walk, and just be. Six men showed up the first week. Fifteen the next. Within three months, 150.<br>In July 2023 they were officially registered as an Australian not-for-profit charity. What began as Sunday catch-up became programs, partnerships, and a registered force for men&#8217;s mental health on the coast.<br>Today they have 500+ members across Yandina, Buderim and the wider Sunshine Coast, running gym programs, recycling drives, ANZAC Day events, Halloween festivals, awareness campaigns, and the upcoming E.C.H.O Hub. And they&#8217;re just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At yesterday&#8217;s Bunnings BBQ Community Assist, we were proud to be able to help out The Journeymen. A great organization here on The Coast. The Journeymen started with a simple post in a Sunshine Coast spiritual group, a fortnightly Sunday meet-up for guys to talk, walk, and just be. Six men showed up the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2957\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Helping The Journeymen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2959,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}