Preheat the oven and tie your apron; the RSPCAโs annual Cupcake Day fundraiser is upon us again, and itโs time to get baking for a good cause.
The RSPCA is asking Canberrans to host a Cupcake Day event at the office (or school, or anywhere), and sell some of their delicious creations to support the organisationโs work. They donโt have to be cupcakes, either; you can definitely get away with selling something savoury (we checked).
Money raised from Cupcake Day, the RSPCAโs biggest fundraiser, goes straight back to operating the RSPCA ACTโs shelter in Weston, and the team have set a fundraising target of $90,000 for this yearโs event.
โWe literally canโt survive without our fantastic supporters, so the people that donate their time and their money to us, itโs them that keep us going,โ says RSPCA ACT CEO Michelle Robertson.
โItโs the day-to-day stuff,โ Ms Robertson says. โThe animals canโt look after themselves. So we have the fixed costs โ the operational costs, the staffing costs, the running costs; all of those things.
โAnd medicine is expensive; care is expensive โ so all of those things add up. Thatโs the daily reality for us.
โAnd then ultimately, of course, we invest a lot of time and effort into trying to find the right match [for adoption].
โOur facilities are ageing, so that places pressure on us, too โฆ Thereโs always things that need to be fixed, thereโs always things that need to be looked at.โ
Ms Robertson says 65% of RSPCA ACTโs funding comes from donor dollars, and they would not be able to operate without the generosity of Canberrans.
โWhat Iโm particularly proud of is that every single dollar goes back to our mission โฆ It goes to either advocating for animals, education about animals or literally caring for animals. It goes straight back to getting animal welfare outcomes.
โWe are so so grateful to the community, because itโs thanks to them that we are able to do what we do,โ she says.
RSPCA Cupcake Day is on Monday 19 August, but Cupcake Day events can be held at any time during the month of August. For more information or to register your event, visit rspca-act.org.au
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