Last year, the Canberra/Goulburn St Vincent de Paul Society responded to 19,400 requests for emergency relief, provided 67,000 meals and delivered over 70 tonnes of food in partnership with Oz Harvest.
As the sun rose over the Australian War Memorial at 5:30am this morning, more than 200 riders, buoyed by a myriad of personal reasons, did what most of us would struggle to contemplate doing and set off on a nine-day, 1,400km bike ride to raise funds for cancer research.
When 37-year-old Joshua Kinsey Ward was born in the old Royal Canberra Hospital, with Down syndrome, doctors told his parents that he would never walk, talk or read.
One of Canberra’s best-known pubs, King O’Malley’s is again supporting the Memory Walk & Jog, with owner Peter Barclay saying returning to help raise dementia awareness and much-needed research funds was an easy decision.
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia is urging the Federal Government to reform the Capital Gains Tax discount to create a fairer, more equitable tax system and help address Australia’s housing crisis.
Canberra Hospitals Foundation is celebrating a surge in community generosity, with its annual GIVEMAS campaign capping off what CEO Helen Falla calls “an outstanding year.”
23-year-old Gowrie friends, Ben Walker and James Crowther, have been decorating their family homes since they were in primary school.
“We always enjoyed just going around and seeing the other displays, particularly in...
When Libby and her 4-year-old son arrived at Anglicare’s Gordon Community Centre on a Friday morning, they were relieved to receive a bag of food to get them through the next week.
Clubs across Canberra have been putting their culinary skills to good use, participating in Cook for a Cause, a friendly competition raising funds for Canberra Hospitals Foundation (CHF).
Canberrans are being called on to get behind their health teams and patients this CAN GIVE DAY, the annual 12-hour fundraising appeal supporting the Canberra Hospitals Foundation.
