On Saturday 10 June, local charity Good Omen Goodeze invites Canberrans to a “crafting conversation” as part of World Knit in Public Day - the largest knitter run event in the world.
Bring your unfinished project (or just yourself, they will supply the materials) to the ground floor of the Belconnen Mall, outside the Reject Shop, between 10am and 3pm.
Climbing 50 mountain peaks seems like a walk in the park when you compare it with getting young women to book a mammogram.
The hundreds of dollars needed for a mammogram, combined with...
The Vinnies CEO Sleepout has raised a few eyebrows over the years, along with the millions of dollars for homelessness support services. Christine Shaw, of Blackshaw Manuka, “throws down the gauntlet” for naysayers to take part.
One night, she says, is all it will take to change the way you think about homelessness.
Twins are close genetically, but Canberra twins Ashlee and Kobe Lopez are inseparable, particularly ever since Ashlee was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) last year – at just 39 years of age.
One entrepreneurial skinny dipper sold his bottom cheeks for advertising, however most entrants in the Winter Solstice Nude Charity Swim just take the plunge sans billboards.
While the men are in the Men’s Shed, the women at Kangara Waters Retirement Village are arming themselves with knitting needles and 8-ply wool (for scarves and hats, 5-ply wool for rugs...
Run4Blue, a virtual fundraising event to supports Police Legacy, is being bolstered on by an inaugural charity walk in memory of 23-year-old AFP officer, Brad Hardy.
Next month will see four Canberrans take on the challenge of running seven consecutive marathons, across seven states, over just seven days, 27 June-3 July.
