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.
GIVIT is calling on people across the Capital Region to donate size two baby clothes to assist a young mother who has recently had her child returned to her care.
The 2023 Vinnies CEO Sleepout will return to the place where it all began in Canberra, The National Museum of Australia.
The NMA hosted the first ACT Sleepout in 2010 and will once again see Canberra’s CEOs and community leaders put themselves in the shoes of the homeless for one night, Thursday 22 June, coinciding with the winter solstice.
GIVIT is calling for the donation of sewing items for a group of refugee women who recently arrived in Canberra and are looking to start a sewing group.
