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Tag Archives: charity spam
Eat Out to Help Out
I love the little things in life that you can do to help someone else that makes a big difference. Like, eating a piece of cheesecake that helps a charity…did I get your attention, yes you read correctly, cheesecake = … Continue reading
a call for help – 2013 #bne BBQ for homeless and others who need it
There is a Big Issue vendor in Brisbane known as “Grant the Polite Guy” and each year he organises a large scale and free BBQ for homeless people (and others who need it) in Musgrave Park in West End, Brisbane. With … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, CSR, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, Second Chance, The Big Issue
Tagged #qldfloods, BBQ for homeless, charity spam, Dalton Hospitality, Grant the polite guy, Jerome Dalton, Musgrave Park West End, Queensland Floods, Sunday 17th February 2013, Tara Castle
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Friends for Fiji Appeal 2013
Today I met the amazing Jo Hassan, who alongside Sam Brown, a facebook page and a whole lot of community support, is trying to fill a twenty-foot shipping container bound for cyclone-ravaged Fiji this Friday (08/02/12). I had heard about … Continue reading
Posted in #blogforgood, Brisbane Events, Children, Community, Flood relief, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward
Tagged #bigwet, baked relief, charity spam, Cyclone Evan Fiji, donate items, donated childrens toys, Friends for Fiji, help fiji, Jo Hassan, Sam Brown, Save the children, Tara Castle
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take 3 for the sea
This summer holiday while you are enjoying the surf, sun and sand, take a moment and Take 3 for the Sea. Take 3 for the Sea is a clean beach initiative and its message is simple: take three pieces of … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Uncategorized
Tagged charity spam, Charityspam, clean beach initiative, clean beaches, climate, great north pacific garbage patch, make a difference, marine animals eating garbage, nature, plastic sand, recycle, refuse, reuse, Roberta Dixon-Valka, Take 3 for the Sea, Take3, Tara Castle, Tim Silverwood
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The Flower Project
I recently heard about the most lovely of community kindness initiatives – The Flower Project. A volunteer based project gifting beautiful bouquets of fresh flowers to people who care for others or to people who need a bit of extra … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, KINDNESS
Tagged acts of kindness, Brisbane charity, charity spam, community kindness, flowers, Flowers and Morning Tea Samford, make a difference, make someone smile, Shannon Yeardley, Tara Castle, The Flower Project, The Flower Project Foundation, Volunteers
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my annual charity dinner
As my good friend Neil Shannon from The Villager Hotel puts it “we are about to enter the boobs and balls fundraising season”. That would be Breast Cancer in the month of October, and Prostate Cancer (via hugely successful Movember … Continue reading
Posted in Breast Cancer, Brisbane Events, Cancer Council, Community, CSR, GIVING, KINDNESS, Movember, Uncategorized
Tagged #bne, annual charity dinner, Breast Cancer dinner, Brisbane, brisbane charity dinner, charity spam, GLAM it up for charity, Neil Shannon, Olive McMahon Lodge Toowoomba, Tara Castle, The Cancer Council, The Villager Hotel
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Shopping Up Late for Project Now: 12th July 2012
Do you live in Brisbane AND need a good excuse for some retail therapy? If the answer is yes, then you are in luck! You are invited to Shopping Up Late for Project Now on Thursday 12th July 2012 from … Continue reading
Posted in #blogforgood, Brisbane Events, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Project Now, Second Chance
Tagged charity spam, ciao bella travel, fashion for charity, Fitness First Toowong, Karinne Cilento, Kelvin Grove, Rotary Club of Brisbane Planetarium, sacha drake, Salvation Army, Shopping Up Late for Project Now, Tara Castle, White with One graphic design
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A #payitforward Birthday for charity: water
I am always looking for creative ways to teach my kids about philanthropy. A really easy one is their birthdays. To be completely honest, there are a couple of other motives at play here too: firstly they simply don’t need … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Children, Community, GIVING, KINDNESS, Make a Wish, Pay it forward, Uncategorized
Tagged access to clean water, charity spam, charity: water, clean water, Harrison and Mia birthday, Harrison and Mia Cole, Make a Wish Foundation, Pay it forward, payitforward, Ryan's Well, Tara Castle
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what has Weetbix got to do with charity?
Aussie kids are Weet-bix kids - so the advertising jingle goes. Yup, Weet-Bix is a great Australian breakfast tradition (my 5 year old eats between 3 and 5 per day) but something lots of people don’t realise is that by purchasing Sanitarium’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane Events, Community, Ethical Shopping, CSR, Pay it forward, Homelessness, The Big Issue, Social Enterprise, GIVIT
Tagged Social Enterprise, Tara Castle, The Big Issue, CSR, charity spam, weet-bix, sanitarium, social traders, Wise Foundation, The Body Shop, Bank of Queensland, Buffed, Social franchise, expresso train, find a social enterprise, what is a social enterprise, social entrepreneurs, Human Creative
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carpets for communities
Ok, we have all heard about Tupperware parties, but have you ever heard about carpet parties? Well they are kind of similar, except these kind of parties have an amazing feel-good factor to follow: helping to empower mothers to break … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Community, CSR, Ethical Shopping, GIVING, Homelessness, KINDNESS, Pay it forward, Recycle or upcycle, Social Enterprise
Tagged buy a rug, buy for good, Cambodia, carpets for communities, charity spam, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, eco friendly rug or carpet, help a family, helping women, host a different kind of party, mothers, mums, put children in school, renovate, rugs, Social Enterprise, Tara Castle, tupperware
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