Tag Archives: Volunteering

help me #blogforgood from Tanzania

Good news everyone! Recently I entered charityspam.com in a competition run by Telstra and CBM Australia called #blogforgood. The competition was open to any blogger who, um, blogs for good – yes a perfect fit for my posts on charityspam.com. The challenge for me was trying … Continue reading

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this sunday 4th march is Clean Up Australia Day

This Sunday 4th March is Clean Up Australia Day! Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way you can take action to clean up, fix up and conserve our prized Australian environment. Last year in 2011, an estimated 565,510 volunteers cleaned up 16,454 … Continue reading

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volunteers needed! can you spare just 3 hours?

It was 1994, it was hot.  I was dressed up in an old, mangey full body koala suit standing in the middle of the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane’s CBD on a hot Queensland summers day. Crazy?  Possibly.  This was my … Continue reading

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make a New Year’s resolution of social kindness

Consider this post your personal invitation to join the growing global kindness revolution; helping you make ONE of your 2012 new year’s resolutions, a resolution for social good: 1. Give Blood, give plasma Help save a life!  One in three people … Continue reading

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All I want for Christmas…

Today, Tuesday 13th December, the Milton Business community in Brisbane are rallying together to help two flood affected local boys. Almost a whole year one from the devastation of the Queensland floods, there are still many families still struggling to … Continue reading

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