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... Knight. She tells us why she’s sending grog on a holiday this February: “Over 20 years ago my friend and I gave up alcohol for February. We just decided to do it because it was a short month and thought ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
... classic American food, high-quality at affordable prices,” said the former NBA basketballer. Known as ‘The Dream' during his decade as a professional basketballer, he decided to change careers after ...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
... were then fortunate enough to have a number of local businesses come on board to donate food and toys and due to this we decided to open it up to the whole community.” “Christmas is always a difficult ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
... per week for a six-month period. During this time I became part of the family, everyone was always happy and friendly and I had the opportunity to learn new skills and meet new people so I decided to continue ...
Monday, 05 December 2011
...  Originally the trip was planned as a personal physical challenge but the philanthropic couple decided it would be a great opportunity to support a charity: “While we quite often donate directly to charities ...
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
6. Christmas joy in the park
(Community Services/Community Services)
... coming back, year after year to help out at CLIP. “I decided there was a better way to spend Christmas – giving rather than receiving. Once I started, I found it hard to stop. I feel good when I see ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
7. Reconnecting with life
(Community Services/Community Services)
The old adage “a dog is man’s best friend” rings true for Perth man Daniel*. After a lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse, the 54-year-old decided to turn over a new leaf, with best mate, dog Rocky, by his ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
... of giving. When planning his tenth birthday party, Year 5 Brookfield State School student Mitchell Lake decided to ask his friends not to bring a gift, but to bring a donation for the charity Mission ...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
... Beach – said she decided to organise a Winter Sleepout because she wanted to help people less fortunate than herself. “In my job I meet a lot of people who are desperately looking for work as they are ...
Friday, 19 August 2011
10. Unsung Heroes – Stories from Dubbo DVD launch
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... what they heard, that it was decided that their reactions to the Elders’ experiences would also be recorded on the DVD,” she said. Unsung Heroes was filmed and edited by Mission Australia’s CreativeYouth ...
Wednesday, 01 June 2011
11. Fighting the drop-out factor
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... "It was no fun. You had no money. You didn't talk to anyone so you got a bit depressed." Jordan finally decided he wanted to work for the Australian Federal Police and so accepted a place in an advanced ...
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
12. Sleeping out for equality
(Daily News/Blog)
... account of the experience. I decided to participate in the Winter Sleepout as an individual fundraiser before asking a couple of friends to join to me. Pretty soon we had a team of about 25 young people ...
Sunday, 01 May 2011
...  He decided not to apply for the loan and with his new family budget in place he was able to save for part of the cost of the car and subsequently take out a loan with reduced repayments. MoneyBusiness ...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
... barely able to keep his own life together, let alone care for his baby daughter. The birth of his child was a wake-up call for Daniel, who decided he didn't want his daughter to suffer the same type ...
Monday, 07 March 2011
... was desperate to find safe and affordable accommodation for herself and Tazzo. She has been renting in Sydney’s Lalor Park for seven years when her landlord decided to sell the home and gave her 30 days ...
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
... her lease on 17 December 2010, says her new home was “the best Christmas present” she had ever received. Ms Morgan had been renting in Sydney’s Lalor Park for seven years when her landlord decided to ...
Monday, 21 February 2011
... decided to strip nearly a third of the money from one of their own landmark homeless policies – the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) – in response to the Queensland floods. We have a huge problem ...
Thursday, 10 February 2011
... Eventually Bianca started a new relationship, and over the next three years had two more beautiful daughters. Sadly, Bianca’s new partner decided to leave her and the children. She was left devastated ...
Monday, 18 October 2010
... at this event and we encourage Sydneysiders to also get behind it.” HRX Chairman Katrina Leslie says, “Given the magnitude of youth homelessness, we decided to direct our 2010 HRX Giving program towards ...
Saturday, 09 October 2010
20. Lee’s new enterprise
(Daily News/Blog)
... 40 and decided to take a risk and do something with my life,” she said. In August 2009 Lee started an eight-week New Enterprise Initiative Scheme (NEIS) Program through Mission Australia Employment ...
Friday, 17 September 2010
... Australia since 1987. In 2000 she decided to leave a bequest to help provide continuity of funding for our work. Another reason for Margaret's support of Mission Australia is her family's association ...
Monday, 06 September 2010
... to give up their warm beds in the height of winter for one night to fundraise for homeless services. This year the CYI team decided to arrange their own overnight sleepout at their Surry Hills workshop ...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
23. Who's got The Ultimate Job?
(Daily News/Blog)
... a video (Up to 5 minutes) of their Ultimate Job. The public votes via text/SMS on their favourite job from the Top 10 list, with the winning Company being decided by the highest number of votes from ...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
... from the support networks he had established and went back to using drugs. Feeling lost, he soon decided he wanted to move back to the MAC, which he did for a second time. Again he worked with the case ...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
... in a car, spraying graffiti and getting into trouble with the law. Marcus realised he was headed down a road that would destroy his life and decided to take action. He tried to give up drugs on this own, ...
Friday, 05 March 2010
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