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Australia Day breakfast at Trinity Beach
Posted by: | CommentsI took Matthew down to the Australia Day breakfast this morning at Trinity Beach and he had a ball.
Although the day is a pretty dreary one, we managed to avoid the rain and had a great free breakfast put on by Rotary which consisted of sausage, egg, bacon and a slice of bread, which Matt promptly made a bacon and sausage sandwich out of. Matt couldn’t understand why as the breakfast was free I emptied my wallet out of all the change that I had (around $4.00); I explained to him that the money goes to help fund other events, and although free, it was a good thing to donate some money for it and as it was Australia Day as part of being Australians is helping each other out. He regularly asks for any change that I have to put into the Guide Dogs plastic Labradors in shopping centres, so this was understood.
All up Matt had a good morning and had a full stomach from breakfast, how did you spend Australia Day? Did you have a ‘veg’ or attend any of the activities that were put on by the local or state Governments?
Even if you aren’t Australian, have a Happy Australia Day where ever you are!
Project Hotel Shampoo
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I opened my email tonight to an email from my friend Megan who runs Imaginif.com.au and she has started in Cairns something that I think is a great idea.
Here’s the idea in a nutshell; you know all those little bottles of shampoo or soap that you see when you go away? Well, Megan is starting a drive to have them collected and donated to benefit kids who are entering the care of Department of Communities.
Megan explains how the system works:
You pay for your complimentary motel bathroom products in your room tariff so put the unopened ones to use: comfort packs for abused children in out of home care.
Too many children enter the care of the Department of Communities without the bare essentials, let alone the expected comforts that we take for granted: shampoo, conditioner, bath gel, skin lotion, etc.
Funding deficits, supply or even geography often impede the ability to ensure that our kids in care have their own supplies of personal products. Let’s change this.
For more details on the project and how you can drop off the unused soaps, shampoo etc from your next weekend away, visit her web site here.
