Tag: fundraising
Les puts pedal power to good use
Salvation Army Wyndham City soldier Les Porter has saddled up for another Wyndham 1000.
For the past eight years, Mr Porter has ridden 1000 kilometres...
Baton change at relay
Meet the new chairman for one of Wyndham’s biggest fundraising events.
Carradin Blyth has taken the reins of the annual Wyndham Relay for Life, with...
Readathon a personal crusade
Nine-year-old Makaira has a very special reason to take part in the MS Readathon every year: her mother.
The Point Cook girl’s mum, Rebecca Muscat,...
Into life for the long run
Point Cook woman Camille Condon says a double lung transplant helped to give her a new life.
Ms Condon developed bronchiectasis due to a primary...
Alamanda students go without for 40 hour famine
Imagine having to go without creature comforts such as furniture, technology and electricity.
More than 200 grade four Alamanda College students experienced just that recently...
Stairway to charity
Climbing 28 flights of stairs while wearing a full firefighter’s uniform, helmet and breathing apparatus sounds like a tough task.
But this is exactly what...
Fundraising party with the pups
A Werribee business will soon host a paw-fectly cute fundraising day for the RSPCA.
Loan Market will be in full-on bake mode when it takes...
Hair today, aid tomorrow
Children attending a Hoppers Crossing early learning centre sported some cool and creative hairstyles in the name of charity last week.
On Friday, about 100...
Girls show good cents
Meet Werribee Primary School pupils Emily, Heaven, Meredith and Luella, who are fundraising superstars.
The foursome collected 5050 five cent coins, which they donated to...
Point Cook students show their philanthropic sides
How do you turn a bad day into a good day?
Just ask these Point Cook College students, who were tasked with helping to turn...
A real nose for fun
Oscar, Xavier and Zoeya are looking forward to Red Nose Day.
Last week, they joined in a fundraising disco for the Red Nose organisation, along...
CCU appeal nears halfway
A fundraising campaign to fit out Werribee Mercy Hospital’s new critical care unit has nearly reached half of its target.
Earlier this year, the Werribee...
Positive vibe for pageant
Racheal Smythe is a role model for body positivity. The Wyndham Vale woman will represent
Australia at the Global United Pageant, to be held in...
Cancer survivor launches fundraising night
Raising awareness of bowel cancer is a cause close to the heart of Hoppers Crossing woman Julie Toner.
She was diagnosed with the illness in...
Teenager has the world at her feet
Werribee teenager Laura Younger has been named as one of three state finalists in the Miss World Australia competition. The trio were selected out...
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Young writers workshop
Award-winning author Alice Pung is returning to the west where she grew up to lead an autobiographical writing workshop.
Young writers and creatives from the...
