WEEK FORTY-FOUR 1st November

Some of the cool tweeps over on Twitter have come up with a brilliant idea.
Melbourne Cup Day stweep!
Bern Morley is organizing the fabulous event.

I'm donating $5 to Young Care.

Right now, there are over 6,500 young Australians with high care needs living in aged care - simply because there are very limited alternatives. (The Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee 2005)

If you want to join the stweep, click here.
If you want to donate to Young Care, click here.

WEEK FORTY - WEEK FORTY-THREE: 4th - 25th October

Sarah over at Just Me is doing a wonderful thing this month.
She is participating in Frocktober.
Frocktober aims to help improve the outlook for women with ovarian cancer by supporting the quest for a suitable early detection test through fundraising for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Click here to see Sarah in her frocked up glory every day.

And click here to join me in sponsoring her.
(Don't forget to add her registration number - 600504)

WEEK THIRTY-NINE- 27th September

This week's donation is for Asho, who is an Australia Zoo Wildlife Warrior Joey Ambassador.

You can read all about it here on Cate's blog.

If you want to donate too, just click here.

WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT - 20th September

This week's donation is for Ailish, who is an Australia Zoo Wildlife Warrior Joey Ambassador.
You can read all about it here on Cate's blog.

If you want to donate too, just click here.

WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN - 13th September

After receiving shocking news that one of the beautiful little girls I taught in Year 2, 9 years ago, had committed suicide, this week I'm donating $5 to Lifeline - Suicide Prevention.
If you would like to donate too, click here.

I Found $5 - 16th August

I'm not supposed to resume donations until the 6th of September.
But this morning as I was walking home with my two year old daughter, after dropping my five year old boy at school, we found $5 on the footpath.
I've never been a "Finders keepers" (or "finds it keeps it" as my five year old says) kind of person.
But there was no one else around and it was too far from the school to take it back to the office.
So, as my usual donation amount is $5, I immediately thought of it as a free donation.

Who to choose?

As my Mum recently suffered a severe heart attack, I'm choosing...

Heart Foundation!

The Heart Foundation is dedicated to reducing the dreadful effects of the number of people living with, or dying from heart, stroke and blood vessel disease.

Even if you didn't find $5, you can donate too by clicking here.

WEEK TWENTY-NINE - WEEK THIRTY-SIX - 19th July - 6th September

This week's donation is a special one because it's for my cousins.
So I'm changing the rules for this one and making a sizeable donation.
Instead of $5, we're donating $40.  That's 2 month's worth! 

In September my cousin Fleur is cycling from Brisbane to Sydney to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy.

She is doing this for her younger brother, my cousin Blair.

In her words...

 My younger brother also has a Neuromuscular disorder and my family understands the daily challenges of everyday life for him. My brother is now 17; he did used to walk, play cricket even ride a bike. Those were challenges for him then, now he needs help even to lift up his arms. Although he misses out on everyday things kids do without thought he doesn’t complain.

If you would like to sponsor Fleur as well, click here.

See you in 2 months. :)