Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Charity Raffle - local Nymboida artisans help Cambodia !

I have had a couple of wonderful prizes donated for a raffle.  Thank you so much to two brilliant local artisans, Colleen Scott who donated the beautiful  painting in the photo and Laena Jongen-Morter from Nymboida Crystals for her gorgeous crystal, seen hanging on the painting in the photo. Crystal hanging on LHS of painting Both of these are on display at the Nymboida Coaching Station and you can see me at "The Coacho"...

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Spreadsheet of donation deposits

Below is a list of the donations so far !  A huge thank you to everyone. Update: A few people have wondered if the money will be used to cover our expenses. NO! ALL of the money raised goes to help those in need in Cambodia. NONE of it is used by us for expenses eg plane flights or accommodation.  Our donation to this cause is covering the cost of our expenses from our own pockets, volunteering and taking time off work, with no pay to do so...

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

My first unofficial fundraising

The official line I rang and spoke with official-dom here in NSW about what red tape I needed to wade through to do everything legally, as opposed to doing it properly, as I  was doing.  Overcoming a fear of bureaucracies and the amount of red tape I needed to go through to make it legal, in the Australian Governments eyes, would have thwarted...