Group volunteers thank their fundraising contributors

In January 2012, 16 dedicated volunteers will head for Kenya to help build a new and permanent home for the children of Familia Moja. Each volunteer has been working hard to fundraise their contribution to the project by organising a variety of fundraising events and initiatives. Since June this year, volunteers have raised over $40,000 to be put towards the building project. The volunteers below would like to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed to their fundraising efforts.

Alysha and Sarah Murphy would like to thank the following people for helping with their fundraising event in August 2011:

Aunty Meredith, The Standard, Rettkes Butcher, Pizza Farro, Lentil as Anything, Harvest Festival, The Corner, The Prince of Wales, Essendon Football Club, Geelong Football Club, Mirfak, Eugene Benson, Matty Orr, Smoorey, Jess Whitehead, Tim Ripper, Hooters, Jacqui Vidal, Kelly Higginbotham, Christina Aubry, Mark and Cheryl Murphy, special thanks and a very large hug to the elephant and safari gentleman John Whitehead & Sunny Munn and every superb individual that came to the Trivia Night and pitched in otherwise.

Tim Horrocks would like to thank the following people for helping with his fundraising event in September 2011:

Businesses: Byron Bay Brewery, Sulis House of Lush, Common Ground Byron Bay, Anja Eyes Eyewear, Early Skateboards, Byron Bay Hot Air Ballooning, Electric Eyewear.

Key Supporters: Daniel Mun, Johnny Abegg, Gavin Stuart, Erik Naumann, Freya Gibbs, Laura Sait, Dan Hamau, Woody, Jodie Malloy, Emma Coulter, Sally Elliot, Koby Hagenfelds, Kristin Robinson.

Special Donors: Graeme Sait, Elizabeth Birchell, Rachel Sait, Rosa Sait, Moira Clayton, Marcus O'Meara and Lisa Reed, Nat and Joe Stokes, Herb and Anita Robinson.

Bands and performers: Loon Lake, The Grains, The Lucky Wonders, Beau Young and Rusty Miller.

Hannah Monagle would like to thank the following people for helping with her fundraising event in September 2011:

Michael Harris (Sound), Johnny O'Hara (Posters) Warwick Baker (Photos) Wire bird, The Bon Scotts, The Barebones, Courtney Barnett, La Bastard, Northcote Social Club, Kendall Craig, Evan Murley, Marisa Monagle, and Booie Gross for postering/support/tolerance with organisation process.

  

Mark Shute would like to thank the following people for helping with his fundraising event in November 2011:

Bands: Oh Ye Denver Birds, Mosman Alder, You in Reverse, Friends Of Ben for playing the concert

Johanna Kuipers @ Jo Kuipers (Poster design & graphics), Mine Corp Pty Ltd (Design Advertisement), Jessie Williams our amazing door girl, Dani & Ash Gribben for selling raffle tickets and rattling donation buckets. Michael Valdivia (DJ).

Businesses:

Hill Haven Holiday Apprtments, Stefano Lubiana Winery, Bar Alto @ Brisbane  Powerhouse, Chi The Label (A Local Brisbane clothing designer), John Butler and Jarrah Records and Endota Day Spa.

I would like to thank my brother Ben Shute and friends Doug Bush & James Griffin for helping out the whole way.

Netta Egoz and Fionn Heeran-Harris would like to thank the following people for their support across all their fundraising efforts in Christchuch and Wellington.

Businesses:

Darkroom, Pomeroys Old Brewery Inn, Beat St Café, Mighty Mighty, The Brewery, Wish B&B, Christchurch Bowling Club, Christchurch City Council, University of Canterbury Students Association, The Crater Rim Wines, Canterbury Cheesemongers, Phantom Billstickers and RDU 98.5fm

Bands:

Bang Bang Eche, The Transistors, Planet of the Tapes, Magic Eye, Sleepy Age, Doctors, I Am The Light, The Shocking and Stunning, Boxcar Rattle, Major Major, El Scown, 5th Day of May, Psych Tigers, Valdera, St Eden, Coate, Will Roud, Mikey Summerfield and Miniatures.

Special Donors:

Simon Palenski, Nathan Durkin, Harison Pitchford and Mike Buchanan. 

Rebecca McGrath would like to thank the following people for helping with her fundraising contribution towards Familia Moja:

Yvonne & William McGrath & family, Catriona & Andrew Wills, Rebecca Papworth, Ornella Caruso, Eleanor Sawyer, Epworth Freemasons Allied Health Team, Powell Family and Yarra Valley Wine Tour Crew

Livia Cullen would like to thank the following sponsors and contributors for helping with her fundraising event in October 2011:


Monsieur Truffle, Lucy Bucks at Warner Music, Mistletone, Handsome Tours, Nicole Jones at Remote Control Records, Pennyroyal Farm, Cecilia Condon at SPUNC, Luigi at No Vacancy, Ben at Three Bags Full, the East Brunswick Club, Ellinda Corbisiero, Courtney Treyvaud and of course Jess White.


Lucy Buckeridge would like to thank the following people, bands and organisations for helping with her fundraising gig in October 2011:

Tantrums, Baptism of Uzi, Lowtide, Melodie Nelson, Andrea Beattie at MX, Jo Roberts at The Age, Taryn Stenvei at Beat magazine, Shane O’Donahue at Inpress, 3RRR, Nicci Reid and Anthony Cornish.

Johnny Lucy would like to thank the following people for helping with his fundraising efforts:

Sadhna Jithoo, Olivia Butcher, Charmaine D'Cruz, Peta Fisher, Ben Ferguson, Kristy Bover, Libby Curtis, Tyna Ton, Sarah Vickery, Eileen Cleary and Marina Orsini.


An extra big thanks to Gemma Patford who put in a whole lot of her own time and effort to help me raise extra moolah.