How you can help others: Our list of DoSomething Day events near you
THIS Wednesday is Sydney’s biggest ever celebration of volunteering and kindness - here’s where you can go to help out (and feel good) on DoSomething Day.
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SYDNEY is gearing up for one of its biggest ever celebrations of volunteering and random acts of kindness this Wednesday for DoSomething Day.
For 24 hours on June 15, we encourage everyone to make an extra effort to do something positive in their local area, however large or small.
Getting involved is really easy. We’re asking volunteers and locals to upload photos and videos of their act of giving or volunteering using the hashtag #DoSomethingDay
The key aim of these photos is to celebrate the wonderful things that people do — and we also want to encourage more people to volunteer.
Around the city on the day, there will be scores of events and activities taking place where local clubs, charities and individuals get into the spirit of giving.
In Martin Place, a group of DoSomething Day “angels” will be performing good deeds for people as they pass by such as helping them up the stairs, carrying their bags or buying them a coffee.
In the north west, volunteers from the Castle Hill RSL will be pitching in to help with the gardening at a working bee for Tallowood School for kids with special needs in the morning. The team is hoping to get enough people down to finish their retaining wall, paint some tables and plant a garden bed.
At Blacktown, local hero and all-round top bloke Harold Becker from the Blacktown Workers Club will be doing what he normally does — helping out his mates.
Harry’s way of doing something positive is by visiting fellow senior citizens who are in hospital, nursing homes or retirement villages just to be a friendly and familiar face.
Volunteers from Youth Off the Streets will be collecting the pies from the big pie bake-off at St John’s Park on Tuesday and delivering them to homeless people in Fairfield and the CBD.
Master Chef champions Sammy and Bella got into the spirit of the day and put all their positive vibes into the pies they baked for a good cause.
At the Bankstown Sports Club it will be as easy as going to see a movie to get into the spirit on the day.
The club is running a movie marathon on DoSomething Day to raise money for charity and will be screening new releases flicks including Mother’s Day and Zootopia.
Another simple way to take part is by stopping by Canterbury Leagues Club to drop off any unwanted winter clothes you might have for their charity appeal.
But probably the easiest way to take part is to simply capture the good deeds you do in a normal day such as helping a friend or neighbour and upload a photo using #DoSomethingDay or #Giveyourbest
Launched by NewsLocal newspapers, the DoSomething charity and Your Local Club, it is about encouraging everybody to do something positive in their communities.
It might be helping an older person with their shopping, buying a homeless person a cup of coffee or a meal, picking up rubbish in the park or mowing an ill neighbour’s lawn.
Big or small, it doesn’t matter. As long as it improves the community or makes a positive difference to someone else’s life, we want to celebrate it.
To find out more or to come up with an idea of what to do on the day visit: www.dosomethingday.com.au
DoSomething Day Events
1) Breakfast for emergency service heroes
Volunteers from the club are putting on a special breakfast for emergency services personnel in their local area saluting them for their relentless efforts to serve and protect the community.
2) Gardening working bee for kids with special needs
Volunteers from the Castle Hill RSL will be pitching in to help with the gardening at a working bee for Tallowood School in the morning. The team is hoping to get enough people down to finish their retaining wall, paint some tables and plant a garden bed.
Tallowood School, Kellyville
3) Home cooked pies for the homeless
Volunteers from Youth Off the Streets will be collecting the pies from the big pie bake-off at St John’s Park on Tuesday and delivering them to homeless people in Fairfield and the CBD. Master Chef champions Sammy and Bella baked the pies at a charity bake off with chef Ed Halmagyi especially for DoSomething Day.
St Johns Park Bowling Club, Edensor Rd
4) DoSomething Day movie marathon
At the Bankstown Sports Club it will be as easy as going to see a movie to get into the spirit on the day. The club is running a movie marathon on DoSomething Day to raise money for charity and will be screening new releases flicks including Mother’s Day and Zootopia. Tickets at reception or online at www.bankstownsports.com/movies
Funds will be donated to the Salvos, southern Sydney Multiple Birth Association, and the Dandelion Network which collects clothes, toys and linen for children and donates them to families in need.
5) Back to School volunteers
Ramsgate RSL staff will be going ‘back to school’ to celebrate DoSomething Day on Wednesday. They will be volunteering at Ramsgate Public School to help out where they can. Their efforts will build on the relationship the club has with the school which has included fund raising for projects such as rebuilding their school playground.
6) DoSomething Day Angels
At Martin Place, the DoSomething Day “angels” will be doing good deeds in any way they can for people as they pass by such as helping them up the stairs, carrying their bags or buying them a coffee.
Martin Place
7) Raffle for the Queen of Hearts Foundation
To support DoSomething Day, the Penrith RSL will donate all the proceeds of their raffle on Thursday 9 June which is anticipated to be up to $4500. The money will go toward providing support, education, counselling and legal advice for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
8) Winter clothing appeal
Canterbury Leagues Club is calling on its members and staff to get behind the DoSomething Day by donating winter woollies, jumpers, beanies, scarfs, blankets, socks and toiletries to charity. Everything will be donated to the Maronite Church for them to distribute where they are needed. Donations can be made on the day and all through the month of June.
9) Zumba Class for people with special needs
Dubbo RSL will be hosting a Special Needs Zumba Class on Tuesday with staff and members encouraged to buddy up with a person with special needs have a dance!
Members can in for a gold coin donation and the money raised will go towards funding the program.
10) Food packs for charity
Staff from The Shellharbour Club will be preparing hundreds of food packs for the disadvantaged and less fortunate in their community. They will be jumping in to do the work that the hardworking volunteers from the Denny’s Foundation do every week so that they can have a bit of a rest.
Giving much-needed blood
It has been more than 20 years since I have given blood.
Volunteers make reusable bags for DoSomething Day
SEWING machines at Avalon have been working overtime, with a group of women volunteering to create more Boomerang Bags for the community as part of DoSomething Day.