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News 5 FebruaryCongratulations to ACU Honorary Professor David Runia who was named a Member of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours.
04 November 2021
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Staff at the Melbourne and Ballarat campuses are invited to donate goods and time to help pack ‘Bags of Love’ for Impact to support women in crisis.
Impact is a completely volunteer-run charity committed to making a difference for Victorian women and children fleeing extreme violence at home. This Christmas, Impact will be sorting and packing 2,500 ‘Bags of Love’ to give to Victorian women. At ACU, we will be assisting by packing 400 of these bags, as well as wrapping children’s gifts, for delivery to regional Victorian organisations.
To further support Impact, ACU Engagement has coordinated the Dress a Doll initiative and, as a result, we now have hundreds of dolls that need dressing in beautiful donated outfits.
This year, we will be sorting, wrapping, and packing bags on the Melbourne and Ballarat campuses, as well as dressing dolls on the Melbourne Campus. We would love your help.
To ensure we remain COVID-safe, we have scheduled several two-hour shifts at both campuses. This is a great opportunity for you and your team to be involved, and we encourage you to apply for Community Engagement Time Release (CETR) for the hours that you volunteer.
Please come and join the fun and help us bring a ‘Bag of Love’ for Christmas to Victorian women and children looking for a fresh start.
Register here for one or more of the following shifts, and don’t forget to apply for CETR:
Date | Activity | Shift times |
---|---|---|
Monday 22 November | Dressing dolls | 9.30am – 11.30am |
11.45am – 1.45pm | ||
2pm – 4pm | ||
Tuesday 23 November | Setting up hall/dressing dolls | 12.45pm – 2.45pm |
3pm-5pm | ||
Wednesday 24 November | Packing bags | 9am – 11am |
11.15am – 1.15pm | ||
1.30pm – 3.30pm | ||
Thursday 25 November | Packing bags | 9am – 11am |
11.15am – 1.15pm | ||
1.30pm – 3.30pm |
Venue: Cathedral Hall Melbourne Campus (Building 405)
Register here for one or more of the following shifts, and don’t forget to apply for CETR.
Date | Activity | Shift times |
---|---|---|
Wednesday 1 December | Packing bags | 10am – 12noon |
12.15pm – 2.15pm | ||
2.30pm – 4.30pm | ||
Thursday 2 December | Packing bags | 9.30am – 11.30am |
11.45am – 1.45pm |
Venue: Catherine of Sienna foyer, Ballarat Campus (Building 111)
To help us fill the 400 bags, we urgently need the following items:
Please note that everything needs to be new because, while Impact is a charity, they don’t give charity: they give gifts and services with dignity, and dignity with gifts and services.
If you have items to donate, please deliver them to:
Melbourne Campus
ACU Engagement Office
Level 2, 340 Albert Street
East Melbourne
Ballarat Campus
ACU Engagement Office
Room 114.G.06 (Loreto House)
Contact: Bree Seamer (03) 5336 5490
Thank you for any support you can provide for this important initiative during these difficult times. We at ACU Engagement and Impact really appreciate it.
For any enquiries, please contact acuengagement@acu.edu.au.
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