Dine Out to Help Out – StreetSmart Australia
You have up until Christmas! StreetSmart is urging diners to eat out at their local participating restaurants and add a $2 or more voluntary donation to their table’s bill to help raise funds for charities in surrounding areas. I encourage people to make the choice to dine out at participating restaurants and contribute to the campaign. It’s a simple action that really has big impacts for those on the fringes of our community.
One hundred percent of the money raised helps to fund a diverse range of projects and services including food, shelter, and longer term projects that ultimately assist disadvantaged people to reconnect with their community.
With over 225 participating restaurants this year, 2008 should see an increased impact for people experiencing homelessness. StreetSmart has made it even easier for diners to support the program this year by mapping participating restaurants and previous beneficiaries …So dine out to help out now.
Launched in 2003, StreetSmart Australia was formed to support and strengthen smaller, grassroots community organisations that help the homeless. These smaller organisations are critical in helping people in crisis. The StreetSmart campaign has continued to grow in support and revenue raised, from $16,574 in is first year in Melbourne, to $224,000 from over 185 restaurants last year in VIC, NSW/ACT and QLD. StreetSmart helps out by raising funds and delivering financial grants, raising community awareness of the issues of homelessness and assisting these organisations to connect across their communities. To date StreetSmart has raised and distributed over $485,000.
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