Allora and District Days for Girls team makes feminine hygiene kits for women and girls internationally and through Good360 in Australia. The team has sent kits to areas such as Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Vanuatu and Burundi as well as providing packs to an organisation in Toowoomba and to St Vincent de Paul, Gold Coast for local distribution.
The team would like to give a huge thanks to the Warwick Rugby Union Club for their very generous donation as part of their ladies day function. The group is also thankful for the donations which have been put into the box at the Allora IGA and thank the IGA for allowing this local support mechanism.
The group also thanks the St Patricks school and the Parish for allowing the continued use of the hall despite it being also needed for the school whilst its renovations are continuing.
Please consider coming along as there is a variety of jobs to be done by sewers and non-sewers alike. Even if you can’t attend our monthly gatherings, there is certainly sewing which can be completed at home. Please contact one of our executive team for further details if this is of interest to you.
The next gathering dates are 25 Aug, 29 Sep and 27 Oct 25.
Our fundraising initiative Allora DfG ‘Container for Cash’ account has had several donations so far. People and businesses may like to use the code ‘C10749279’ when depositing their eligible containers and the refund will be directly deposited into the Allora DfG account. Please contact Kaylene via the Allora DfG email if you would like containers to be collected or they can be brought along or dropped off at any monthly gathering.
As always, the group is requesting donations of: new cotton ladies knickers, new face washers, new flannelette, new 100 per cent cotton (non-stretch) material. Please think of us if you are doing a cupboard clean out. Items can be dropped into Allora Hardware store or Bryson’s Florist Warwick marked as Days for Girls. If dropping off items in, please text, phone or email contacts below so that we know to pick things up as not all executive members live in town. As a tax-deductible group, should you wish to give a donation prior to the end of the financial year, please contact us. Monetary donations over $2 are tax deductable and can be transferred to: Allora Days for Girls, BSB 064032 Acc: 10127292. Items can also be dropped off at gathering times.
The next gathering will be on Monday 25 Aug at 9am at the Function Room, MacKillop House, Warwick St, Allora, next to St Patricks Church entry via McKillop Lane. Please park in Warwick Street. Coffee and tea provided. Please bring along something for morning tea. We hope to see you then.
Thank you – Allora and District Days for Girls
Executive team – Heather Goonan Mobile-0434907904, Lenore Wissemann Mobile 0428973432, Shirley Cornhill and Kaylene Williams or email: alloraqld@daysforgirls.org.
