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Please
join us
in celebrating 40 years of caring for children – made
possible by the ongoing
support of our community. Working together, we can create a better and
more
cohesive society for all Canberrans.
Events celebrating our 40th
Marymead
invites you to join them at these exciting events and be part of
creating a
brighter future for disadvantaged Canberra
children…
Early Childhood
Lecture & Conference: Bridging the Gaps
29th
& 30th August at Rydges Lakeside
This Inaugural
Lecture and Conference will focus on
early childhood and the benefits of intervening early in the lives of
children
at risk as well as practical strategies for collaboration and working
together.
Acumen Alliance Tontine Cocktail Party
Friday
September 21
A cocktail party
with a difference hosted by our major
sponsors Acumen Alliance
at Floriade. With a $15,000 diamond as the major prize, and Melissa Doyle from Sunrise as
our gracious MC, it's sure to be Canberra's night of nights!
Marymead
Annual Fete
3 November
Our popular annual
fete will be on again this weekend open
to the local community. With plenty of food, craft, music and
fun for the kids, it's a great day for all!
Marymead
Reunion
Early
November
A gathering for past Marymead residents, clients, foster children, foster parents and staff to share, reunite, heal and commemorate our history of relationships. If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Marymead on programs@marymead.org.au . Invitations will be posted out in August/September.
For more
information on any of these events, please contact Marymead on 6162
5800 or programs@marymead.org.au.
Through your support, Marymead Child and Family Centre hope to raise
at least $300,000 in 2007 to fund a new wing for our expanding Early
Childhood
programs for young Canberra
children at risk.
These programs will focus
on getting in early in the lives of disadvantaged young children before
problems and traumas become entrenched. Research conclusively shows
that intervening
early allows vulnerable children to have the brightest possible future.
For
every dollar invested in the early years, our community saves $17 later
on in
health, welfare and reform costs. Not to mention the difference made in
the
life of the child!
Marymead has identified a
critical gap in Canberra
services helping young children at risk and so has taken the initiative
to
provide innovative new programs that can change a young
child’s life and
direction.
Sadly, as child abuse
reports rise, Marymead’s current buildings are filled toDecember 12, 2007rvices the community
needs.
Please support Marymead’s
‘Brighter Beginnings’ Appeal and make a difference
today! Thankyou
on behalf of those we care for…
To BUY
A BRICK and Support the Marymead
Brighter Beginnings
Appeal, please click on the link below.
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