Canberra City Care

A late official welcome to our new staff member Caroline!!!!
Caroline has come on board as our Assistant operations Manager.
great to have her on the team.

Half Price sale on all winter clothing!!!!
Come in and have a look and grab a bargain.
This sale discludes jeans.

Last Thursday Canberra City Care & Life Unlimited Church got a chance to break the season over dinner with 75 community members. It was more than a meal! Memories were created and the spirit of community strengthened. Thank you to everyone who attended, our volunteers and organizers alike. You made it all come together, giving love, kindness, and generosity a chance to flow freely! God bless you immensely.

Community partnerships are so important to charity organisations. Our thanks go out to Paul and Margaret from the Ngunnawal Street Pantry, who shared a huge donation from a shop in Belconnen that has provided a wonderful boost to our humble ReRuns Op Shop. We have also been able to bless other partners and will be using some items at Christmas.

It is wonderful to see Government Departments and generous public servants getting behind local charities. Believe it or not we have our Christmas Hamper program underway and donations are already being collected. Thank you to those generous hearts and wonderful organizers.

Thankyou Suzi!!!!
Suzi has worked as Assistant Operations Manager at Canberra City Care for a year and worked as a Volunteer for many years before that. All her work has been excellent and she has brought joy to many people throughout the years. We are sad to see her leave CCC, but we are so excited to see her in this new and exciting season she is entering into, and to soon welcome a new member of staff!!

It has been so lovely to see some of our volunteer's creativity through our social art class. It runs on a Friday afternoon. There are always great conversations, lots of laughter and beautiful art pieces. Community and creativity what a great combination.

We had a very busy weekend at Canberra City Care. We refurbished our floors!!
A huge thankyou to the team of people who gave up part of their weekend to help us.
Come in and check out our new floors!!

Happy Mothers Day!!!
We hope all you amazing Mums are feeling blessed and spoiled today. We hope you have a lovely day surrounded by family and friends.

If you need Mothers Day ideas head in to ReRuns Opshop!!!
Our awesome volunteers have set up this beautiful display of gifts for sale.
Cant wait to celebrate our lovely Mums over this weekend.

100 affordable, delicious meals are created from donated, harvested or rescued food each week at our Community Kitchen.
Cornel and her team are amazing. They work tirelessly to provide these meals for our community. Thankyou Kitchen Crew.

We bring our thanks this day for the peace and security that we enjoy. We give thanks for the courage of those who gave their lives in times of war. We give thanks to the current Men and Woman who sacrifice to protect our country.
We Will Remember them, Lest We Forget

Our Redeemers Sewing Group finished their last order of bags for the Green Shed last week. These awesome ladies are so talented and creative. In amongst making these orders and making bags for our Christmas hampers each year, they make other beautiful projects as well (as seen in the top of the photo) come in and have a look!!!!

We had the absolute honor of being able to host Team Phevs send off in our cafe yesterday, they are going on their yearly rally to raise funds for beyond blue. Phev are a great support to us at Canberra City Care. If you would like to donate to their awesome cause, you can do so at this link
https://beyond-bitumen.raisely.com/team-phevelyn
If you cant afford to donate, we would encourage you to spread the word.

Harvest Stall has finished for 2024!!
A Big Thankyou to:
- CCC garden volunteers for producing an abundance of organic produce, relishes and plants.
- Canberra Organic Growers Society Charnwood and Cook gardens for donating organic produce and flowers.
- Local community for donating produce.
- CCC clients for supporting the Harvest.

Thanks to some of our amazing volunteers giving up part of there Easter weekend, we were able to help people in our community through leaving some vegetables and bread for self serve outside our facility. We were encouraged after by this awesome story.

We wanted to say a big thank you to the volunteers who came in on Easter Monday and placed fruit, vegetables and loaves of bread outside the Charnwood care center.
Simon and I shared the food boxes with residents at the Ranken place Belconnen ACT Housing complex.
Jeff is intellectually disabled and has diabetes, as he lived on cheap home delivery foods like pizza and diet coke for a long time until he found a carer.
His health took a turn on the weekend because his carer was away, and he had run out of fresh food.
Simon and I used the multiple loaves of bread, vegetables/fruit to make up healthy sandwiches, a fruit salad and fruit bag, and 2 tins of tuna and vegetables to make pasta bake for 6 residents including Jeff!!!!
Thanks so much for your help.
-Simon and Belinda

A big Shoutout to This Pre-Kinder student and .
These donations are very much appreciated. Thankyou James!!!!

We are so proud of James in Pre-Kinder who had noticed a homeless man on his way to school and came up with a plan for us to take action and to make a difference in our local community.
In Preschool this week we have been collecting tins of food for people in need and with the help of Canberra City Care will have these donations distributed to those who need them most! Thank you to all of the Preschool families who were able to jump on board and to support James’ initiative. We love that our smallest students’ at Emmaus are connected with and can contribute to their community.

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:5-6
He Is Risen!!
Have a great rest of your easter weekend, see you on Tuesday :)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
Canberra City Care wishes you all a very Happy Easter!!!

Canberra City Care is closed for the Easter long weekend. We are closed from Friday the 29th till Monday the 1st. We hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends, and we look forward to seeing you on the 2nd!!!

Reruns Op shop is looking so good. We are doing a seasonal change with our clothes, so get ready for our winter stock!!!!! Come grab a bargain or have a chat to our awesome Volunteers, we cant wait to see you😁😊

Thanks to Big Mumma for her generous and caring heart, lining up one of our student volunteers with a bike to help him get to work. Benjamin was so grateful and this will save him a lot of time and transport costs.

Canberra City Care commenced a new service to support their customers and the community on Friday 1 March 2024. This includes an English as a Second Language program running between 11am and 1pm every Friday. Two wonderful, qualified teachers from Life Unlimited Church have given up a work day to provide this service. We were so excited to receive 8 registrations and 5 starters on our first day. Anyone that thinks they could benefit are welcome, so contact reception on 61968630.

The Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day is on now! Please help us to raise $10,000!

Every $1 you donate to us will become $2 for the first $2,500 that we fundraise, so $2.5k will become $5k!

There's only 48 hours to give where you live - donate today https://giving.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/event/canberra-city-care

The Giving Day starts tomorrow! Help us raise $10,000, so we can continue helping Canberrans in need!

If you want to support us and our work, there could not be a better time to donate than over the Giving Day! Wednesday, March 6, is the Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day - a 48-hour donation drive to give where you live! Over this period, every $1 you donate will become $2 for the first $2,500 we fundraise, so $2.5k will become $5k!

Come on Canberra, raise your hand for CBR! Donate here https://giving.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/event/canberra-city-care

The Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day kicks off in just 2 days! Help us raise $10,000, so we can continue helping Canberrans in need!

If you want to support us and our work, there could not be a better time to donate than over the Giving Day! Wednesday, March 6, is the Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day - a 48-hour donation drive to give where you live! Over this period, every $1 you donate will become $2 for the first $2,500 we fundraise, so $2.5k will become $5k!

Come on Canberra, raise your hand for CBR! Donate here https://giving.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/event/canberra-city-care

There's just 1 week until the Hands Up for Canberra Giving Day! Please support us with a donation and help us to raise $10k!

The Giving Day is on Wednesday, 6 March this year, and it's 48 hours to give where you live. Over the 48-hour period, every $1 you donate will become $2 for the first $2,500 we fundraise, so $2.5k will become $5k!

Can't wait? Donate today!
https://giving.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/event/canberra-city-care

Life Unlimited Church and Canberra City Care were so honoured to have Peter Gordon, founding CEO of Hands Across Canberra, share details of the Canberra Day Appeal and outline some of the challenges for charities in the ACT, noting that Hands Across Canberra support over 350 charities across the ACT. We encourage our followers and supporters to hop online and make a donation through either the .home or websites. Thank you Peter and your team for all your support over the years.

A huge shoutout to Woolworths Charnwood!!!
They support us throughout the year with donations, they also provide a lot that goes towards our Christmas hampers each year. Canberra City care is so Grateful for their continual generosity. Thankyou Woolworths Charnwood!!!

Only 2 weeks until the Hands Up for CBR Giving Day. Please support us and help us raise $10,000!

Wednesday, March 6, is the Hands Up for CBR Giving Day - 48 hours to give where you live and to help us raise much needed funds!

Every $1 you donate to us will become $2 for the first $2,500 that we fundraise, so $2.5k will become $5k!

Come on Canberra, raise your hand for CBR! Donate now https://giving.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/event/canberra-city-care