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Click here to read the Autumn 2012 G-Mag, the Official Magazine of Give Where You Live
Booking have been extended for the 2012 People @ Work Administrative Professionals Breakfast!
Click here to book your place now!
Launching our 2012 Events Calendar! Download it now!
Photos from the 2012 Geelong Multi Sport Festival!
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We've Moved!
When: 19 March 2012
Where: 18 Myers St (Cnr Fenwick St)
There will be no change to our telephone number, fax number, postal address or email addresses
Win a signed Cadel Evans jersey!
Our friends at Ford have kindly donated a jersey signed by the 2011 Tour De France Champion – our very own Cadel Evans - to the Ford Otway Cycling Classic. Enter one of the three courses – 23km, 70km or 140km at by Tuesday 31st January and you could be the lucky winner of this amazing prize!
The winner will be drawn and announced during the event on Sunday 26th February.
The Ford Otway Cycling Classic is a mass participation road cycling event (not a race!) with three different rides to suit all types of cyclists, from a challenging 140km circuit to a tranquil 23km journey suitable for families, all amidst the magnificent Otway Rainforest in and around Apollo Bay on the Great Ocean Road.
As per previous rides in the region courses will include the full 140km Rainforest Circuit along Turtans Track through Lavers Hill, the 70km Lighthouse Discovery Ride to Cape Otway and back again and the 23km Waterfall Explorer ride to Marriners Falls and back again.
Click here to visit the Ford Otway Cycling Classic event website and get your entries in!
2012 Ford Otway Cycling Classic - A Rainforest Ride Early Bird Competition!
Enter the Ford Otway Cycling Classic before January 31st 2012 and be in the running to win a week’s free accommodation in stunning Mt Beauty!
Yes, the Rainforest Ride is back on again and our friends at Kiewa View are kindly offering you the chance to win a week’s free accommodation in their three bedroom, self-catering, cyclist friendly accommodation in Mt Beauty just for entering!
All you have to do is simply enter the Ford Otway Cycling Classic before January 31st 2012 and be in the running for this fantastic prize valued at $690!
Check out the Kiewa View accommodation for ideas on road cycling with possible routes and maps and a suggested program for non riding partners. Comprehensive information for mountain bikers with 38 mountain bike touring routes is also supplied on the website with 12 mountain bike ride guides for our guests to download from Kiewa View.
The prize can be taken between February 2012 and December 2012, excluding school and public holidays and the official ski season (winter is not a good time for riding in the mountains!), subject to vacancies. The free week can be taken from Friday to Friday or alternatively Sunday to Sunday.
Visit the Ford Otway Cycling Classic event website and get your entries in!
2012 Geelong Multi Sport Festival
Geelong Community Embraces Festival Events, Give Where You Live partners with USM Events.
Good News from the Givers
Give Where You Live recently distributed $850,000 in funding! This Capital and Special Purpose Funding Round has provided strategic and impacting funding for more than 26 local community partners and programs, all tackling health, education and income disadvantage in the Geelong region.
See the full list of allocations here and watch the video below to see an example of the life-changing impact Give Where You Live has through Community Partners like Foundation 61.
2011 Alcoa Australian Corporate Head of the River
Entries are now open for the largest corporate rowing regatta in the Southern Hemisphere! This year's event now including a Dragon Boat Regatta. With generous support from Sponsors Alcoa and TAC, all proceeds from this event will go directly to Give Where You Live, helping support health, education and income disadvantage in the Geelong region.
Watch our trailer for the event here, featuring highlights from 2010.
Glastonbury Child and Family Services have a new name!
They are now known as Glastonbury Community Services. If you're interested to read more about this change, click here.
36 Geelong workers, 31 different companies, what a fantastic result
Well done to the 2011 Loaned Executives (LEXs) who celebrated the end of their 3 month tenure being "loaned" to Give Where You Live.
Click here to read about the program or see photos from the event.
A State Government top-up!
Give Where You Live receives vital funds for their Foundation!
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Give Where You Live receives vital funds for their Foundation!
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An Exciting Milestone!
One of Give Where You Live's supporters, The Good Guys Geelong, has recently celebrated an exciting milestone: $50,000 raised through their Local Giving Program. The program, in which Good Guys customers are given a token with a purchase and can opt to choose a charity of their choice including Give Where You Live, has been a pivotal and much appreciated way of fundraising.
Please click here to read more.
Volunteer Week (9th - 15th May 2011)
One of Give Where You Live's Community Partners, Vision Australia, held a "High Tea" afternoon tea to thank all the Belmont Vision Radio volunteers. This was a good chance for some of Vision Australia's most outstanding volunteers to be thanked, including retired taxi driver Bernie Hansen who has kept up his skills as a driver for those suffering low-vision impairment. Bernie is one of the 5 million Australians who offer time - whether it be one hour a week or month - volunteering. At Give Where You Live, we are always looking for volunteers as well and would welcome any expressions of interest.
Click here for more info.
CatholicCare changed its name from Centacare.
To read more about this name change - and learn more about the great work CatholicCare does, find out more here. Click here to see photos from their launch party celebrating their name change.
Grab a coffee and read the Autumn 2011 G-Mag
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