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Our focus on supporting grassroots projects throughout Melbourne can deliver significant outcomes to those in need. Here are some examples of the impact your donation can make.
Assistance Dogs Australia
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$240 |
Supports a puppy’s food and veterinary costs for 12 months |
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$420 |
Supports a puppy’s food, veterinary costs, accessories and training for 12 months |
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$720 |
Supports all the puppy’s activities, recipient training and hand-over |
Menzies
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$2,200 |
Allows a child who has been traumatised by domestic violence to participate in the Animal Assisted Therapy program for children exposed to family violence. |
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$100 |
Allows for renovation of one therapy animal habitat. |
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$500 |
Provides socialising and handling, veterinary care and food for an animal for 12 months, who is being utilised in the therapeutic programs. |
Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
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$5 |
Provides a 2 hour Met Ticket so that an asylum seeker could access public transport |
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$10 |
Would provide food for a week to 5 asylum seekers |
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$100 |
Provides financial aid to 5 asylum seeker families in crisis |
Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA)
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$15 |
Bale of Hay for the horses used in the therapeutic riding program |
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$25 |
Hooves trimmed by a farrier |
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$72 |
Coaching manual and Syllabus to train new Coaches |
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$92 |
Load of water – for dams and tanks during drought |
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$165 |
Enables a Coach to renew their first aid qualification |
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$750 |
Food, farrier and veterinary expenses a horse per year |
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$1,000 |
Purchases a saddle |
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$1,200 |
Allows a disabled person to use the service |
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$5,000 |
Purchases furniture and equipment |
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$10,000 |
Replaces a horse float |
The Lighthouse Foundation
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$50 |
Provides a monthly met ticket for one person travelling to and from their place of education. |
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$500 |
Provides food for one home for one month. |
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$5,000 |
Funds the Education & Personal development Program for 3 months. |
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$50,000 |
Funds the salary and associated on- costs of one full- time Carer providing 24 hour family care to the young people living in a Lighthouse home. |