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‘Friends of Centacare’ to assist fundraising
‘Friends
of Centacare’ is a
community fundraising program established to assist the
further expansion of Centacare New England North West.
The new program has a major focus of
purchasing small capital items for the Centacare offices
in Tamworth, Armidale and Moree.
The program has already assisted a
Tamworth refurbishment which was completed in October
2005, now providing eight separate offices and a new
meeting room which can be used for training, parenting
programs and family mediations.
The Armidale refurbishment was
completed in early November and a new Moree office
opened in February 2006.
Centacare has operated as a
not-for-profit welfare organisation across the Catholic
Diocese of Armidale since 2001 and has slowly expanded
the number of programs on offer.
The ‘Friends of Centacare’
program is seeks the support of local businesses,
individuals and service organisations to enable
Centacare to take the next expansionary step toward
providing increased services to cover the Diocese of
Armidale.
As one of the major welfare agencies
in the region there is great demand for Centacare
services which are partly funded by state and federal
government, the Catholic Church and the community.
The broad aim of these programs is to
resource adults, children, couples and families by
developing their skills and assisting with strategies to
prevent and deal with issues and conflicts.
As you may imagine, there is a
greater need for these services than funding programs
will cover, particularly in the supply of capital
expenditure for such things as:
·
Computers
and printers
·
Filing
cabinets, desks and other office furniture
·
Resource
kits and response booklets for psychological assessment
·
Current
books on psychology and counselling
Friends of Centacare
particularly seeks your practical support this year in
being able to purchase some of these capital items which
will, of course, be suitably marked as having been
donated by your business.
We are suggesting an initial
donation around $1,000 will allow us to purchase
individual items noted above.
If you are able to assist in this way
we will keep you informed of where the money is spent.
If you would like more information on Centacare’s
programs or where you may be able to directly assist,
Centacare NENW, telephone 02 6762 1783, during office
hours.
- Jim Booth
General
Manager, Centacare New
England North West
Phone: 02 6762 1783
Fax: 02 6762 1984
Mobile: 0418 425 757
To
email Jim Booth click
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