Small pebble creates charity ripple (9 Nov 2024)
Tiny glass pebbles meant big money for charity at a Kings Park awards night. Donors dropped their pebbles into jars at the State Reception Centre to decide which of five charities would receive $100,000 grants. Each of the 260 donors, including Curtin MP Kate Chaney, had given at least $1000 to Impact100 a fundraising organisation that hosts the annual event.
Lionheart Camp for Kids, Gosnells Community Legal Centre, and women's refuge Orana House each won a $100,000 grant, while ADHD WA and CinefestOZ each won a $15,000 consolation prize. Lionheart's grant will support a pilot program helping children impacted by a family death, while Gosnells Community Legal Centre's grant will fund their specialist child support legal clinic.
Orana House's grant will fund their SWitCH On, Power Up program that "empowers people affected by family and domestic violence". The five finalist charities were picked from 47 applicants. Impact100 WA chair Simone Eley said it was the biggest collaborative giving event in WA. Impact100 has raised $3.05million for 49 different charities since its inception in 2012.
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