25 Year Celebration Dinner and Auction

The 25th Anniversary fund raising dinner for Newlife Care at Bond on Oct 16 is rapidly approaching,  With just under 4 weeks to go the bookings have started to come in.

Note that ticket value for the evening is assured as the ticket price only covers the venue, meal, and associated direct costs of the night.  We will actually raise funds via the Auction on the night.

Your ticket includes the finger food & complimentary drink on arrival the tickets include the string quartet, a fabulous sit down meal, the band, access to the evening entertainment,  and the many prizes on offer in the auction including:

a 2 night stay in an ocean view room including Dinner for 2 and breakfast meals at the Marriott, a Sydney bridge climb for 2, a $500 travel voucher, a 3 night stay in a 2 bedroom beachfront deluxe apartment at Mantra on Salt Beach at Kingscliff, sporting memorabilia, jewelry, restaurant vouchers, books, and a whole lot more.

For bookings and enquiries, please call Nadia Clements during Office Hours on 55933262.

Gala Dinner

Gala Dinner and Charity Auction to celebrate 25 years of Newlife Care is being planned for Saturday October 16 2010.

Where: Princeton Room, Bond University

Enquiries and Bookings:  call Newlife Care 55933262 

Watch this space for more info soon.

Homeless Connect 2010

Newlife Care attended the annual Homeless Connect for the second time in as many years.  This event coincided with the week of the homeless, and is a day of information, give-aways and activities.  There were over 60 different agencies / services represented on the day.  In the opening ceremony the Mayor said that the Gold Coast officially had over 2,800 homeless persons, although actual figures could be well above this level.

The guests were welcomed by a large group of volunteers, given a goodie-bag and started the day with a cooked breakfast.  On offer were showers, haircuts, massage, clothing and a continual supply of fresh fruit, yoghurt, juice, cakes, tea, coffee and water. The outdoor activities included soccer, tower of confidence, music, face painting and jumping castle. Lunch was also supplied with everything from steaks to herbed fish fillets and a good range of salads and veggies. The weather was perfect and there was a great sense of camaraderie and enjoyment on the day.

Homeless Connect was also a fabulous networking opportunity for the agency / service providers.  We met the people behind the organizations and gained a better understanding of what they had to offer, how we could work in conjunction and how we could better refer clients between our services.

Although a number of agencies provided food relief for clients, Newlife Care was the only organization represented that offered professional counselling services by donation. Several government and non government agencies indicated that they would be referring clients to us in the future.