Coffs Coast Advocate

Items thrown out after op-shop donation dash

Charity op-shops and donation bins across the Coast have been overloaded as the post-Christmas clean out gets underway.

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04th Jan. 2021 12:01 PM

St Vincent De Paul charity shops on the Sunshine Coast have been inundated with donations over the long weekend.

How you could help give all kids chance to play sport

A Bundaberg not-for-profit organisation is delivering a free program to the region, in a bid to cut costs for struggling...

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26th Sept. 2020 5:09 AM

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: A Bundaberg not-for-profit organisation is delivering a free program to the region, in a bid to cut costs for struggling families.

Scholarships a ‘hand up’ for those in need

The St Vincent de Paul’s Toowoomba Scholarship program is celebrating one year of helping people with their studies.

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26th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

Celebrating a year of the Toowoomba Scholarship Program are (from left) St Vincent de Paul’s volunteer learning partner Bernadette Whisson, program co-ordinator Ingrid Moffatt and scholarship recipient Betty Schmaling. Picture: Bev Lacey

GALLERY: Pyjama day raises funds for winter appeal

Students from Mater Dei Primary School have worn their pyjamas to school for a good cause.

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13th June 2020 5:06 AM

Year 6 students from Mater Dei Primary School collecting blankets are (from left) Grace Douglas, Emma Holzheimer, Austin Webster and Jack Waters.

Family finds hope after bushfires ravage their property

A family have told of the horror of escaping from bushfire which raged near Esk last year, and the horrors on their...

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04th Feb. 2020 6:02 AM

DESTROYED: 11-year-old Harrison looks at the bushfire damage on the Limberg family's farm near Esk.

Toowoomba woman lucks out with donation find

A TOOWOOMBA woman has been reunited with a piece of family history in what she describes as a one-in-a-million coincidence.

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28th Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

Handmade dress comes full circle

Maryann Bougoure talks about the chances of finding a dress she made for her daughter 30 years ago that she was able to buy...

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27th Jan. 2020 5:01 PM

Find a new home for your unwanted gifts

We’ve all had them – Christmas gifts we just don’t know what to do with.

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27th Dec. 2019 6:12 PM

Western Diocese Retail Operations Manager Natalie Tuffley.

Vinnies volunteer sacked for not being Catholic

St Vincent de Paul has vowed to do better after it emerged that the charity sacked a woman for not being Catholic.

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12th Dec. 2019 10:12 AM

Linda Walsh, a former volunteer and local area president of the St Vincent de Paul Society, who is sueing the organisation for religious discrimination, relaxes near her home in Brisbane.

Need for action to combat homelessness is at its highest

The Vinnies Community Sleepout celebrates its 7th year on the Sunshine Coast on August 8 and never has the need for the...

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18th July 2019 12:07 AM

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