Success! CHASM receives a Community Benefits Grant!

We are leading the way in affordable housing in Maleny... Lets do this! 
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​The CHASM girls are still pinching ourselves this week, having received notice from our auspice body, The Maleny Neighbourhood Centre (MNC) that we are the proud recipients of funding from the Community Benefits Fund for $33,000. 

While this will buy us the basic relocatable building we have transportation and council costs to meet. We also have aspirations to build the carport, deck and roofing system and still need to reach our $50,000 target. With your help we will.

We have been heartened by the Community's support over the last few months raising over $1000 with our Maple Street Coop Hamper raffle and street donations, and The Blackall Range Zonta Club's support of $500. A further $265 was raised at the Tiny Earth Arts Festival in Nambour.

This month, on Tuesday 6 Nov The Orangery's Melbourne Cup lunch will donate part of your ticket and raffle proceeds to our Small House Project. Get in quick for a decadent day and help a great cause.

Also the Anglican Church are holding a morning tea on Tuesday 13 Nov at Tranquil park, please support this delicious gathering (their cakes are worth it apparently!) and ask Marg for tickets at MNC.

We are really excited to invite everyone to come along to our Big Fundraiser at the Maleny Showground on November 30th. Some of you may have heard of Melony Brest's Drag Queen Bingo?  This will be a super fun night, please get your tickets for a side-splitting way to support our efforts to do something positive about housing the homeless. We are seeking volunteers and someone with an RSA Certificate to help out (you'll get the show for free) so please send us an email or give us a call. 
Get your tickets via our Facebook event here or book your ticket here

Further support for the project will come from the Christmas Street Party raffle and the Catholic Women's Association plan a morning tea on 22 Dec. And there are plans for the Maleny Film Society to host an event early in the new year.

While we are hoping for further success with some project management funding, we are seeking professional in kind building assistance with installing our relocatable building with footings and deck. We welcome your help where you can offer it so we can demonstrate to the world how a community can successfully look after its most vulnerable. 

We hope to see you at one of our events soon! 

Well done Maleny, you should be proud.

Julia Peddie
Compassionate Communities Care

P.S. If your organisation, business or you yourself can run an event or make a donation, please come and talk to us via MNC.