Natalie Tanchevski is a volunteer for the Canberra Salvation Army. Last Christmas year she started a little fundraiser for her local Gungahlin Salvos called $100 for 100 Families. She was raising money to purchase $100 grocery gift cards to give to struggling families that were registered for Christmas assistance. It was a big success and she ended up raising $16,500 in 3 weeks.
This year, given the impact of corona virus, she decided she wanted to try and help more families and not just in her local area of Gungahlin. She has expanded the fundraiser to help 1000 families across Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass, Cooma and Goulburn. The fundraiser is called Hundreds For Thousands. Raising $100 for 1000 Families in need ($100,000). All the money raised goes directly to a local Salvation Army centre and will be used to purchase $100 grocery gift cards to give to the families in need in the lead up to Christmas.
There are 10 Salvo centres involved, Goulburn is one of them, each with a goal of raising $10,000 to help 100 families in their local area. The public have the choice to choose which centre they want to donate to when they visit their online fundraising platform www.hundredsforthousands.salvationarmy.org.au
She also has a dedicated Facebook page for the fundraiser
https://www.facebook.com/hundredsforthousands/
There have been a couple of stories published about her and the fundraiser over the last week. Here are the links to give you a bit more insight into what it is all about.
https://hercanberra.com.au/life/conversation/hundreds-for-thousands-helping-local-families-in-need-find-a-little-joy-this-christmas/
https://the-riotact.com/hundreds-for-thousands-sprinkles-christmas-funds-for-families/416827
Natalie would really love to see The Goulburn Salvos reach their $10,000 goal.
