You have up until Christmas! StreetSmart is urging diners to eat out at their local participating restaurants and add a $2 or more voluntary donation to their table’s bill to help raise funds for charities in surrounding areas.  I encourage people to make the choice to dine out at participating restaurants and contribute to the campaign. It’s a simple action that really has big impacts for those on the fringes of our community.

One hundred percent of the money raised helps to fund a diverse range of projects and services including food, shelter, and longer term projects that ultimately assist disadvantaged people to reconnect with their community.

With over 225 participating restaurants this year, 2008 should see an increased impact for people experiencing homelessness. StreetSmart has made it even easier for diners to support the program this year by mapping participating restaurants and previous beneficiaries …So dine out to help out now.

Launched in 2003, StreetSmart Australia was formed to support and strengthen smaller, grassroots community organisations that help the homeless. These smaller organisations are critical in helping people in crisis. The StreetSmart campaign has continued to grow in support and revenue raised, from $16,574 in is first year in Melbourne, to $224,000 from over 185 restaurants last year in VIC, NSW/ACT and QLD. StreetSmart helps out by raising funds and delivering financial grants, raising community awareness of the issues of homelessness and assisting these organisations to connect across their communities.  To date StreetSmart has raised and distributed over $485,000.

Fusion 2008 Global Street Art Charity ebay Auction supporting ‘ Kids Under Cover ‘ goes live @ 8am 1st October!!!

9 Days 99c NO RESERVE! Original Collectable Artwork created for Fusion 2008! Have a bid and win yourself fabulous original artwork. Donated by globally renowned stencil artists from Germany, Canada, Melbourne, Adelaide, Basque Country and Canberra.

Support Kids Under Cover in their efforts to prevent homelessness. Because kids don’t live on the streets; they die.

From working the land in Narromine to winning cricket’s World Cup three times, Glenn McGrath has always faced life with fierce determination and an unerring will to succeed, despite the odds. Now, following his retirement from international cricket, McGrath shares the story of his life – in cricket and off the field.

Glenn McGrath’s most meaningful achievements, however, have been off the field. With his wife Jane, a survivor of breast and bone cancers, he established the McGrath Foundation , a major fundraiser for and supporter of people with breast cancer. Here, in their own words, the McGrath’s discuss their ongoing battles with the disease.

LINE AND STRENGTH is the tell-all story of an Australian country boy who took on the world. After battling cancer for 11 years, Jane died on 22 June 2008. Glenn McGrath is one of my heroes. He is a wonderful person & his wife Jane was a remarkable human being. For a great read, go & buy the book & you will not be disappointed. The book is being released on the 1st August 2008.

Two Flat Whites would like to pass on it’s deepest sympathies to the McGrath family. We appreciate all you have done for Australia Glenn & look forward to seeing the McGrath Foundation grow stronger.