m.a.d.woman CEO and Founder Melina Schamroth was one of four finalists in the 2010 Brainlink Women of Achievement awards today.
Following the event Melina flew straight to Auckland for a night of sleeping rough to support homeless New Zealanders. Read the rest of this entry »
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m.a.d.woman CEO and Founder Melina Schamroth slept outside in June to raise more than $12,500 to break the cycle of homelessness.
Statistics show there are around 105,000 Australians who are homeless – about 34,000 of these are children.
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Love was in the air as 250 singles from Melbourne and 150 from Sydney cooked 13,900 for hungry and homeless people to help Feed Melbourne and Feed Sydney.
Never was there such a great opportunity to help others and find an opportunity to find love in a single(s) night! Read the rest of this entry »
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While most of us are afraid of finding something creepy crawly in our homes, the creatures of the Critter Collection are the type of critters you’ll want to invite into your room.
Not only will they brighten rooms but part-proceeds of sales of these bright and colourful characters will go toward funding special pictorial-based education programs to help give autistic kids a voice (through a special fund within the m.a.d.woman foundation). Read the rest of this entry »
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Five-year-old Jessica screamed and thrashed wildly the entire plane journey from the Gold Coast to Melbourne. It took the efforts of both parents to hold her down and a dummy in her mouth to try to quieten her.
In the queue for bags, Jessie’s father overheard a woman discussing his daughter. “Clearly she is totally spoiled and a dummy – at her age! – it’s a disgrace”. Read the rest of this entry »
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We get a real buzz out of making a difference to people when they are not expecting it. It might be something as simple as buying someone a small treat or something more elaborate such as arranging a surprise trip.
We’ll share some of our stories with you very soon, but we would also like to know what you have done to make an unexpected positive difference to someone’s life – or hear about the way someone surprised you. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will benefit from sexual and reproductive health packs thanks to Sex and the City fundraising events
More than 350 people turned out for awesome nights out in Sydney and Melbourne to see Sex and the City. m.a.d.woman partnered with Corporate Chicks for the events to fund Telling it Like it Is packs – an initiative of Marie Stopes International Australia.
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A group of Melbourne’s singles got dirty (well at least their hands!) in the name of their love lives this weekend – and managed to make a difference at the same time!
In half a day of Gardening for Good the group cleared and planted two large garden beds in a special educational garden for students with intellectual/physical disabilities and/or social disadvantages at CERES Community Garden.
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Events in Melbourne and Sydney have ensured a Midwife on a Motorbike in Timor Leste will have the petrol to keep going for the next nine months!
At the m.a.d.woman Connecting the Community events, vibrant groups of people set about multi-tasking. They learned how to improve their business and personal relationships, met new people AND raised funds for a fabulous initiative – a Midwife on a Motorbike! Read the rest of this entry »
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Second hand and disused bikes from Melbourne will be helping save lives in Namibia, Africa, thanks to the Bicycles for Humanity project being organised by St Kilda film maker Matt McCollough.
m.a.d.woman helped support this amazing project which will see bicycles distributed to remote HIV/AIDS care workers who typically have to walk huge distances in their work and the shipping container Read the rest of this entry »
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