Our gift collection tops tens of thousands!

WOW! Our collection of gifts for 2500 women fleeing domestic violence is growing to the tens of thousands of items! It’s incredible! Now we need some extra help – to fund the freight of our packs. It costs around $25 to send a box for 20-25 women. We’ve had an...

Join us to get Grateful in April

Grateful in April kicks off again tomorrow! Join us for 30 days of noticing what’s good in your world (its free and always will be). See how great life can be when you have an attitude of gratitude

Plenty of pins in play!

FUN FACT: We are doing so much sewing here at the m.a.d.woman Foundation for our upcoming projects that we have more than 5000 pins in play!! We are busy making our 2500 gorgeous care pack bags for women around Australia.

Another m.a.d. kid in action

We just love our m.a.d. kids! This gorgeous eight-year-old has been helping make a difference all week! Check him out in action sorting our hair accessories. He and his amazing mum are committed to helping others and we are so grateful for all their help!...

Dental care and toiletries needed

Does anyone know any kind dentists who can help us urgently source dental care items (even sample sizes) for our 2500 Mother’s Day care packs for women around Australia fleeing domestic violence? (And we also need general toiletries!). After a huge burst of giving, we...

Marking 10 years since Black Saturday

10 years ago the Black Saturday bushfires changed the lives of so many, including our Founder and CEO Melina Schamroth. Melina was very involved is supporting survivors after the firestorms – and interviewed many for a book, Beneath Dark Skies. You can read...

Hearts to help this Valentine’s Day

How are we marking Valentine’s Day at the m.a.d.woman Foundation? We are sewing developmental hearts for Australian babies born prematurely. Parents wear them on their chest and then they are put on the baby in their incubator to help with bonding. It’s a really...

Our m.a.d. kids help 1000 kids!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!! THEY DID IT!!! MORE THAN 1000 KIDS HELPED!! So much yay for our incredible m.a.d. kid ambassadors Maddy, 11, and Teegs, 10, who achieved their goal of providing (more than) 1000 packs of school supplies with the m.a.d.woman Foundation Pencil...

Lemonade stand provides sweetest donations

KINDNESS ALERT!! This is one of the sweetest donations we have ever received!! These two little girls have donated $20.50 – the proceeds from their lemonade stand – to help us help kids in need! These little girls were so inspired by our m.a.d. kid...

Check us out on Channel 7!

If you missed us on Channel 7 news tonight, here’s a link! https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbou…/status/1086896355447005184… The girls are so close to their target! Please help them out here https://www.mycause.com.au/page/179545/kids-helping-kids
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