This! This is the number of gifts our tiny charity m.a.d.woman foundation gave to Australians facing disadvantage in 2017! Yes, that's 40,284! We are humbled and incredibly grateful for the help we received from people all over the country. Your donations included...
Thanks sew much Jenny!
It's getting very cold outside and these handsewn beanies have come from Jenny at the perfect time! Thank you so (sew) much! They will help warm the heads of homeless and vulnerable Australians. We just love all you do for our charity!
Beanies for homeless
We took to the streets tonight to give a little warmth to more than 120 homeless people freezing through icy winter Melbourne nights. Thanks to the amazing work of some of our tireless volunteers, we were so pleased to hand out dozens of carefully handmade beanies to...
It’s Christmas in July!
The m.a.d.woman foundation has done our best to spread some Christmas in July cheer today at lunches for people supported by the Prahran and Sacred Heart Missions. Tonight more of our handmade crackers will go out through the St Vinnies soup van through Melbourne,...
Help us create some winter warmth
With winter just around the corner, we urgently need some help to fund materials for our care packs. There are more than 105,000 people sleeping rough in Australia and about 35,000 are children. There are many kids and their mothers fleeing domestic violence...
Fantastic teamwork by our Foundation, Foodbank and Flight Centre
The m.a.d.woman Foundation was thrilled to partner with Foodbank to get an awesome bunch from Flight Centre putting together hampers and treat packs to help more than 1000 people in need. It was another busy day at the office #makingadifference!
Kellogg’s contribute hundreds of hampers
Huge acts of generosity and some hard work resulted in hundreds of hampers for families in need thanks to our friends at Kellogg’s. Not only did Kellogg’s donate food but staff chipped in with some amazing donations of gifts for a huge number of kids doing it tough....
CEO Sleepout
m.a.d.woman CEO and Founder Melina Schamroth is putting her body on the line again this year to spend her seventh night on the streets to raise money to support homeless people. “It upsets me immensely that more than 105,000 people are sleeping rough tonight and every...
Determined to help put an end to homelessness!
Determined to help put an end to homelessness, m.a.d.woman Founder and CEO Melina Schamroth slept on the streets not once, but twice this year. Melina spent a freezing night on the streets in Australia and another (even colder) night in New Zealand raising money to...
Why we need a cool head and warm heart this winter
Wow the temperature has really dropped and to be honest, I’d rather stay at home with the heater on than head out into the cold. In even feeling that way, there are immediately a couple of things I’m conscious of. We need a cool head and a warm heart this winter....