WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are soooo close - please help us get our Mother’s Day project over the line. We had a HUGE day today sorting more than 45,000 gifts for our care packs for 2500 women around Australia fleeing domestic violence. We are packing on Wednesday to send...
Metro again makes a difference
Just WOW!! One of our amazing board members (and her team) has done an incredible collection for our 2500 care packs for Mother’s Day for women fleeing domestic violence. They tripled their original goal of 600 gifts and are still going! Thank you Metro Property...
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 amazing...
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 Melina’s...
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...