m.a.d. news
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Thank you for helping us distribute an amazing 100,000+ gifts to people in need in 2018!!
Nearly 33,000 gifts in our festive season care packs!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED WITH OUR FESTIVE SEASON CARE PACKS! With the help of so many people, in the past few weeks, the team at our tiny...
Our urgent call gives great results
We asked and you answered!! Last week we put out an urgent call to help us create care packs for 30 young women and 30 young men aged 19-23. The...
No barriers to our gifting
An incredibly proud moment as the m.a.d.woman Foundation handed over several thousand gifts to @LifeWithoutBarriers. We were thrilled to be able to...
Kind staff donate Kris Kringle money to us
Thank you to 18 very kind staff members at St Francis Prinary School in Nathalia, Victoria, who decided to forgo their Kris Kringle gifts this year....
Canberra donation is sew good
A few weeks ago we put out a call for fabric for some volunteer sewists in Canberra. We were very excited to receive a gorgeous box of drawstring...
Boxes of bags sew helpful
And while we are on the subject of generous bag donations, a huge thanks to the lovely Susan Lloyd and Sewing for Charity Australia for two boxes of...
m.a.d.woman helps Brotherhood
What did we do today? We put together hundreds and hundreds of gifts into packs for a special Christmas party at Brotherhood of St Laurence. The...