{"id":73425,"date":"2020-12-18T04:57:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=73425"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:48:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T21:48:17","slug":"crafty-dollars-for-happy-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/crafty-dollars-for-happy-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafty dollars for happy minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFTER months of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/teens-pins-for-mental-health\/\">selling her hand-crafted clothes pins<\/a>, Damascus College student Sophie Busuttil has decided to donate a portion of her profits to Headspace Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>She said she couldn\u2019t have raised the money without her friends, family and school encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure exactly how many pins but I ended up raising $311 from my pins which was around $2 from each pin sold,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy school gives out social justice awards for the senior and junior year levels to someone who shows social justice<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73435\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73435\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/thumbnail_image003-e1607998065905-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/thumbnail_image003-e1607998065905-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/12\/thumbnail_image003-e1607998065905.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Busuttil handing over her donation to Headspace staff member Andy Penny. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>throughout the Ballarat community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was lucky enough to receive the junior award this year and was able to donate an extra $150 to Headspace because you get to choose a charity of your choice to help the Ballarat community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Ms Busuttil design and create the brooches, as part of the fundraiser she also collaborated with local artist Shelby Sherritt on a flower shaped pin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to work with Shelby as well which was an incredible opportunity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe collaboration started during the Western Bulldog leadership program I was a part of, one of the youth service officers recommended Shelby to me so I got in contact with her and described the idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe collaborated on a pin together and they were on her website, so heaps of the funds actually came from that collaboration which I\u2019m also super grateful for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the year, while selling her pins, Ms Busuttil got in touch with representatives from Headspace Ballarat to coordinate the eventual donation.<\/p>\n<p>Although proud of her achievements, she said this is only the beginning of her fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in contact with Andy from Headspace and he reached out after he saw my post on Instagram and they said it was incredible,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said businesses come in with thousands of dollars but the fact that I thought of them in this way, means a lot to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely want to continue doing fundraisers, that\u2019s my main goal \u2026 if I can help in any way while doing my hobby and supporting my art, that would be fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFTER months of selling her hand-crafted clothes pins, Damascus College student Sophie Busuttil has decided to donate a portion of her profits to Headspace Ballarat. 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