	{"id":131030,"date":"2024-04-01T04:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=131030"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:44:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T23:44:09","slug":"wombats-wish-launches-awareness-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/wombats-wish-launches-awareness-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Wombat&#8217;s Wish launches awareness campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW initiative to highlight the services of a local bereavement charity has begun, following a recent Gala Night in Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>Victorian charity Wombat&#8217;s Wish, based in Drysdale, has launched its &#8216;Five for Five&#8217; campaign, asking charity supporters to start spreading the word of the services the charity provides.<\/p>\n<p>Wombat&#8217;s Wish general manager Nikki Dunne said the initiative was announced at the charity&#8217;s biennial gala night at the beginning of March and is very straight-forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The premise of Five for Five is very simple, take five minutes, and tell five people five things about our wonderful organisation and all the important work we do,&#8221; Ms Dunne said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we&#8217;re asking our social community to join in too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/430899736_795097992_30142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"432\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wombat&#8217;s Wish officially launched the &#8216;Five for Five&#8217; initiative at its gala night on March 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Facts about Wombat&#8217;s Wish includes it now has an expanded range of evidence based programs, it has one-to-one services available for parents and children, and there are a range of social activities hosted by the charity throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Dunne said the advocacy of charity supporters and sponsors, coupled with the organisation&#8217;s ambassadors, has resulted in hundreds of social media posts highlighting the work Wombat&#8217;s Wish provides.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t talk specifically about our ambassadors&#8217; reach but between the amount of shares I&#8217;ve received from my initial post and the shares we&#8217;ve had from the Wombat&#8217;s Wish post, there have been over 200 reshares of our initiative to this point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Freeman&#8217;s Favour as we&#8217;re calling it, is getting the word out there that we are here and ready to assist wherever we can, because it&#8217;s actually surprising how many people don&#8217;t know about us in our own community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not something you come across very often, a child with a parent who has passed away, but the goal for us is to get in the back of our community&#8217;s minds, so should something happen, they know to seek assistance from us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the full list of fun facts about Wombat&#8217;s Wish to tell others, head to wombatswish.org.au\/programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW initiative to highlight the services of a local bereavement charity has begun, following a recent Gala Night in Geelong. 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