Anonymous was due for a gift to the value of $500 from their employer and instead chose to have a $500 chq sent to us! Now that’s a beautiful person.

We recently received a very welcome $500 towards Harry’s Appeal from a couple who would prefer to remain anonymous but who would like to share this thought with you…

We just sold our house and it went for a bit more than we expected, so we decided to pass on some money to an IGAB appeal for a family that needs the money much more than we do. I’d encourage anyone out there to give something if possible. I can guarantee it will make you feel good.

They’d read about Harry’s Appeal in the local paper and had kept the article until their home sold in the hope that they could then do something special for him – and they sure did – nice huh?

The CFMEU Forestry & Furninshing Products division earned themselves entry into our BIG Buckers Club recently with a wonderful $500 donation to Harry’s Appeal.

A whopping donation to Piper’s Trike Appeal earned Loft in The Mill a place in the club – if you ever feel the need for a weekend away in the Dandenongs, there’s nowhere finer.

Peter says ” I do have that hope that we can find and build upon a spirit of giving and generosity. There’s little doubt that we do have that spirit, especially when you deal with more well known disasters . But what catches my eye are the many unsung charities who might not be as well known. Once you see the lovely family & kids you’re helping, you take a moment to see how blessed we are, but how many others are in need.”

“We have approximately 480 members from all walks of life and our sole purpose is to provide assistance to those persons in our community who have found themselves in necessitous circumstances or at an unfair disadvantage.”

Amazing donations were recently received for 2 of our appeals. The generous donor wished to stay anonymous and simply said…

“My reward is to know I’ve possibly helped make a small difference for someone less fortunate than me”

We’d like to assure them that they most certainly made a difference – a big one.

Liat Harrower, IGAB Relationships Manager and a director of the organisation is a mum of four – Rachael 27, Travis 26, Taylor 12 and little Mitchell – who passed away in 2008 at the age of 7 from Niemann-Pick Type C disease. 

Taylor and Liat say: “we love what IGAB does, how it does it, and how it allows us to remember our beautiful boy by helping other families who are going through incredibly difficult times. 

For the families of a child with a serious or life threatening illnesses, time is the most precious thing in the world – and that time should be spent holding and loving their child, rather than having to privately fundraise to help pay for a vital service or piece of equipment for their child”.

Rachael volunteers for IGAB and Travis has made generous donations to past appeals too…

The wonderful folk at Waverley Basketball Association recently donated $500 for Maddy’s Car Appeal and gained automatic entry into the BIG Buckers Club! Nice work everyone.

 Also known as (L – R in the pic) Jarryd, Gabby, Paul, Ella (the tiger), Donna, Molly & Josh – raised a whopping $1,415 in the recent Run Melbourne event – that’s the largest amount ever raised for us through a single event by an individual or family!  Donna says “Our family made a decision to support I Give a Buck Foundation because it was a local charity and because we knew our financial contribution would assist in a small but significant way towards a better quality of life for children and their families”. Our thanks and gratitude go to each and every one of them