Today I lunched with “ladies” and viewed the latest Louis Vuitton fashion show. Sounds terribly posh doesn’t it? It was. I bet you are wondering just how this equates to a “daily act of kindness”?
Well, I work on the Brisbane Lady Mayoress’ Charity Committee and we raise funds to support Youth In Need in our City. You can see the work our Lady Mayoress does here www.lmct.org.au for the Lord Mayor’s Community Trust. I feel very priviledged to have been invited to join this committee because it has opened my eyes to some of the wonderful organisations around our city that help our Youth In Need. This is my second year on the committee and through it I have been presented with so many opportunities to help others.
Later this month will be our 4th Homeless Connect, which is a fantastic day where City Hall is opened to the Homeless. They can access services that will assist them from housing to legal to medical. They will also be able to obtain warm clothes and blankets, toiletries and lots of yummy food. They are our guests and we treat them as such. It is one day where they can be spoiled by us and made to feel important and special. I really look forward to these days. I will write a detailed post after the day – it’s on 28 May.
Back to the lunch – we raised $7,000 as a result of our Raffles which is fantastic. The money will be used to benefit the Youth in Need in our city. I really must mention the venue also. It is a new function venue in Brisbane and I have to say it is one of the prettiest places I have every been. It is called Mirra and it was just fabulous. http://www.bizparade.com.au/articledetail.php?id=111
One other thing I would like to mention is a wonderful lady called Cynthia Morton who was our guest speaker today. Wow – what a great lady. She has been to hell and back and now she uses that experience to empower others to feel good about themselves. Very inspirational. You find out more about Cynthia and the organisation she set up to help people recover from trauma and addiction here http://www.emotionalfitness.com/history.asp. I hope you are as inspired as I was today.
