A word on donations
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:44 am
As posted in the Heavyweight Xmas party thread a few weeks back, we too are raising some funds towards the fire associations.
I've been in contact with both the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Country Fire Authority. First off, it's the latter we should be targetting. I wrote to the former because I figured they wouldn't send a representative from the country for our 200-250 person party.
Darren from the CFA informed me that if we wanted to send the donations to the CFA (through Commonwealth Bank), the funds are used towards training volunteer firefighters such as personal development, leadership training skills, etc. If the target is the victims of the fires, the Red Cross is a better solution.
For donations to the CFA, either for a party of personal contribution, here is the banking information:
*Bank* : Commonwealth Bank of Australia
*BSB* : 063225
*Account* : 1022 2326
*Branch* : Forest Hill - 23 Mahoneys Road, Forest Hill Vic 3131
*Name of Account: *Country Fire Authority Public Fund* *
The Red Cross can be found here:
http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp
I've been in contact with both the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Country Fire Authority. First off, it's the latter we should be targetting. I wrote to the former because I figured they wouldn't send a representative from the country for our 200-250 person party.
Darren from the CFA informed me that if we wanted to send the donations to the CFA (through Commonwealth Bank), the funds are used towards training volunteer firefighters such as personal development, leadership training skills, etc. If the target is the victims of the fires, the Red Cross is a better solution.
For donations to the CFA, either for a party of personal contribution, here is the banking information:
*Bank* : Commonwealth Bank of Australia
*BSB* : 063225
*Account* : 1022 2326
*Branch* : Forest Hill - 23 Mahoneys Road, Forest Hill Vic 3131
*Name of Account: *Country Fire Authority Public Fund* *
The Red Cross can be found here:
http://www.redcross.org.au/default.asp