Category: Corporate Social Responsibilty

4KQ Special Children’s Christmas Party

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The aim of the 4KQ Variety Special Children’s Christmas Party is to provide in excess of3,000 children with a day they will never forget.

The children come from four major groups: The terminally ill, the intellectually impaired, physically impaired and also the underprivileged who may be suffering from domestic violence or physical abuse. Children arrive from all over South East Queensland, from as far north as Bundaberg, west to Roma and south to Tweed Heads.

This will be the biggest party of its kind in Queensland and is an annual event with this year’s party their 17thAnniversary!

http://www.specialchildrenschristmasparty.com.au/

Funding Amount $550

Lions Club Circus

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Every year Macgregor Lions organise a Circus Extravaganza for underprivileged people in our community.

During the Circus Extravaganza five shows are organised over three days for the benefit of disadvantaged persons in the Community.

Businesses in the area fund the purchase of tickets for disadvantaged attendees and have allowed us to raise hundred of thousands of dollars over the last few years to fund our Community Service Projects.

About Lions Club

We meet the needs of our local communities and the world.

Our 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas conduct vision and health screenings, build parks, support eye hospitals, award scholarships, assist youth, provide help in time of disaster and much more.
Lions club members are men and women who strive to make a difference in their local community as well as in communities worldwide. Their volunteer efforts go beyond the support of vision care, to addressing unmet health and education needs worldwide.

Funding Amount $600 in 2012 and $120 in 2013 = Total $720

http://brisbane.macgregor.qld.lions.org.au/Macgregor%20Lions%20Circus%20Extravaganza

Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Assoc

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Police-Citizens Youth Club vision is “Enhancing Queensland communities through youth development”

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association mission statement is –in partnership with government, community, business and families – achieving excellence in youth development by encouraging participation in recreational, sporting, cultural and welfare programs.
PCYC facilitate and encourage participation in sporting, recreation, cultural and welfare programs with an aim to improving the lives of individual members and the development of local communities throughout the state.

PCYC’s are a great place to come and socialise, play sports or learn something new. We offer affordable activities for all ages, ranging from fitness, martial arts and sports to dance classes, music, and bike safety education. We also organise various seasonal events such as dance parties, festivals and sporting competitions.

Our community facilities include indoor and outdoor sports areas, areas suitable for different types of activities, before and after school care, and youth spaces – dedicated areas for young people to hang out in a safe environment equipped with video gaming, pool tables, even DJ equipment in some clubs.

In 2012, the Quadric Project Donated $360 to the Disadvantaged Children’s Christmas Circus.

Variety Children’s Charity

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Variety. Because some children are extra special.

Children growing up with disability, serious illness or disadvantage need help from a special charity.

That charity is Variety Australia.

With your support, Variety the children’s charity gives more than a million dollars worth of goods and services a month to children with special needs.

That may seem like a lot of money, but we can always give more.

You can make a difference by becoming involved with Variety Queensland. You can donate money, volunteer your time, or assist in other ways so we can continue doing amazing things for those special children who urgently need our help.

We’re happy to say that all of the net funds raised by Variety Queensland are spent on our core programs. At the moment, Variety Queensland has three core programs—Freedom,Future KidsandCaring for Kids—and it’s through these programs that we deliver a unique range of goods and services to support the specific needs of individual children, across a diverse spectrum of physical, emotional and financial needs.

The Quadric Project donated $240 to the Variety Children’s Circus Spectacular in 2013.

DRUG ARM Australasia

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DRUG ARM Australasia is a not-for-profit organisation founded upon Christian values and principles, committed to reducing harms associated with alcohol and other drug use.
DRUG ARM (Drug Awareness, Rehabilitation and Management) provides a vital outreach of care and compassion through education, awareness, prevention, rehabilitation and support programs that assist individuals, families and communities throughoutNew South Wales,QueenslandandSouth Australia.
Matters of Substance – Guide to Wellbeing for Young People
20.1% of young people drink alcohol and 10.3% use illicit drugs at levels that put them at risk of harm over their lifetime
(AIHW – The 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey)

What is it?
Matters of Substanceis a resource for schools. It contains information on subjects related to young people’s exposure to, and experience of, alcohol and other drugs.

Support
Sponsorship by people in the community, businesses, churches, and private individuals enables us to produce this resource.

The Quadric project provided funding for the Underprivileged Children’s Movie Day in the amount of $350 in 2012.
The Quadric Project provided funding for the Matters of Substance Publication in the amount of $250 in 2013.

Pakistan Flood Relief Fund

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Persuaded by news reports and images of suffering during the devastating floods in Pakistan, Quadric staff & directors dug into their pockets to help the relief effort. Quadric staff kindly donated……

……$258.20 to UNICEF, which the company doubled to make $516.40 Thankyou to all involved.

“Despite the enormous scale of the disaster, the situation was not getting much media attention until UNICEF joiner forces with ABC Radio for a radiothon on Friday 27th August. Whether it was the ABC appeal or something else that inspired your donation, on behalf of UNICEF I want toexpress our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. Your donation has helped raise $5.7million to date a tremendous amount over such a short period.

Your donation is making a real difference to children and families in need.

We made a commitment on air that UNICEF would remit the money to the frontline in Pakistan as fast as possible. I am pleased to report we are living up to that commitment. The first million dollars was sent within 48 hours to directly benefit those affected on the ground and we continue to ensure that donations are transferred within days of receipt.

Frankly the needs on the ground in Pakistan require such urgency. More than 20 million people are affected by the crisis including 10 million children, three million of whom are under five. Children are always the most vulnerable in an emergency.

Your donation went directly to supplying safe drinking water, food, shelter and medical supplies: in other words, basic survival needs.

UNICEF – helping the world’s most vulnerable children.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s fund was founded almost 65 years ago with a mission to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to meet their full potential. Each year we respond to over 200 emergencies in the world, including many that never make the headlines.”

Unicef letter of thanks.

Many of the staff & directors at Quadric are ongoing supporters of such NGO’s, and we hope that the company can continue to provide dollar for dollar contributions to causes which meet with the moral objectives of our people.