Red Ginger – Grand opening banquet 12-13 January

Please join us for a Grand Opening banquet!  

you are invited to the launch of new restaurant ‘Red Ginger’, as a fundraising event for Oxfam Australia’s ‘STOP HUNGER’ appeal.

This beautiful new restaurant is being opened by the owners of Makanan Indonesia, who participated in Oxfam’s ‘Shout the Horn’ initiative for the East Africa food crisis

Please join us on Thursday 12th or Friday 13th January, and enjoy a banquet of Indonesian foods, and help to support Oxfam’s hunger appeal through 20% of all proceeds.

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Time: 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start, Thursday 12 & Friday 13 January, 2012

Venue: Red Ginger Restaurant, 17 Gladstone Road, South Brisbane

Bookings: Please call (07) 3844 8839.

Banquet Menu: www.redgingerrestaurant.com.au

Banquet Dinner: $50 per person (including a glass of wine)

$25 children’s menu available.

20% of all proceeds go to Oxfam’s Stop Hunger Appeal.          Great raffles to be drawn both nights!

Please share the event on Facebook

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Fair Trade Christmas – all you need!

Looking for something ethical and green for Christmas?

You can go for virtual gifts, from www.oxfamUnwrapped.com.au

and/or visit the amazing Oxfam Shops:
at the Myer Centre (central city),
Garden City (Mt Gravatt), and Westfield Chermside,
or online at www.OxfamShop.org.au

- for beautiful handmade things from all over the world
(and the loveliest staff and chocolate on earth)


and/or come along to enjoy this year’s Fair Trade Christmas Markets, with Oxfam Shop and dozens of other stalls….

www.qldfairtrade.org.au/markets

9.30 am – 3.30 pm

Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 December

St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, 11 Ruthven St
- right next to Corinda Train Station, so easy to get to!

Everything is eco, fair trade, ethical and beautiful. Plus great food from Food Connect, and your chance to win great Fair Trade hampers.
Hope to see you there!!

East Africa fundraiser – DODGEBALL tournament

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* Fun Times * Saving the World * Prizes * Raffles *

Sunday 5 November

Starts 12:00pm, Finals & Awards from 4:00 pm

Venue: Healthstream Kelvin Grove

Level 1/44 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Australia

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Join us for a friendly Dodgeball tournament to raise money for Oxfam Australia’s East Africa Food Crisis Appeal.

Dodgeball is easy to learn, easy to play, and most importantly, a LOT of fun!

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Registration is $70 for a team of 7-10, but you can also sign up as an individual, or in smaller groups – just shoot us an email to find out more!

Register ONLINE at: oxfamEventsQLD.org

For more information on the event — and the sport — check out the Facebook event

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Thank you OxfamUQ!

sending HUGE  thanks to everyone who baked, volunteered or visited our Antea-Povertea Tea Party on Monday 25th!

Altogether we raised more than $430 for Oxfam Australia’s East Africa appeal – which will be matched by the Australian Government to give a total contribution of $860 for emergency relief to save lives in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

Check out the photos on our Facebook page you can find out more about what Oxfam is doing on the ground to help, or donate today Thank you!!!

Plus, remember to join our Dodgeball Tournament fundraiser for East Africa – coming up on Saturday 5 November,

- and save the date for our end of year celebration in the park: Sunday 20 November.

Hope to see you soon! – your Exec team

Antea Povertea Tea Party! Mon 24 Oct

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When?          Monday 24 October, from 10am-2pm

Where?       Grassy Knoll, or front of Forgan Smith (confirmed Thurs)

Why?            to raise funds and awareness of the East Africa Crisis.

- Any funds we raise will be DOUBLED – due to matching by the Australian Government, for this urgent appeal!

We will be selling baked goods, fairtrade coffee and tea, lemonade and fruit cups as well as the very cool ‘GROW’ shirts.

The Oxfam Shop will be there, too, dazzling all with beautiful, ethical goods from around the world.

At the ‘Tea Partea’ stall, we will also be distributing information and material about the Grow campaign. The ‘Grow’ campaign is one of the most important campaigns Oxfam has ever run. ‘Grow’ discusses how crises such as the one currently affecting East Africa can be avoided if we change the way the world food system works.

This will be a fun, meaningful event and we hope to see as many of you as possible there at some point.

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VOLUNTEER!

we know this is a very busy time of semester for everyone, but this is do-able!

There are two ways you can help:

1) Stall volunteers: We need volunteers to help set-up (9.30-10 am), to help at

theTea Partea Stall while it’s running (10am-2pm) and to pack up at the end of the event. Even if you can help for an hour, it would make a great difference.

2) We also need help with the baked goods so I’m calling all you brilliant bakers out there!

If you would like to help make a difference, please consider baking something for the stall. If you love making cakes, muffins, or any other baked creations, then this is a great chance to share the goodness! We would love to have your help. We can reimburse your expenses for ingredients, so please hang onto your receipts and bring them in with you. Please email me to say what you would like to bring.

This is for a really important cause, people. Please do help if you can. It’s also a great way for you to meet members from Oxfam UQ, learn more about the Grow campaign and have a really fun day, too:)

Please send me an email if you would like to help at the stall, bake something or both, at jyoti.menon@uqconnect.edu.au