An invitation below sent to Edda and the members of our club
As you know, our grass-roots community organisation seeks to address the continuing hidden poverty in the City of Boroondara – sadly it’s best-kept secret. The most recent Census reported that there are 5,500 families in Boroondara living at or below the poverty line. If you are disadvantaged in Boroondara, you are doubly disadvantaged as there are not the local support services in place, and one is surrounded by ‘advantaged’ students.
Each year we disburse over 100 scholarships to educationally promising and talented, yet disadvantaged young people, between the ages of 12 and 25 years, who live or study in Boroondara. There are no other organisations in Boroondara that provide the holistic service that Education CHANCES provides for its recipients.
We are pleased to invite you to join us at an Education CHANCES Foundation breakfast ‘Boroondara’s best-kept secret’ to be held at the Kooyong Tennis Club on Tuesday 9 May at 6.45am for 7.00am – 8.30am.
The aims of our breakfast include: -
- To build awareness about the vital work done by the Education CHANCES Foundation within the Boroondara community
- To provide an update, commissioned by the ECF Board, about recent Social Return on Investment research conducted by the leading Australian social impact and sustainability advisory firm Think Impact
- To outline the transformative effects that philanthropy can have on our recipient students and their families
- To acknowledge and thank our donors for their generous support – (you!!)
We do hope that you will join us at this important event.
Very best wishes, and thank you again,
Elida Brereton Sue Felton
Chair Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager