Posts from the ‘Charity’ Category
February 2012 Charity: CARE Australia
“CARE Australia is an Australian charity and international humanitarian aid organisation fighting
global poverty, with a special focus on empowering women and girls to bring lasting change to
their communities.”
The Second month of the year is already upon us!
We’re all off to a busy start this year, new jobs, new families, new resolutions, and the lot!
No Formula would like to take a minute to let you know how passionate we are about caring for the people in our world…and this month the focus is on women!
Whether you know them or not, there are millions of women all over the world who are need of not only basic living necessities, but also empowerment in their lives and environments. Empowerment comes in so many forms and by supporting CARE, a charity that assists women in their lives, you are helping in an oh-so- important way!
10% of all No Formula sales from the month of February will go to CARE.
Please visit www.care.org.au to learn about the wonderful work this organization does.
Happy February! 
January 2012 Charity: RSPCA Australia….
Happy New Year…
For ALL creatures, great & small!
At No Formula, we love the environment and all the people and animals that make it great! As part of No Formula’s eco-friendly ethos, the environment and creatures within are taken into consideration with its clothing design and manufacturing….plus we’re just big animal-lovers here!
Let’s get this new year started with a bang and help out the animals in Australia. They have so much to offer us, on so many levels, so let’s not leave them out in the cold!
This month, 10% of all No Formula sales will go toward the RSPCA. For more information on the wonderful work that the RSPCA does every day of the year, please visit their website: www.rspca.org.au
December 2011: Feed the Need
It’s December, and the Christmas Holidays are almost upon us!
Christmas holidays have always been my favourite time of year. Yes, I get caught up in the stress of buying Christmas presents, working long hours finishing off as much work as I can before the holidays start, worrying about my finances, and wondering how much Christmas baking to do! But amidst all that, there’s always the anticipation of having relaxing hours spent with loved ones, not having to worry about all that work that came before the start of the holidays.
And I love the start of the New Year. After what will have hopefully been a few days of rest, relaxation, quality time spent with friends and family, sharing peace, joy, laughs and love, I feel re-energized, positive and ready to take the new year head-on as a challenge to a fresh, positive start.
There are so many people, individuals and families alike, who aren’t able to have relaxing, stress-free holidays and able to look to the new year with optimism.
So many are doing it tough now and can’t afford the luxuries of have a Christmas holiday, splurging on presents and grand dinners.
Christmas is such a special time, I feel everyone should be able to enjoy as much as I, my friends, and my families do.
This Month, No Formula is supporting a local charity, helping Gold Coast families in need. So, to help bring a little festive joy of the season to families doing it tough, NO FORMULA is donating 5% of all December sales to ‘Feed the Need’.
Feed the Need is a Gold Coast-based Charity preparing Christmas hampers for local families.
For more details, visit www.feedtheneed.org
Happy Holidays, everyone!
xx
Sonja
Movember Update
Movember is over! (I hope all those moustaches have been shaved off- Love the cause, can’t stand the hair!!)
5% of all No Formula November sales are being donated to the Movember charity, and this month it’ll be $25.10! Well done to all the fans of No Formula for making it happen!
www.au.movember.com
xx
Sonja
November 2011: Movember!
Get your Mo’ on!
It’s Movember (formerly known as November) and No Formula is supporting the cause!
Yes, No Formula is all about fabulous eco-friendly womenswear, but we’re not exclusive to helping out only the women in our lives. So here’s something for the boys: During the month of November, 5% of all No Formula sales will be going toward this worthy movement.
Please visit their website for more info, and see below for a snapshot on why you should support both Movember and No Formula this month!
www.au.movember.com
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
On Movember 1st, guys register at Movember.com with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo growing efforts.
Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.
At the end of the month, Mo Bros and their female supporters (known as Mo Sistas) celebrate their gallantry and valor by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world by Movember, for Movember.
The Movember Effect: Awareness & Education, Survivorship, Research
The funds raised in Australia support equally the two biggest health issues men face – prostate cancer and depression. The funds raised are directed to programs run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue: the national depression initiative. Together, the three channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programs in line with our strategic goals, in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
For more information about the programs we are funding please visit the following:
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
beyondblue
Awareness and Education
Global Action Plan
Movember – a global movement
Since its humble beginnings in Melbourne Australia, Movember has grown to become a truly global movement inspiring more than 1.1 Million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas to participate, with formal campaigns in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and Ireland. In addition, Movember is aware of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas supporting the campaign and men’s health cause right across the globe, from Russia to Dubai, Hong Kong to Antarctica, Rio de Janeiro to Mumbai, and everywhere in between.
No matter the country or city, Movember will continue to work to change established habits and attitudes men have about their health, to educate men about the health risks they face, getting them to act on that knowledge, thereby increasing the chances of early detection, diagnosis and effective treatment.
In 2010, over 130,000 Australian Mo Bros and Sistas got on board, raising $25 Million AUD.
Big steps have been taken towards changing attitudes and habits relating to men’s health around the world but there is still much to be done to catch up with the women’s health movement. Via the moustache, Movember aims to fulfill its vision of having an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health, by continuing to spark conversation and spread awareness of men’s health each year.
October 2011: Animal Welfare League of Queensland
Charity of the month for the month of October is the AWL
Animal Welfare League of Queensland
“The AWL has been on the verge of closing down its facilities this year with financial difficulties this year. It’s heartbreaking to think of all the animals that will be affected by a lack of funds available to the AWL.
The economic downturn, natural disasters, low adoptions figures and the high number of surrendered animals is having a severe impact on the Animal Welfare League’s ability to perform to their usual capability.
We are really struggling to keep our shelter doors open, Marketing Manager Brooke Whitney says.
“Most people don’t realise it, but animal rescues, and shelters get hit hard during a tough economy. You have people who have to surrender their animals due to not having the resources to take care of them, far less adoptions due to people not having the funds to afford a pet, and even fewer foster carers and volunteers due to the fact that people are having to work longer hours or more jobs to keep up.
Please visit their website for more info on the fantastic work done for the welfare of homeless animals, and to make a donation direct to them.
For the month of October, 5% of all No Formula sales will go to the AWL
