Queensland charity paints a brighter picture for kids.

 

Queensland community group Marist 180 Business Trainees will host an evening of ‘Paint and Sip’ to raise funds and awareness for local charity Stationery Aid on 19 November at the Kakowan Community Facility at Bunya, north-west of Brisbane. 

 

Stationery Aid is a Queensland-based organisation, run by volunteers in Brisbane’s Hills District, that collects, renews and distributes used and unused excess school stationery supplies and educational material for Queensland students in need. 

 

Marist180 is a not-for-profit community services organisation that provides opportunities for long-term unemployed people to re-train and gain employment.  

 

The Marist180 Business Traineeship in partnership with Stationery Aid, is funded and supported by the Queensland Government through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative. 

 

Currently, the business trainees are working with Stationery Aid to manage donations of used and unused excess school stationery supplies in preparation for the coming school year in 2023.  

 

In addition to this, as part of skills development, the trainees are organising and hosting the Paint and Sip fundraiser to raise much needed funds for this local charity.

 

All profits raised from the fundraising event will help Stationery Aid with operational costs to renew school stationery supplies and expand their capacity to support more children across south-east Queensland.   

 

www.stationeryaid.org