Christmas Fest 2023: A Jolly Recap
Christmas Fest 2023: A Jolly RecapOn 2 and 9 December 2023 from 3 pm to 6 pm, Hands of Hope kicked off the Christmas cheer to our community at St Lucia and Willawong through our annual Christmas Fest (previously known as Christmas 4 Kids) tradition - an annual...
Christmas Fiesta 2022: It’s a Wrap!
Hands of Hope’s annual tradition of Christmas Fiesta (previously known as C4K) brings friends and family together to kick off the Christmas celebrations properly. These events have become a yearly tradition for many families in the community - with free food and...
Interview with Jacyline: Coordinator of Hands of Hope
How time flies- we’re already in October!We interviewed Jacyline Khor (Coordinator of Hands of Hope) about the various Hands of Hope activities held so far this year:Tell us about the highlights of the year, Jacyline.Jacyline – We’re grateful for the many...
Father’s Day 2022
In Australia, Father’s Day is observed on the first Sunday of September. It is a day to honour fathers, with appreciation expressed through gifts, words and time spent together as a family.Dads. Our silent saviours. Often unseen in the background of birthday parties,...
R U OK? September
R U OK? is a charity that promotes suicide prevention by encouraging us to create deeper relationships with our classmates, workmates, friends and families by asking a very simple question.Mental health issues may be easy to sweep under the rug as an outsider, but...
NAIDOC Week 2022 – GET UP! STAND UP! SHOW UP!
Celebrating First Nations Australians this week and every week! Happy NAIDOC Week, Brisbane/Meeanjin! We at Hands of Hope acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, and pay respects their Elders past and present. We extend our respects to the...
World Refugee Day
What can I do to help a refugee? World Refugee Day falls on 20 June every year. It was organised by the United Nations to raise awareness about the situation of refugees as well as to celebrate and honour them. Australia is proud to be home to people from refugee...
Meet Rosalind – Hope Pantry Volunteer
Meet Rosalind, one of our faithful Hope Pantry volunteers. You can catch Rosalind in Unidus on Tuesdays or Thursdays, busy packing food parcels or loading her car with food to give away. We asked the ever-smiling and cheerful Rosalind to share her experiences:...
Good Neighbours – Gardening Workshop (March)
It was a glorious, balmy March afternoon and the sun was shining. We couldn’t have asked for better weather to have our first gardening workshop for 2022 at Pallara Central Park. A dozen or so participants turned up.One of the presenters, Kang Toh explained how he...