Life Education (LE) aims to empower young people to make safe and informed decisions about drugs and their health. Facilitated by specialist educators who use innovative and interactive teaching strategies, LE develops young people’s life skills, knowledge and confidence. Reaching approximately 200,000 children and 18,000 families each year through family and school-based programs, LE is the largest independent, not-for-profit drug education organisation in Australia.

For more information:
Life Education Victoria
www.vic.lifeeducation.org.au
Email info@lifeeducation.org.au
Phone: 03 9852 0199

 

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ROK’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for children, young people, and families in the local community. The organisation provides strength based support in the form of expert advice or information and counseling. A group service is also offered that promotes enhancing the well being of children. These programs include Feeling Cool; a support group for primary school children in grades one to three and Tuesday Club; a support group for primary school children in grades four to six.

Several youth groups are also run by the organization. Triple C, Study Hard: Get a Life, Going Places and PUMP are the services available to teenage youths. In enhancing the quality of life for families ROK also operates a Post Natal Depression Support Group, Parenting Information and Support, Financial Counselling and Whitehorse Counselling (a referral and information line).

For further information:
Reach Out for Kids
www.rok.org.au
Email: rokids@bigpond.net.au
Phone: (03) 9894 1966

 

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The Whitehorse Community Chest has been supporting the less fortunate citizens in the Whitehorse area since 1962.

The donations that it receives from the local community are dispersed to over forty different charities and community organizations associated with the City of Whitehorse and its’ citizens – e.g. St. Vincent de Paul, Australian Red Cross,  Box Hill Hospital, Reach Out for Kids, Vermont Cancer Research Funding Group and the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre.

In 2008 the Whitehorse Community Chest distributed over $150,000 to welfare agencies throughout the municipality.  This year Cr. Helen Harris, the Mayor of the City of Whitehorse committed to be the Patron of the Whitehorse Community Chest. She is encouraging all those people who live in, or work in the Whitehorse area to embrace the values of the Chest and support the valuable voluntary work that is done by so many in the community. 

The main annual fundraiser is the Whitehorse Door Knock Appeal which will occur again this year throughout the month of June. Please welcome the volunteers who knock on your door and request a donation.  Donations $2.00 and over are  tax deductible.

The Chest welcomes new volunteers, new beneficiary organisations and corporate sponsorships of any size.

For further information:
Whitehorse Community Chest
Phone: (03) 9894 4744
office@whitehorsecommuntiychest.org.au