Great News for Dragons Abreast Canberra:

Both Kellie Nissen as our current Dragons Abreast Canberra Coordinator, and Julie Kesby as a former Coordinator were very pleased to accept the $10,000 from Green Shed co-owner Sandie Parkes on 28 December 2022 for our successful Green Shed submission* to their call to charities and non-for-profit organisations in February 2018 (https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6022784/calling-all-charities-the-green-shed-wants-you/).

*The successful Dragons Abreast Canberra (DAC) March 28 2018 submission was compiled by Julie Kesby (Coordinator 2016-2018) and Susan Pitt (Assistant Coordinator 2017-2018) and supported by the DAC Committee at the time. We were very excited to be notified on 27 April 2018 by Elaine Stanford, one of the co-owners, that we were to be the recipient of the full $10,000 as part of The Green Shed (TGS)Charity Day. The TGS owners at the time had gone through over 140 requests and selected the organisations to be included in the next round of recipients. All local not-for-profit organisations were eligible, but applicants were ranked according to their needs, and the community benefit they offered. We were advised to be patient as it could be up to 24 months (or more) for our club to be “Green Shed Club of the Month”. This meant receiving publicity for the club, and the Green Shed sales on the last Wednesday of the month, (where 100% of the total sales for that day from Mitchell and Mugga Lane sheds goes towards the chosen charity or non-for-profit organisation for that month) - until reaching the magic figure of $10,000!

We sincerely thank Elaine, Sandra, Tiny and Charlie of The Green Shed (TGS) for their support of our Dragons Abreast Canberra 2018 submission.

Julie Kesby, Sandie Parkes, Kellie Nissen @thegreenshed.au
Thanks to Alison Kesby for photo.