Donations
- Donate to Rebuilding With Books by direct debit
Australian Booksellers Association
BSB: 083 170
Account No: 633873004
Or cheque made payable to the Australian Booksellers Association
Postal address: Unit 9, 828 High Street, Kew East, Victoria 3102.
Please use the reference Rebuilding with Books and email or fax when payment is made - ua.gro.aba|ihtapirtk#ua.gro.aba|ihtapirtk fax: 03 9859 7344
- donate at any Bendigo Bank branch. You can tag a donation to ensure the money is spent where you choose.
- the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Fund phone 1800 811 700 or online at www.redcross.org.au
- the Salvation Army phone 13 72 58 or online at www.salvationarmy.org.au
Resound Bushfire Appeal - Donate musical instruments to bushfire affected communities
Disaster Help Site - Register to donate furniture and photographs
Contribute money towards Australia's Open Garden Scheme which will assist restoration and renewal of public spaces and gardens in the communities affected by the recent fires.
Musical Instruments
Resound (MCA) are partnering with the Dandenong Ranges Music Council to supply donated musical instruments to those who have lost an instrument in the recent Victorian bushfires. Musicians from school students through to professionals may apply for an instrument. Click here for more information.
Volunteers
Watsons Creek Biolink Project Kinglake National Park - details here.
Volunteering Australia - register online at www.govolunteer.com.au or call Information Victoria on 1300
Lost Photographs
MAP Group will help digitize and provide photos held by friends and family that people have lost during the fires.
A Great Relief
Liz Tilley, a survivor of the January 2003 firestorm in Canberra, has collated some tips for the general public and for disaster relief organisers.
The Tree Project
"To remember the people lost to the fires and our brave CFA men and women who battled the elements to protect our towns, the Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victoria) Inc. is inviting blacksmiths from across the country and around the world to contribute to The Tree Project. Blacksmiths worldwide are helping us grow a tree from their forges and fires; creating gum leaves from stainless steel or copper to be added to a forged gumtree. This gumtree is to be erected in one of the affected townships as a memorial of these events, for the loss suffered and for the spirit of renewal."
Visit The Tree Project to sponsor a leaf for the tree.