if i recommend getting involved in one thing…

…this year, it’s this clever little charity…streetsmart.org.

donate $2 with streetsmart
donate $2 with streetsmart

What do Stephen Fry and I have in common? I wish it was a lot more. For now it’s the fact we both support Streetsmartaustralia.org, a set-up that helps you help homeless people in your community…while eating out.

It works like this:

  1. check out streetsmartaustralia.org to see restaurants taking part. Here’s a map with clicky bits…here! Hundreds are. Most of the big ones on my hit-list are. In Sydney: Longrain, Bills, etc In Melbourne: Cutler and Co….
  2. when the bill comes you’ll be invited to kick in an extra $2
  3. your two bucks will then be ferried off to a homeless project nearby. For details, see this
  4. you will feel better about yourself and the collective. This is how life works.

This is also how life works: when we actively support anyone doing good stuff, good stuff spreads. My approach has always been that the biggest difference is made from the small things we do as individuals.

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