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The Happy Place Art Exhibition at The Nook Gallery & Studios in Mornington was a truly special evening, filled with creativity and magical moments. The event, held on Friday 15 November 2024, featured over 100 suitcases and backpacks painted by children, young people and adults, each representing their "Happy Place." For some, these reflected cherished memories of past holidays, while others depicted dreams of future adventures. The exhibition, opened by Sam Groth MP, broug

Next Market: Sunday 15 December 2024 Time: 10am - 3pm Location: Murrumbeena Uniting Church (Indoor Hall) There will be over 35 local stall holders, including coffee, handmade crafts, candles, Christmas decorations and gifts, jewellery, baked treats, art and photography prints, and more! All money raised from the stall holders goes towards gifting first-ever holidays for families.

Article first published by Dandenong Star Photo: Simrat's painting of a beach sunset Where is your happy place? Young and old have got creative and shared their answers at an upcoming Happy Place art exhibition at Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens in Dandenong. For some, it was home. For others, it was collecting shells on a beach, watching a sunset, being in Nature or ‘making a difference’. More than 300 from schools, childcare, family day care, aged care, disability

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Published by the Phillip Island and San Remo Advertiser on 1st April 2022 Six families, including ten parents, carers and 21 children, from Dandenong South Primary School, are visiting Phillip Island Nature Parks this month for their first ever holiday, which has been gifted to them through the Magical Getaway Foundation. The children and carers are staying at the Kaloha Holiday Resort this week, and will visit the Penguin Parade, Antarctic Journey at the Nobbies, Churchill I

National Day - Friday 26 August 2022 The Magical Getaway Foundation is very proud to announce for all Australian's Magical Getaway Day which will be celebrated on Friday 26th August 2022. On this special National Day, you and/or your organisation, school, business are invited to join our Ambassadors Kat Stewart and Steven Bradbury to dress up in your favourite holiday gear. Make a gold coin donation to show your support to the 1 in 3 Australian children who have never been on

Family has first-ever getaway in Lorne. Published by the Surf Coast Times.

Michelle's father (Laszlo) was a holocaust survivor. As a child Laszlo’s mother, father, sister and brother were all taken away right in front of his eyes, to the gas chamber. Due to his height and physical strength, Laszlo was sent to work at a German concentration camp. After the war, Laszlo was fostered out to an Australian family. He came with nothing and no one, and that strength is what Michelle admires to this day. "Anyone can have a very terrible start, but you can ma

In May 2021, Handled With Care made an extremely generous donation to the Magical Getaway Foundation’s Trash to Treasure initiative.

In December 2017, Mikayla gifted her first 5 bears to the Swinge Family. The bears are handmade, which when squeezed give this special message: You are special, never give up. Since then, Mikayla has gifted over 25 bears to children who have gone on a first ever getaway with the Magical Getaway Foundation. Click the video above to watch Mikayla’s story. “I sleep with it every night, morning and day!” Boy, aged 9.

THANK YOU! Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our inaugural Spring Family Carnival which was held on Sunday 20 October 2019 at Pirate Park in Keysborough. We would like to sincerely thank our Ambassadors, Kat Stewart & Steven Bradbury, our incredible volunteers, the City of Greater Dandenong, Dandenong CFA and all the businesses who made the event possible, including the Rotary Club of Pakenham, Del Real Estate, Officeworks Keysborough, Bunnings Keysborough, SEA LIFE

CONGRATS ON AN IMPRESSIVE EVENT! We are in awe of the support we received on Friday 19 October at the inaugural Social Tourism Forum in Australia. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us on the day. “Congrats on an impressive event yesterday. Although I was only able to stay for 45 mins, it did give me a greater insight into the amazing work that you do.” – John Phillips (Director of Advancement, Brighton Grammar) Alex Alexandrou, a former Board member, was our MC. We were hono