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An Invitation to Partner

Rosemary Bekker President, Willoughby Friends of Ossu

Friends of Ossu is a local (Willoughby-based) community friendship group supporting the people of Ossu – a small village in impoverished Timor-Leste. As a founding member of Friends of Ossu, I am pleased and proud of the support we have provided over the past decade. We have supported education, health and environmental programs which are detailed on our website www.friendsofossu.org.au.

Our latest project – a water sanitation and health (WaSH) project – comes at the behest of the village leaders in Ossu – they are in desperate need of a clean and reliable water supply.

Project partners WaterAid

This is a major project and Friends of Ossu, in alliance with WaterAid, has fully assessed the needs and costed the project. We have commenced Stage 1 to bring water from one of the supply points and now seek financial support for Stages 2 & 3 – connecting more water sources to schools and the clinic in Ossu. More information on our friendship group, on Timor-Leste and Ossu, and on the WaSH project is attached to this communication.

800 kilometres in 40 Days Luke keighery

We are asking you and your business to assist by way of sponsorship – to give water to the Ossu community. To this end, one of our members – Luke Keighery – is walking 800km on the Camino trail in Spain in September/October. Luke is paying his own costs – a significant contribution – so we are looking to leverage this contribution by a factor of 10-20 times to raise $100,000.

We ask you to partner us in providing water to Ossu by becoming a Corporate Sponsor. You can become a sponsor at the following levels:

➢ High Water Sponsor (Platinum)

$30,000

➢ Pipe Water Sponsor (Gold)

$15,000

➢ Tap Water Sponsor (Silver)

$7,500

➢ Corporate Supporter

$2,000 – $7,499

Read the full details including features and benefits here.

All sponsorship monies are deposited with WaterAid Australia, a Deductible Gift Recipient.

We look forward to having you sign up as a Corporate Sponsor. Please contact either myself on 0410 545 585 or Luke on 0424 188 139 to sponsor or to discuss further.

Yours faithfully

Rosemary Bekker

President, Willoughby Friends of Ossu

Ossu WASH – Background

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Follow The Journey

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Greater Sydney Landcare
Thank you to the 39 ING Australia employees that j Thank you to the 39 ING Australia employees that joined Greater Sydney Landcare’s Creating Canopies team for a corporate volunteering day recently. 

The ING team planted 1,000 trees and shrubs at Cessna Reserve, Middleton Grange in the Liverpool LGA on Fri 15th September. Amazing effort team! In time these plants will provide habitat and cooling shade to help mitigate urban heat.

Thanks also to Tom Covell from Hooked on Nature for talking to the group about the importance of their planting and for leading a nature safari to help the group discover the amazing but often overlooked creatures of the reserve.

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe @liverpoolcitycouncil @toms_hooked_on_nature
Come join us on Sat 7 Oct to plant 500 trees at Br Come join us on Sat 7 Oct to plant 500 trees at Brownlow Hill near Camden, for Creating Canopies.

All ages welcome, it’s free to attend and we even provide lunch to say thank you. 😋

We bring the plants, tools, gloves & on-site training, and you just bring your smiley selves. 

Looking forward to seeing you there! Register on Eventbrite so you don’t miss out (link in bio).

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
Thank you to the 18 Greystar Australia corporate v Thank you to the 18 Greystar Australia corporate volunteers that joined our Creating Canopies team to install 1,000 native plants at Kyeemagh Boat Ramp Reserve on Fri 8 Sept.

These plants will provide cooling shade and valuable habitat in the years to come.

Thank you also to Kane Durrant from WILD Conservation for giving a talk to the group about why their work was so important to the area and local wildlife.

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are lanting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe 
@wild_spec 
@greystarapartments
Trees are the greatest. 💚 We hope you’ll come Trees are the greatest. 💚 We hope you’ll come planting with us soon - link in our bio to our upcoming tree planting mornings on Eventbrite.

Source: https://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/INTERNOISE2014/papers/p83.pdf

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
Thank you @daisee_ai for joining Greater Sydney La Thank you @daisee_ai for joining Greater Sydney Landcare’s Creating Canopies team for a corporate volunteering day. 

18 Daisee employees planted 736 trees & shrubs to restore a degraded patch of Voyager Point Wetland Reserve on Tues 5th September. These plants will grow to create cooling canopy cover and habitat for native wildlife. Amazing work all! 💪🌿💚🌳

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe @liverpoolcitycouncil
Thank you to the 27 volunteers who planted 1,000 t Thank you to the 27 volunteers who planted 1,000 trees and 500 grasses at a Creating Canopies planting day on Saturday 26
August.

The beautiful location was Cubbitch Barta Reserve in Camden Park. These plants will help to uphold the bank against erosion and provide food and shelter to wildlife.

Nectarivores and pollinators will love the new flowering plants, once they get established.

Thank you also to WILD Conservation @wild_spec for joining the planting and to Kane Durant for giving an inspiring talk on how the work would benefit the local wildlife and natural environment.

Join us at a planting day soon. Link in bio to see our upcoming events on Eventbrite.

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe @wild.adventure.family @wildlife_girl_australia @deborah.madriaga
Does your work do corporate volunteering? If so, y Does your work do corporate volunteering? If so, you can get outside with your workmates for a planting and/or bush regeneration day with Greater Sydney Landcare and improve the environment in Sydney for all. Find out more on our website.
Thank you to the 40ish volunteers who joined the C Thank you to the 40ish volunteers who joined the Creating Canopies team at @nangarinpicton. A bit of rain couldn’t dampen their spirits. This amazing group planted 500 native trees and shrubs, including koala food and shelter trees that will benefit the local koala population in the years to come. 

Thank you also to Kane Durrant of WILD Conservation @wild_spec and Sophie Blair of Greater Sydney Landcare’s Southwest Sydney Koala Project for giving a talk about the local koala population and how to help protect them. 

And thank you Nangarin Vineyard Estate for partnering with Creating Canopies to improve canopy cover on your land.

About Creating Canopies: @Landcare_NSW and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
A fantastic day, led by Creating Canopies’ own M A fantastic day, led by Creating Canopies’ own Matt Keighery, was had by all on Friday 18th August at @carnarvongolfclub. 

Corporate volunteers from @spirax_sarco returned to the site to join the community in a day of weeding, mulching and planting. 

This continued bush regeneration work has led to measurable improvements in water quality, plant diversity and bird life. Golf courses can be amazing habitat havens - 47 different species of bird have been spotted at Carnarvon. Great work everyone!

Photos: Jodie Barker, Matt Keighery and Ian G. Bailey.

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
What amazing tree planting Kenergy! 😂 Thank you What amazing tree planting Kenergy! 😂 Thank you WILD Conservation @wild_spec for volunteering & speaking at our Creating Canopies planting days recently.

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
Creating Canopies (Stage 2) started at the beginni Creating Canopies (Stage 2) started at the beginning of 2023. Since then we’ve been busy working towards our target of planting 200,000 native trees across Greater Sydney by the end of 2025. 

It’s exciting to get over the 20,000 mark! We couldn’t have done it without you, our amazing volunteers who get the plants in the ground. Thank you to everyone who’s joined us so far (and we hope to see you again) and if you haven’t come along yet, we’d love to see you at a planting day soon. We’ve still got a long way to go yet, but we’ll get there together 😊💪🌿🌳

About Creating Canopies: @landcare_nsw and Greater Sydney Landcare are planting 200,000 trees as part of the Greening our City program to help reduce urban heat in Greater Sydney. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.

#CreatingCanopies #LandcareNSW
#GreaterSydneyLandcare #GreeningOurCity
#UrbanHeat #TreeCanopy

@nswdpe
Calling volunteers of all ages - this is a great o Calling volunteers of all ages - this is a great one for kids!

Come along and join us for a Conservation Workshop at the Fairy Glen Garden at Harris Creek Reserve in Holsworthy. We’ll be planting grasses to create habitat for birds and doing an eco-craft activity. 

The Fairy Glen Garden is a beautiful natural area sprinkled with magical fairy homes made by the local community. We hope to see you there! Sign up on eventbrite so you don’t miss out - link in our bio. 

This event is run in partnership with @liverpoolcitycouncil, who received funding for bushland restoration at the Fairy Glen Garden through the Places to Roam Grant Program. Proudly funded by the NSW Government.
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Postal Address: PO Box 213
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