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Kind supporters of Cupcake Camp Sydney

August 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · community, future

Tweet A number of organisations have stepped up to offer prizes for Cupcake Camp Sydney. I wanted to take the opportunity to thank them for their generosity, and also to show the prizes that our cupcake makers could win. The Plantronics has provided one of their Discovery 925 Bluetooth earpiece. It is a nifty designer [...]

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Who should we invite to judge Cupcake Camp Sydney?

August 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas

Tweet Just wondering who we should invite as a judge for Cupcake Camp Sydney. We’ve had @Neerav volunteer to help out so far. But we also need a few more people who are willing to put themselves on the line to (a) taste cupcakes & (b) help out the RSPCA, raising awareness of the event [...]

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Cupcake Camp Sydney goes animal

July 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · ideas

Tweet w00t! Cupcake Camp Sydney is on! Date: Friday 28 August 2009 Time: 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm Venue: CBS Interactive Sydney We are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser – if you are a cupcake maker you can go to the RSPCA site & sign up to receive a cupcake kit. Register (opens [...]

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Here is a real school in need

July 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas

Tweet In real contrast to my old high school (as discussed in yesterday’s post) here is a school that really needs donations. As my friend Stilgherrian describes: “This is Juma Hassan lila Kalibu, secretary of Kilimani village in Zanzibar, showing off the village school’s new computer room. As you can see, it has no computers. [...]

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Charity, donations and community

July 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas

Tweet Just got the annual letter from my old high school. As an ex-student they reach out annually to ask me for money. That’s pretty much all I hear from them. There’s no attempt to stay in touch or to create a sense of community. They might be doing more, but I’m on their mailing [...]

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