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The past few years have been extremely hard on our farmers – the backbone of this country – to say the very least. After dealing with a decade-long drought, many were hit with devastating bushfires, followed by mouse plagues, and an isolating worldwide pandemic. As we all began to find our footing after lockdowns and restrictions, large parts of regional and rural Australia were once again decimated by heart-breaking floods and La Niña.
Needless to say, Aussie farmers need all the help they can get.
While the immediate destruction of many of those disasters has passed, the emotional and financial impact has not. Our Aussie farmers need crucial ongoing support to get back on their feet – it can take up to seven years for a farmer to fully overcome the aftermath of one natural disaster, let alone several.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Play For Purpose, Australia’s community raffle, that helps over 500 charities and grassroots organisations around the country to raise vital funds for good causes. When you purchase a $10 raffle ticket, you can choose which charity your ticket helps support, and now more than ever, it’s crucial to get involved to help Aussie farmers who help put food on your table every single day.
Play For Purpose has raised over $7 million for good causes since 2018, helping those in the community doing it tough, and have made almost 50,000 supporters lucky prize winners. It really is a win-win.
So, you want to get involved but are still curious as to how exactly your $10 raffle ticket – a minimum 50% of which goes straight to charities like Drought Angels and the rest funding amazing prizes – will help. Here’s how your generosity can travel from your wallet to a farmer’s doorstep, with the extra benefit of giving you the chance to win an enormous $250,000 first prize pack or one of 395 prizes up for grabs.
When a natural disaster strikes, trying to keep food on the table, literally, for impacted farmers and their families is a high priority because more often than not, their animals or their livelihood come first. For example, if an area is flooded, farmers might not be able to access their usual go-to stores for even the most basic of supplies, let alone being able to afford it in the midst of recovery. Luckily, Drought Angels has a myriad of grocery packs, care and hygiene packages, as well as hampers, that they send straight to those impacted. Just $10 on a raffle ticket through Play For Purpose can go a long way in making sure those hampers stay full, and stay ready to deliver to farmers.
Considering most of us can easily spend $10 on non-essentials at the shops and not even bat an eyelid, taking a moment to purchase a raffle ticket in support of a farmer could be more life-changing than you think – for both impacted farmers and you.
5 Ways a $10 Ticket Can Help Aussie Farmers Impacted By Recent Floods, Drought & Natural Disasters
A $10 Ticket Can Help Buy Groceries For A Farmer’s
Food Hamper
Play For Purpose raffles run year-round, but Drought Angels need your help now. To learn more about how Play For Purpose is helping Drought Angels, and the prizes you can go in the draw to win from your generosity, head to Play For Purpose’s website.
Tickets are just $10, so get in quick for your chance to WIN a $250K first prize pack including a luxury BMW X5 xDrive45e Hybrid SUV PLUS over $89K in cashable gold. Raffle 18 entries close Thursday 16 March 2023 at 8pm AEST. Winners will be announced Friday 17 March 2023.
Having an Angel visit a farmer on-site, is a crucial aspect of the natural disaster recovery process – no one can completely bounce back from something so devastating alone. Drought Angels’ Angels on the Road initiative is all about spotlighting that vital help, where Angels go straight to the affected property and help them however they can. Delivering hampers, connecting them with counsellors, government agencies, and other support services combined while having a cuppa on the back porch is often enough to help point them in the right direction. Drought Angels’ Angels are trained to listen, without judgement, and often that’s what our farmers need — someone to talk with in their hour of need.
In the 2021-22 financial year, Angels on the Road travelled upwards of 150,000km around Queensland and delivered over $250,000 worth of goods. The more tickets you buy not only means more chances to win amazing prizes, but also more Angels on the Road visiting our Aussie farmers doing it tough.
A $10 Ticket Helps Keep Angels on
the Road
A $10 Ticket Helps Give Farmers That Much-Needed
Short-Term
Financial Assistance
While long-term support is crucial to recovery, sometimes farmers just need that quick leg-up to help them begin the process. Offering short-term financial assistance can be the make or break in whether those affected by natural disasters can get their home, farm and family looked after. With a minimum of 50% of every Play For Purpose ticket going straight to Drought Angels, that money can get to those who need it faster, and ensure long-term recovery doesn’t have to be delayed.
A $10 Ticket
Helps Bring On
More Volunteers
Drought Angels, and many other charities, couldn’t run as smoothly and as effectively as they do if it weren’t for those volunteering their time to make sure people are getting the help they need. While buying a raffle ticket can aid in delivering those crucial goods and services, it can also help onboard new volunteers without whom much of the charity’s good work couldn’t go ahead.
A $10 Ticket Helps Make A Difference
to a Farmer’s
Mental Health
When we think about disaster recovery efforts, we tend to think of the physical rebuilding that takes place. Part of that recovery that is less obvious, but still equally as important, is taking care of farmers’ mental health. There are approximately 200,000 farmers around the country, and, sadly, one farmer commits suicide every 10 days. It’s a problem that needs urgent attention, and Drought Angels help combat it in a variety of ways. Alongside providing care packages and on-farm visits, purchasing that $10 Play For Purpose raffle ticket can help fund an over-the-phone check-in – a friendly voice at the end of a phone who understands the challenges of farm life.
Some farmers can go days without speaking to another person, so that one phone call – delivered by the Angels on the Phone initiative – can make all the difference. And your $10 ticket purchase can help make it happen.
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