International Women’s Day, a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.
Today is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme, Press for Progress, calls on all of us to step up to help create a world that is more inclusive and equal.
World Children’s Day (A day for children, by children) marks the anniversary of the Convention on the Right of the Child.
UNICEF Australia conducted an event celebrating the day, where UNICEF Ambassadors, Artist Ken Done AM, MasterChef Winner Adam Liaw and children’s music group The Wiggles conducted events on their respective parts by encouraging a range of ‘takeovers’.
The day was a fun day with a serious message and Southern Cross Group was a part of the event. Needless to say, everyone was in their puddle-wonderful days.
Southern Cross Group received the naming rights for a horse race at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse through City Tattersalls Club, on their Cup Day.
CEO Sam Johnson, Archie Petsas (Head of People and Culture) and Sean Crowe-Maxwell (Head of Sales and Marketing) partook in the event. Also in attendance were business partners Tony Chiefari of Featherdale Wildlife Park, Paul Breen and Kieran from Productivity Bootcamp in Construction.
Being a major sponsor of the City Tattersalls Club Cup Day, we had the privilege of getting acquainted with few notable individuals and a wide range of exposure through our branding.
Martin-Lysicrates Play Competition, named after James Martin, a son of Parramatta who overcame poverty and discrimination to become three times Premier of New South Wales and Chief Justice.
The event was held at The Riverside Theatre in Parramatta on 14th of October 2017 and was sponsored by The Lysicrates Foundation, in collaboration with the Griffin Theatre and the National Theatre of Parramatta.
Southern Cross Group is honoured to be the proud sponsor of Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance 2017 which is going to be held on 16th September , an annual ride which is a remembrance of Police Officers who have fallen in the line-of-duty.
Southern Cross Group CEO Sam Johnson has once again taken part in the annual Vinnies ‘CEO Sleepout’ to help raise money and awareness for the plight of the thousands of homeless people struggling during these dark winter nights. More than just a networking event, this endeavour hopes to engender real empathy from those for whom homelessness is often so far from mind. Beginning as a local community venture in Parramatta in 2006, the Sleepout has now grown to become an annual event that raises upwards of $5,000,000 for charities dealing with this ever worsening issue.
Sharing his experience of the event Sam Johnson stated that he had the chance to meet Rabbi Dovid Slavin (founder and director of Our Big Kitchen in Bondi, Chaplain to the NSW Ambulance service, co-founder of Gift of Life Australia, and director of The Rabbinical College of Sydney & Yeshiva College) as well as Monika Tu – Director of ‘Black Diamondz Property Concierge’.
Each year, the St Vincent de Paul Society’s CEO Sleepout raises millions of dollars to help some of Australia’s most vulnerable people.
Sam Johnson CEO Southern Cross Group, committed to the cause of homeless and abandoned children and youth, voluntarily participated in CEO sleepout -2016, and raised funds for emergency assistance. The generous act of Sam Johnson CEO, stemmed out of social conscience, attracted hundreds of people to come forward and share their mite and paved pathways to a bright future of thousands of homeless kids. This year too, Southern Cross Group has decided to participate in the CEO sleepout-2017 to raise awareness on the minuscule yet significant section of the abandoned children and raise funds for the same.
Mr Sam Johnson, Southern Cross Group’s CEO, will be participating in the CEO Sleepout for the second time, experiencing the realities of homelessness in an effort to express solidarity with less privileged children and raise funds for their holistic development.
You can support Sam Johnson and donate to the CEO Sleepout’s noble cause here.
Southern Cross Group expressed solidarity with OzHarvest to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable people across Australia and supported the cause of OzHarvest CEO Cook-off on Monday 6, March in Sydney, in 2017
Highlights:
Southern Cross Group Group Genereal Manager Stephen Butt CSM participating in OzHarvest’s 2017 CEO CookOff, where top CEOs, chefs and companies work together to make a difference to Australia’s most vulnerable and reduce food waste.
We’d love your support in helping our organisation reach our fundraising goal! Every $1 donated to OzHarvest means they can deliver 2 meals to those in need.
Watch the magic of the 2016 event to see what it means to the people OzHarvest helps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3AAHi-K_ek
Stay tuned for the journey! https://www.ceocookoff.com.au/
Southern Cross Group are delighted to be supporting partners for the Children’s Cancer Institute initiative ‘Build for a Cure’. Members of the SCG team enjoyed helping out at the official ‘Reveal Day’ for a brand new fully furnished four-bedroom home, built from the ground up at Billy’s Lookout in Lake Macquarie to raise funds and awareness for International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This initiative aims to help fund medical research and ultimately save lives of children with cancer and offer support to their families.
Even a drizzly sky couldn’t dampen people’s spirits and SCG ensured there was plenty to keep people entertained on the day, providing a free Barbecue lunch and a Pass the Ball competition manned by none other than Parramatta and State of Origin star Brett Kenny. Some of the children who took part in the competition displayed great potential. Perhaps we witnessed the birth of some future NRL stars in the making!
We’re ready for a great turnout and a fantastic result at Auction Day later this month on October 23rd.
More info on the ‘Build for a Cure’ program can be found https://buildforacure.org.au/.
