{"id":211025,"date":"2018-06-12T15:58:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T05:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=211025"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T05:27:55","slug":"blue-care-launches-dogless-doorknock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/06\/12\/blue-care-launches-dogless-doorknock\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Care Launches Dogless Doorknock"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_211028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211028\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180612bluecare1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-211028\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180612bluecare1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180612bluecare1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/20180612bluecare1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter and Susan Mortimer kicked off Blue Care&#8217;s first-ever &#8216;Dogless Doorknock Appeal&#8217; at Kingaroy Shoppingworld on Monday in response to the rise of the cashless society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 12, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rise of the cashless society &#8211; and the occasional over-enthusiastic dog &#8211; has made many charities rethink their traditional approaches to fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>One of them is Blue Care which is mounting the South Burnett&#8217;s first ever &#8220;Dogless Doorknock&#8221; in place of their traditional annual doorknock this year.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday, June 11, until Friday, June 22, Blue Care volunteers will be manning a donation desk at Kingaroy Shoppingworld to help raise much-needed funds for Blue Care&#8217;s work in the region.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the Canowindra aged care residential facility in Kingaroy and a wide range of in-home nursing care, personal care and social support services in the Kingaroy and Nanango areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year, Blue Care&#8217;s equipment wish list includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outdoor chairs at Canowindra for residents and visitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Specialised bariatric wheel chairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A specialised bariatric shower chair, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A real-life baby doll for doll therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On Monday, local Blue Care committee president Peter Mortimer and his wife Susan kicked off this year&#8217;s appeal, manning the Shoppingworld desk all morning and happily accepting donations from passers-by.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These days a lot of people don&#8217;t keep cash at home, and his trend is only increasing,&#8221; Susan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we decided an old-fashioned doorknock had its day and it would be more convenient for most people to run this year&#8217;s appeal where they shop instead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Volunteers will be manning the Shoppingworld desk from 9:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays over the next fortnight, and 9:00am to noon on Saturday, June 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People can also make donations to Canowindra, at 43 Windsor Circle in Kingaroy, between 9:00am and 3:30pm Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Susan said apart from community volunteers, students from Kingaroy State High School would also be helping out at the Shoppingworld desk after school hours over the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kingaroy State High has a very strong community focus and they encourage students to get involved in community activities as part of their schooling,&#8221; Susan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very grateful for their support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Susan said all donations of $2 or more are tax deductible, and receipts would be issued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/nanango\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" title=\"communitynews\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/core\/communitynews3.jpg\" alt=\"Community News\" width=\"740\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of the cashless society &#8211; and the occasional over-enthusiastic dog &#8211; has made many charities rethink their traditional approaches to fundraising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":211028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,16,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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