Celebrating Diwali and Our Beautiful Community!
Last week, we came together for a wonderful Diwali celebration filled with delicious food, laughter, and a spirit of unity that warmed our hearts. Everyone
Good Omen Goodeze (affectionately known as GOG) is a grassroots charity that started about 5 years ago to engage Canberrans of all walks of life to craft beautiful comfort items for patients, families and staff in the ACT health services. GOG’s vision is ‘providing warmth and comfort for those in need, one stitch at a time’ and our key focus is crafting items for people in ICU, aged care and end of life settings, while also reaching out into other areas of the community including children’s vaccinations, local charities, walk-in centres and the ACT Ambulance Service. Our Goodies are sent to hospitals and health care centres across the ACT including The Canberra Hospital, North Canberra Hospital, University of Canberra Hospital Bruce, Clare Holland House, ACT Ambulance Service, Gungahlin, Belconnen and Dickson Walk in Centres, Roundabout ACT.
Our charitable work focuses on engaging the local community through meet ups, workshops, public events and online activities with a focus on fostering positive, supportive and inclusive opportunities for people to meet, learn and share a love of crafting – all with the aim of giving back to people in need in the ACT community. This includes Canberra, Taylor, Ginninderry, Evatt, and Dickson. We engage community groups with outreach to people from culturally diverse or socially isolated backgrounds, as well as schools, universities and through online initiatives. Much of our work supports mental health in the community, and our comfort items also facilitate health care – GOG items are recognised as supporting two ACT health care accreditation standards.
Join us at our newest venue!
1.00 pm – 4pm Fortnightly on a Saturday at the Corroboree Park Hall in Ainslie
Checkout our Calendar for dates
Reserve a free ticket at Eventbrite
Join us from:
1.00pm – 3pm every Thursday at ‘The Hive’ at Margaret Hendry School, Taylor (during School term)
1.00pm – 3pm every Friday at ‘The Link’, Ginninderry (during school term)
9.30am – 11.30am every Monday at Evatt Primary School, Evatt (during school term)
Join us from:
10.00am – 12 midday Thursdays at the Majura Hall, Dickson
Last week, we came together for a wonderful Diwali celebration filled with delicious food, laughter, and a spirit of unity that warmed our hearts. Everyone
Today’s post is coming from a fresh set of eyes—a new member who has joined us for some deliveries. Here’s what they had to say:
We want to send a huge thank you to our incredible team of makers for the beautifully stitched comfort items that brighten so many patients’
Deliveries Update! We’ve recently made some heartwarming deliveries, and it’s all thanks to YOU—our amazing members! If you’d like to learn firsthand the impact your
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