| 1.
How long has the party been going?
2. What sort of children attend?
3. Where do you source the children
from?
4. I have children that
are eligible to attend the party, where can I find out
more information?
5. Is the advertising package
available tax deductible?
6. Why is there a GST (Goods
& Services Tax) on the package?
7. How can I help out?
8. Can I offer product rather
than a monetary support?
1Q.
How long has the party been going?
1A.
The United Nations commissioned a Western Australian promotions company
to devise a project that would benefit special needs children to
help celebrate the International Year of the Child in 1979. The result
was
The Special Children's Christmas Party.
More than twenty years later, the goal remains the same. To gather the
children who are sick and disabled and help them forget their troubles
for a
few hours. To help them see they are not alone. To help them to just be
children at an exceptional time of year.
In 2004, twenty-nine Special Children’s Christmas Parties were staged
around Australia and New Zealand with six of these held in regional Queensland.
2Q. What sort
of children attend?
2A.
There are four major categories of children attending the party.
The terminally ill e.g. Children with Cancer, Leukaemia; Children that
are physically impaired e.g. Muscular Dystrophy; Children that are intellectually
impaired e.g. Down Syndrome; and finally Children that come from severely
underprivileged circumstances.
3Q.
Where do you source the children from?
3A.
We contact around 200 government and charitable organisations who
deal with these children on a daily or weekly basis. E.G. Special Schools,
Special Education Units, Leukaemia Foundation, Cerebral Palsy League,
Women's Refuges, Department of Families and Shelters. Due to the privacy
act, we are not allowed to know the names of children who attend, so we
rely on the department heads of organisations such as these to submit
children
in their care.
4Q.
I have children that are eligible to attend the party, where can I find
out
more information?
4A.
Please Contact Us
and we can advise you of all the organisations who
we deal with. Perhaps you know you of an organisation that hasn't been
invited to submit their children before!
5Q.
Is the advertising package available tax deductible?
5A.
As the package is classed as advertising, you may be able to claim the
full amount as a tax deduction?
6Q.
Why is there a GST (Goods & Services Tax) on the package?
6A.
Again, because the amount is classed as advertising, we have to charge
an amount of 10% G.S.T.
7Q.
How can I help out more?
7A.
You can contact us anytime to discuss any help you may be able to give.
Click here to go to the Contact
Us page.
8Q.
Can I offer product rather than a monetary support?
8A.
Of course! We have many 'sponsors' that also help out the event by contributing
goods in kind. Again Click here to go to the Contact
Us page.
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