BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE:  This meeting will be our first back at the Commo nwealth Club. Start - 12.00 FOR 12.30. DRESS: Smart Casual\, no jeans and a jacket required.  Registrations are essential as the Club as specifical ly requested exact numbers of those who have registered. Unfortunately mea ls will not be served to those who haven't registered. ___________________ _______________________________________________________________ Our guest speaker for Monday will be Mohammed Ali\, from Helping ACT. Mohammed is on e of Canberra's most effective and dedicated activists for helping Canberr a citizens in need. HelpingACT was established in 2018 by a small group of Canberra Citizens with the objective of providing benevolent support and relief to all vulnerable members of our community who are suffering from p overty\, sickness\, distress\, destitution\, disability or helplessness.  Only four people started the organisation but now more than 40 volunteers work for improving lives of vulnerable Canberrans. All volunteers offer t heir time and effort completely for free. Volunteers come from different o rigins and social backgrounds. It is kind of a United Nation of humans bou nd together with a single thread of love and care for those in need. Helpi ngACT helps all without any discrimination of colour and creed.  While th e main focus of helpingACT is to address food insecurity in Canberra it al so works closely with homeless\, refugees\, asylum seekers\, domestic viol ence affected\, and disabled. HelpingACT believes in mutual existence and helps and collaborates with other charity organisations. it  aims to achi eve a day when no one sleeps hungry in Canberra\, when no mother struggles to provide food for her children.  .It provides free community dinners a nd lunches on weekly basis to all in need including homeless\,  helps ref ugees with their settlement\, international students by providing food and holds Ramadan Dinners each year.  It believes that poverty should not sh adow a child’s health and education and runs a school breakfast program and provides once a week breakfast to eights schools and one college. It a lso works with first Australians and endeavours to promote mutual understa nding between all Canberrans. As members will see\, Muhammed Ali and Helpi ng ACT are truly inspirational and a wonderful support for our community. Please come along and hear more about what they do.   DTEND:20250804T033000Z DTSTAMP:20261023T001655Z DTSTART:20250804T020000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RCC Lunchtime Meeting 4 August 2025 UID:122cb807-616d-4685-b8dc-40c2674d743b X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

PLEASE NOTE: \; This mee ting will be our first back at the Commonwealth Club.

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< strong>Start - 12.00 FOR 12.30. DRESS: Smart Casual\, no jeans and a jacke t required. \;

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Registrations are essential as the Club as specifically requested exact numbers of those who have r egistered. Unfortunately meals will not be served to those who haven'\;t registered.

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______________________ ____________________________________________________________

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Our guest speaker for Monday will be Mohammed Ali\, from Helping ACT . Mohammed is one of Canberra'\;s most effective and dedicated activist s for helping Canberra citizens in need.

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HelpingACT was establis hed in 2018 by a small group of Canberra Citizens with the objective of pr oviding benevolent support and relief to all vulnerable members of our com munity who are suffering from poverty\, sickness\, distress\, destitution\ , disability or helplessness. \;

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Only four people started th e organisation but now more than 40 volunteers work for improving lives of vulnerable Canberrans. All volunteers offer their time and effort complet ely for free. Volunteers come from different origins and social background s. It is kind of a United Nation of humans bound together with a single th read of love and care for those in need. HelpingACT helps all without any discrimination of colour and creed. \;

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While the main focus of helpingACT is to address food insecurity in Canberra it also works clos ely with homeless\, refugees\, asylum seekers\, domestic violence affected \, and disabled. HelpingACT believes in mutual existence and helps and col laborates with other charity organisations. it \; aims to achieve a da y when no one sleeps hungry in Canberra\, when no mother struggles to prov ide food for her children. \;

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.It provides free community di nners and lunches on weekly basis to all in need including homeless\,  \; helps refugees with their settlement\, international students by provid ing food and holds Ramadan Dinners each year. \; It believes that pove rty should not shadow a child&rsquo\;s health and education and runs a sch ool breakfast program and provides once a week breakfast to eights schools and one college. It also works with first Australians and endeavours to p romote mutual understanding between all Canberrans.

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As members w ill see\, Muhammed Ali and Helping ACT are truly inspirational and a wonde rful support for our community. Please come along and hear more about what they do.

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