After opening its doors late last year, Prospect Family Dental is acknowledging the overwhelming support from the Launceston community by making a donation to a local homeless charity. Over the past two months dental surgery owner Dr Bing Lee has been contributing a percentage of the business’s fees to a donation fund until it reached $500. He then used the power … [Read more...] about Launceston Dentist Donates to Help Homeless Residents
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How to Crowdfund Your Business
I presented a workshop on crowdfunding for business for Business & Employment in Launceston last night and I wanted to share my slides and also the questions you must answer before you get started. Once upon a time it was difficult to find the money needed to start a business or fund a project if you hadn’t saved it yourself or didn’t have an existing … [Read more...] about How to Crowdfund Your Business
Launceston Woman Raises Thousands for Breast Cancer Research
In just over two weeks Trevallyn resident Johanna Baker-Dowdell will be swapping the rocky terrain of Cataract Gorge for the Lares trek en route to Machu Picchu to raise money for breast cancer research. Johanna, 40, and her friend Annalisa Holmes, 44, have been training and fundraising for most of this year for Trek Towards a Cure in Peru this … [Read more...] about Launceston Woman Raises Thousands for Breast Cancer Research
Launceston Screening of Overfed & Undernourished for Breast Cancer Research
Two Launceston residents are bringing groundbreaking film Overfed & Undernourished to town as a fundraising event for NBCF (National Breast Cancer Foundation) on June 22. Overfed & Undernourished follows overweight boy Liam as he works with his aunt and uncle (executive producers and Queensland chiropractors Anthony and Kate Golle) to turn his health around … [Read more...] about Launceston Screening of Overfed & Undernourished for Breast Cancer Research
Launceston Business Women Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer with Morning Teal Event
Launceston-based women’s business networking group Empowered Mums is honouring two women with ovarian cancer and raising funds and awareness about the disease with a special event next week during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Two members of Launceston Empowered Mums Business Network have been touched by ovarian cancer through their mothers. It is more common … [Read more...] about Launceston Business Women Raise Awareness of Ovarian Cancer with Morning Teal Event