We recently had the opportunity to stage our annual conference in Fiji, giving us the chance to visit the children’s orphanage, Treasure House. Our advisers from around the country and their families visited the orphanage where we dropped off a range of much needed gifts, and assisted with a few jobs around the house. The…
During the month of March, Fitzpatricks Private Wealth sponsored one of our advisers from Newcastle, Will Howard, in the SurfAid Charity Cup.
Love costs more. Imagine you had 12 children, six of them under five years old. One has Down Syndrome. Imagine you didn’t have a fixed income, but relied on donations from people out of the kindness of their hearts. Some months you may receive a good donation, some months nothing comes in. Imagine how you…
At Fitzpatricks, we support a number of charities and it’s fantastic that we can help another very worthy cause. The brainchild of Albury based Orthodontist Dr John Brabant, Carevan is a service helping the homeless people of Albury, bringing a sense of community back to the streets. According to John “within three months of being…
By Greg Gunther. I can honestly say this trip was everything I expected it would be, very challenging and a once in a lifetime experience! Something I wasn’t ready for was what I was to learn about Tibet, the Tibetan people, and the Chinese influence since the 1959 Cultural Revolution. It’s hard not to come…
By Maree Woodley. In April this year I visited an orphanage in Cambodia in the town of Siem Reap, on my arrival I was overwhelmed by the children, their health, their history and the tragic stories resulting in their abandonment. Of the 16 children living in the orphanage a small child called “Vichet” ran up…