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Our good friends from the Health & Beauty team at Woolworths have kindly donated a marvellous hamper valued at over $250 to auction off for Surfers In A Dress and One Girl. To be eligible, all you have to do is be the first person (who lives in the Sydney area) to donate a minimum of $100 to the Surfers In A Dress team via www.surfersinadress.com/donate by 12 noon on the 28th of October. The winner must live in the Sydney area, so we can arrange delivery easily, without the expensive couriers. Here's a list of everything in the pack:
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 Pics by @JaydonCabePhotography / http://www.jaydoncabe.com/ Good sport, Tim McCleave donned the school dress and raised $30 for Surfers In A Dress and One Girl by eating a dry Weet-Bix in under one minute. Well done for completing the dare, Tim! Note: the slow motion thing makes this video slightly creepy. #surfersinadress #dareinadress  Here's the speech Greg delivered to everyone who attended Surfers In A Dress on Saturday the 17th October 2015.
--- Thank you. You’re all amazing to be here! You might not all realise this, but you’re all here making a big difference. You should be proud of yourselves. We live in the most beautiful place in the world. We are granted the opportunity to achieve whatever we set our minds to in life. At a basic level, we have all had the privilege of getting an education. But, not everyone is as fortunate as we are. In fact, 66 million girls worldwide dont have access to education and this has an adverse affect on their lives. And that’s the reason why you are all here today. Education. Empowerment. Opportunities. A positive future. I’d like to paint you a picture of what it’s like to be a girl in a place like Sierra Leone, West Africa. Imagine yourself as a girl living in Sierra Leone. Imagine if your mother was sold to be married at the age of 14. Imagine if who she married was 4 times her age. Yes, that could be around 50-60 years old! Imagine if your mother gave birth to you when she was 15. Imagine that you mother never had the opportunity to get an education because she was forced to marry and to have children. Because of the lack of education, you mother wasn’t able to get a good job to support the family. Your family barely has enough money to send one child to school, but because you’re a girl, you have less rights, so unfortunately you miss out from getting an education. Now you’re 14. Uneducated. Your family sells you to be married to a 50-60 year old man. And the cycle continues. To be a girl in Sierra Leone isn’t pretty. Now imagine if your mother had the opportunity to get an education. Statistically speaking, in Sierra Leone, if a girl is educated:
We’re here today to go surfing in a dress. To raise awareness that the small change we give today, can make a huge change to the girls in Sierra Leone. We’re here in support of One Girl: a charity that provides education scholarships for these girls. Because of you, Surfers In A Dress has since raised over $30,000 which has helped more than 100 girls get access to education. This wouldn’t have been possible without your support, so on behalf of the Surfers In A Dress team, we thank you. Now let’s go surfing in a dress!!!  FREE Yoga session on Bondi Beach this Saturday at 8:30-9:30am!
Simply wear a dress in support of @OneGirlOrg and Surfers In A Dress. Meet on the sand in front of the Bondi Pavilion and don't forget to wear a dress :) Thanks to the kind folks at Namastay Yoga & Retreats for their support.  Surfers In A Dress was featured on Weekend Sunrise this morning for One Girl and International Day of the Girl. A massive thanks to @chantellebaxter for the shoutout. #surfersinadress #girlseducation #genderequality #sierraleone #uganda #SIAD15 #IDG2015 #bondibeach #bondi #surf #doitinadress #education #changemakers #changetheworld #charity #goodcause #girleffect #inspiration #makeadifference #bethechange @onegirlorg #doitinadress 📷 by @picturessharp @sunriseon7  We all wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a special woman in your life.
Tomorrow is International Day of the Girl. Have a think about how different your life would be if your mother never had the opportunity to get a school education because they were forced into marriage at the age of 14 and gave birth to you at 15yo. I find it unbelievable, but this scenario is very common for girls in places such as Sierra Leone and Uganda. If a girl gets an education and stays in school they will marry later and have fewer children. They will secure a better job and invest more money and knowledge into the wellbeing of their families. And just like that this girl has a stronger future and so does her children. It's a ripple effect. When you educate a girl, you educate a nation. Help educate a girl today: surfersinadress.com/donate #surfersinadress #girlseducation #genderequality #sierraleone #uganda #SIAD15 #IDG2015 #bondibeach #bondi #surf #doitinadress #education #changemakers #changetheworld #charity #goodcause #girleffect #inspiration #makeadifference #bethechange @onegirlorg #doitinadress |
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About Surfers In A Dress
Surfers In A Dress was founded in 2012 by Greg Beazley as a way to align his passion for surfing with his passion for helping and inspiring young people to have a better life. Having been a supporter of One Girl since the beginning, once the Do It In A Dress campaign launched it was the perfect opportunity for Greg to kickstart this unique side-project. For more information visit gregbeazley.com.
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