Your everyday spending could help with the Australian Bushfire Appeal

During a conversation, someone said they've stopped going out to eat and stopped spending on themselves so they could donate more to the Australian Bushfire Appeal.

Incredibly selfless. Donating directly to the bushfire appeal would be the most effective. An amazing list of charities put together by ABC here.

BUT what if our every day spending could go towards these initiatives and appeal so that you can still do things you enjoy and make you happy?

Inspired by the countless initiatives and vendors raising money for the Australian bushfires, we started (with great help!!) a ‘Restaurants for Relief’ directory to help foodies search ?? restaurants and cafes raising money.

Here: https://bit.ly/restaurantsforrelief 

How to use the directory to find places which resonate with you:

- Location: Search the state, postcode (ie 2000, 3000) or suburb (Thanks to volunteers, this directory went from being Melbourne based to nationwide!!)

- Charities supported (ie WWF, CFA, RSPCA etc)

- For venues donating 100% of proceeds/profits, search ‘100%'

- Participating dates (filter by date)

We'd like to credit the various platforms which have been compiling a list as they were an incredible source in allowing us to pull this directory together.

Thank you Melbourne Food and Wine Festival for uniting everyone through the hashtag, #RestaurantsForRelief. Since we released this directory, they've included us in their initiative on their website for others to use:

A personal thank you to Sofia (@sofiaklevin), Kath (@bigmelbappetite) and Margaret (@mmmargey) for helping bring this to life. We now have volunteers from respective states helping! We are still and will be constantly updating the site.

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How you can help:

• Please share this site and post with your friends and families! Let them know their daily coffee, lunch, cheeky drink or social event can help the bushfires.
• We’re looking for volunteers to help contribute for other states. Please reach out to me [email protected].
• If you know a restaurant or cafe which is not included yet in the directory, please tag #restaurantsforrelief in their initiative and reach out to me. We are relying on this hashtag to update the webpage.

And of course, a massive thank you to all these participating restaurants. We are so incredibly proud of the industry!