The annual charity drive was started by ACT Policing’s Detective Sergeant John Giles after he and his team attended an incident in December 2013 where they found four small children who had been neglected, including a baby who was only a few weeks old.
“These children had the clothes on their backs and very little else. One of the children, a little girl who was around 4 years old, offered to show me her Christmas tree, which she said was beautiful,” Detective Sergeant Giles said.
“I was mortified by what I saw, and I knew I had to do something, and that something was Kids in Care .”
Our purpose is to advance social and public welfare by providing support to any at-risk children and those living in poverty without discrimination within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). We wish to further enhance the emotional, mental and physical wellbeing of all children involved in the Child Protection system of the ACT. The goal is to preserve the children’s social and environmental development. We do this by providing gifts to vulnerable children at Christmas, Easter and support with goods at time a child is placed into emergency, foster or kinship care within ACT.
About the Raffle
The Kids in Care XMAS RAFFLE 2021 Raffle will be conducted by the Kids in Care ACT Inc. (ABN 41 927 421 659) . The benefitting organisation is Kids in Care ACT Inc. (ABN 41 927 421 659). The benefitting organisation is a not-for-profit organisation.
The Raffle starts at 9am AEDT on 14 October 2021. The Raffle closes at 10 am AEDT on 10 December 2021. No entries will be accepted after this time.
Entry is open to residents of Australian Capital Territory, aged 18 years or older at the commencement of the Raffle.
5,000 tickets available for purchase at a cost of $2 each.
The Draw will take place at 11 am (AEDT) on Friday, 10th December 2021, at 149 Soward Way, Greenway ACT 2900.
Draw Method: An electronic draw will be conducted. First prize will be drawn first followed by all other prizing in descending order.
Every reasonable effort will be made to contact the winners of prizes. Winners will be contacted by phone and email and listed on the Kids in Care ACT Inc. website, this RaffleTix website and the Kids in Care ACT Inc. Facebook page. Please check the website and Facebook page for details.
Prize Claim Date
Winners have 12 months from the date they are notified in which to claim their prize, except if the winner is from the ACT.
If the winner resides in the ACT and they do not claim their prize by midnight AEDT on Friday, 21 January 2022, a redraw/unclaimed prize draw will be held in the same manner as the original draw at 2 pm AEDT on Monday, 31 January 2022 at 149 Soward Way, Greenway ACT 2900. If the redraw winner does not claim their Prize within 12 months from the date they are notified in which to claim their prize, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to regulatory approval, if required) to sell that prize.
Winners are to contact kidsincareact@gmail.com in order to claim their prize.
Unclaimed Prize Arrangements
If a Prize is not claimed by the Prize Claim Date or is deemed invalid in accordance with the Entry Restrictions, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to regulatory approval, if required) to sell that prize. Proceeds from such sale will be paid to the Promoter to be used for not-for-profit purposes.
There is an agreement with RaffleTix (ABN 24 623 531 340) to promote or conduct this raffle for reward.
