To help charities around Australia through these tough times and beyond, the Royal Australian Mint has just released a unique $1 coin designed expressly to be given to those in need.
Kyneton’s community-owned not-for-profit aged-care facility RM Begg is inviting everyone to join in and put some ‘fun’ into FUNdraising!
Some of the elusive ‘Donation Dollars’, which RM Begg has affectionately dubbed ‘Kyneton’s Kindness Coins’, have already been put into circulation by the Mint.
The Mint plans to release a total 25 million Donation Dollar coins across Australia over the next three years and RM Begg is asking everyone, especially children, to keep a look out for the gold and green coins and either start a little collection jar at home or drop them in to a participating local business.
“We’re not sure how many or how quickly they’ll arrive in regional towns, so it’s going to be a bit like finding a Willy Wonka ‘Golden Ticket’,” RM Begg’s CEO Meredith Grant said.
“The best bit about this campaign is that after we receive the donated coins, we can spend them locally to support local businesses and circulate the coins back into the community.
“Then, when someone else finds the coins they can re-gift them to us and so on. That way, we can all keep circulating the coins here in our little town.”The coins are legal tender but purposefully not of a collectable status. While one dollar might not seem like much, if everyone donated just one of the Donation Dollars per month, as a population of about 8000 people, Kyneton has the potential to raise and spend an additional $96,000 dollars annually in the community.
“It’s a gift that keeps giving, so the buck really is designed to stop here!” Ms Grant quipped.
During school holidays, families are encouraged to decorate a jar and keep an eye out for any of the elusive coins that might find their way into town over the next few months.
The first five people to find one of the special coins and upload a photo of it to RM Begg’s Facebook page, will receive a ‘Golden Ticket’ worth $10, which can be spent at one of the four participating local businesses listed below. Entrants must use the tags @rmbegg #DonationDollar #KynetonKindCoins #KindtownKindCoins
You can drop your Kyneton Kindness Coins into a collection jar at one of these four local businesses: Fika Café, Watts Fresh, The Starving Artist Food Co. and Piper Street Food Co.
If you’d like to be part of RM Begg’s community-wide FUNdraising drive in 2021, they are currently seeking volunteers and donations as well as collaborative fundraising ideas.
Contact project coordinator, Sarah Collier, via email: sarah.collier@raymbegg.org.au or phone: (03) 5421 3600. Donations can be made via their website: www.raymbegg.org.au/donate
