Fifty For a Farmer

11/02/2026

Helo everyone.
We have some news.
Fifty For A Farmer celebrated our 6th birthday on January 10. Sadly this will be our last birthday as we have decided to cease our operations.

Partly due to medical matters, partly due to all of us being very time poor and running a registered charity takes an enormous amount of behind the scenes organising. Justine has been the quiet achiever and the backbone for us, taking care of all the paperwork required to keep running this long. Many other charities, groups and government departments have also stepped up to help those in need.

We have something in the works and want to go out with a bang. Can't tell you what it will be just yet but as soon as we are fully organised we will let you know and you are invited to come on our last trip as Fifty For A Farmer and to join with us to donate every cent we have.

While this will be the end of our little charity, we may still look at trips but as a group of like-minded people and not a registered charity. After all that is how we began .... with Convoy To Coonabarabran.

Lastly, Justine Gilfillan, Janet Mortlock- Godden, Shaaryn Salisbury and Kim Freeman would like to thank everyone who has come along for the ride with us. Thank you to those who have donated goods, money and their time to help us help others. Thank you for your kindness and your friendship. It has been a pleasure to get to know you.

We are still hoping to raise a little more money to round up our final donation to be an amazing amount.

So stay tuned. .....We are very excited for our last hurrah.

22/10/2025

Thank you to everyone who supported our BBQ fundraiser at BrickCon Wollongong on 11th October, 2025. It was a busy and windy day, but with thanks to our steadfast volunteers and patient customers, we managed to sell quite a few bacon & egg rolls as well as sausage sandwiches despite the weather conditions. All up at the end of the day we made a profit of $819.60 which will go towards our next convoy trip to assist NSW farmers in need.

Thank you also to BrickCon Wollongong members for their ongoing support and to Illawarra Hockey Club for the use of their space and equipment.

09/10/2025

We are cooking the BBQ at BrickCon on Saturday 11th Oct. We are needing volunteers to help cook and serve. If you can spare a few hours on Saturday it would be greatly appreciated 🙏

17/09/2025

All you Lego lovers please come and support these wonderful charities.

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🎉😺 EXCITING ANNOUNCMENT 🎉😺

Wollongong - Fan Event is coming to the Illawarra for it’s second year and we are thrilled to announce that they have chosen Friends For Life Rescue as their OFFICIAL CHARITY to raise funds for!

🎫 Tickets are only $10 each, children under 4 free.

💲💲Every dollar raised and donated helps us to rescue and care for vulnerable cats and kittens. The more people who attend over the two-day event, the bigger the donation to our animals! 💲💲

Please join us for a fun filled weekend out for the whole family with

• Our super cute kittens who are looking for forever homes
• Meet duel Lego Masters Australia winner Henry, and get a photo with the trophy.
• 40th Anniversary Back To The Future display including a DeLorean Time Machine.
• Free-Play pinballs all weekend by the Illawarra Pinball Club
• Fabulous Raffles
• Hundreds of LEGO® exhibits on display
• Retailers selling a range of new, rare & retired LEGO®
• Cosplay characters
• Face Painting by Little Chicks Design
• Free brick play area
• BBQ by Fifty for a Farmer & 1st Figtree Scout Group
• Coffee by Chloe Eve
• Food and drinks available

Please join us for this event and SHARE this with your friends and family, and let’s make a great community weekend to remember.

🟢 Date: 11th and 12th October
🔴 Time: 9am - 5pm Saturday, 9am - 4pm Sunday (Sensory Session Sunday 9:00am)
🔵 Location: Illawarra Hockey Centre, Waples Road, Unanderra

🎫For tickets and more details, visit event page - https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1434480

Thank you to SydLUG for choosing us as your charity partner, we are so grateful for this opportunity. 🙏🙏

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04/08/2025

A big thank you to all our supporters for a fantastic (and busy) Bunnings BBQ sausage sizzle fundraiser on Saturday 26th July. Thanks to a steady flow of customers and our hard-working volunteers we were able to raise $3,019.67 profit which will go towards supporting NSW farmers.

22/07/2025

Fifty For A Farmer will be back at Bunnings Kembla Grange this Saturday 26th July & ready to BBQ.

If you would like to stop by for a delicious sausage sandwich (or two), a chat or to donate an hour of your time, we would love to see you there.

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