Magnitude 9 Exhibition is a registered fund raiser with Australian Red Cross where proceeds have been sent to the Red Cross Appeal for Japan & Pacific Disaster Relief 2011.
Please find below a Certificate of Appreciation for the total sum of $8,100 that was able to be raised. Thank you to all who made donations to make this happen.
Red Cross response
Australian Red Cross is running an appeal to assist people affected by the huge 9 magnitude earthquake and and a number of devastating tsunami waves, which hit north east Japan. More than 12,600 have died. More than 14,700 are missing and more than 2,000 are injured.
Australian Red Cross is assisting as part of an international support team for this disaster. Australian Red Cross is on standby to further assist our partner organisation, Japanese Red Cross Society in the response to this disaster.
To assist the tens of thousands of people still displaced by the devastating tsunami, Japanese Red Cross is equipping 70,000 temporary homes with a package of electrical appliances, such as stoves to cook food. The assistance is worth an estimated US$160 million dollars and benefits over 280,000 people.
Japanese Red Cross staff and volunteers have distributed more than 26,000 emergency kits, more than 125,500 blankets and 183,000 pieces of clothing. These supplies are aimed at assisting up to 100,000 people. Red Cross is also working with local authorities in making daily life more bearable for those in evacuation centres by providing hot showers and basic sanitation.More than 579 Japanese Red Cross medical teams, totalling about 3,000 staff, including doctors and nurses, have been providing vital medical care to those hit by the disaster. Red Cross is also offering personal support to affected people.
The disaster
The worst-affected areas stretch over a distance of almost 600 kilometres. More than a million people still do not have water and/or electricity.
More than 135,000 houses have been destroyed or damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. More than 188,000 people remain displaced or evacuated to about 2,200 evacuation centres across the affected region in north east Japan.
Authorities evacuated more than 200,000 people from the 20-kilometre exclusion zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant due to leaks of radiation. Red Cross staff and volunteers are playing a key role in caring for thousands of people evacuated from the 20-kilometre exclusion zone surrounding the affected Fukushima plants. Red Cross is not working within the exclusion zone.
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You can help
Australian Red Cross has launched the Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal 2011. You can assist those people affected by the earthquake by making a donation. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.The funds raised through this appeal will be used to support communities affected by the earthquake in Japan and the resultant tsunami that reached numerous countries around the Pacific Rim and within the Pacific Ocean. The funds will be used to:
Provide earthquake and tsunami affected communities, displaced families and their host families with emergency relief, equipment and recovery assistance
Send specialist aid workers to assist in relief, recovery and longer term disaster management operations
Support the work of Japanese Red Cross Society and other Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from affected countries in assisting people devastated by this disaster.
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Here is an extract of the certificate that shows that we are a legitimate fundraising event, please email us if you would like a copy. All proceeds from the purchase of artworks, donations collected at the Magnitude 9 Exhibition at Mils Gallery between 11-15 May will be going directly to this Red Cross Appeal.
LETTER OF AUTHORITY FOR COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING
Thank you for choosing Australian Red Cross as a beneficiary of your upcoming fundraising activity.This Letter confirms that your fundraiser has been approved by Red Cross.
Proposed fundraising event details:Mavis Number/ Supporter Number: 26543119Name/description of your fundraiser: Magnitude 9 ExhibitionHow funds will be raised: Sales of artworkDate(s) of activity: 11/05/11 – 15/05/11
Receipts / Tax deductable qualifications
As a registered Red Cross fundraiser, any transactions will follow the standard procedures set out by the Red Cross Emergency Appeal Fundraising Guide.
As a registered Red Cross fundraiser, any transactions will follow the standard procedures set out by the Red Cross Emergency Appeal Fundraising Guide.
A donor receipt form will be filled out and sent back to Red Cross once the fundraising activity is finished. Red Cross will then organise for receipts to be sent to each donor.
It is important to note that the Australian Tax Office have ruled that donations are not tax deductable if a person receives goods or services in return for their money (i.e. the purchase of services/items, raffle/auction/competition tickets or event entry tickets). For more information on this, go to the Australian Tax Office website – www.ato.gov.au
If people need a receipt for a donated goods or services, please contact the Australian Taxation Office. We cannot give tax advice relating to these details, please confirm with your financial adviser.
