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25.01.2022 Did someone say they wanted some fun Friday facts? 1. Cassowary birds (Australian) lay bright green eggs & have striped chicks, before changing colour as they grow. 2. Your Dog is as smart as a 2-Year-Old toddler.... 3. A shrimp's heart is in its head. 4. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is believed to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 5. North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can't buy Coca-Cola. 6. The entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles. 7. Horses and cows sleep while standing up. 8. Rats breed so quickly that in just 18 months, 2 rats could have created over 1 million relatives. 9. An eagle’s eyes are at least four times sharper than a human’s. 10. When you donate quality baby clothes to Friends of Jedda, you directly help little bubs in rural, remote & isolated communities You could also make a tax deductible financial donation via our website www.friendsofjedda.com.au FriendsOfJedda #MumshelpingMums #PayingItForward #CleanOutYourCupboard #BeingKindIsFree #FunFriday

24.01.2022 Drowning is a one of the leading causes of unintentional death for Australian children. Statistics from Australia’s National Drowning Report by the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia shows that in 2017/2018: Children 0-4 years 18 CHILDREN DROWNED. ... Drownings in swimming pools accounted for 67% of these deaths. 20 seconds and only a few centimetres of water is all it takes for a child to drown. More than 30,000 km of beach surrounds mainland Australia and that’s not including the 17,000km+ that surrounds our off-shore islands. This amounts to 10,685 named significant beaches! So teaching your child from an early age to swim, is vitally important in water safety. Not only do swimming lessons teach valuable life saving skills, it also helps your child to socialise, exercise, strengthen their muscles, increase cardio and promotes endorphins, which helps with feeling happier, healthier and less stressed. #FriendsofJedda

23.01.2022 Do your children love (or loved) The Wiggles like our CEO does? Children love nothing better than to dance around singing & clapping to their songs, here are some Friday Fun Facts about.....The Wiggles..... The Wiggles are an Australian children’s music group, forming in Sydney in 1991.... Since 2013, the group members are Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, and Emma Watkins. The original members were Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Field and Fatt were members of the Australian pop band The Cockroaches in the 1980s. Captain Feathersword trained to be an opera singer and has a degree in music. Greg Page, the original Yellow Wiggle, is an Elvis fanatic and owned the fourth largest personal Elvis collection in the world before donating it to an Elvis museum. They were listed at the top of Business Review Weekly's top-earning Australian entertainers four years in a row, and earned A$45 million in 2009. The Wiggles now make approx $30 million year, average. Current members include Anthony (Blue Wiggle) Simon (Red Wiggle) Lachy (Purple Wiggle) & Emma (Yellow Wiggle). The Wiggles have enjoyed almost universal approval throughout their history, and their music has been played in pre-schools all over the world. They have earned multiple Platinum, Double Platinum and Multi-Platinum records; have sold 23 million DVDs and 7 million CDs; and have performed, on average, to one million people per year. Happy Wiggle-ing

22.01.2022 If anyone you know has been affected by the floods & requires urgent packages of baby clothes, please contact us. Our hearts are breaking for all of you Please share our information & do not be ashamed to please reach out.

20.01.2022 At Friends of Jedda, when we send to our very remote locations, surrounded by the red dirt of the outback, we try to limit the amount of white clothing we send. Instead, we send lots of bright colourful clothes to our desert babies. This 10kg box is off to our new friends in Ramingining in the NT, via the Bula’Bula Arts Centre . Bula'bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation Bula’bula Arts Aboriginal Corporation ‘the cultural heart of Ramingining community’, is situated in the remot...e community of Ramingining in North East Arnhem Land, surrounded by the Arafura wetlands. Bula’bula Arts is an Aboriginal owned and governed, not for profit organisation with its core objective being to preserve and foster Yolngu culture. The Yolngu (people) of Ramingining and surrounding outstations have a compelling material culture producing works of deep ritual and spiritual significance. #FriendsOfJedda #MumshelpingMums #PayingItForward #CleanOutYourCupboard #BeingKindIsFree #BeKind

17.01.2022 The Aunties of Ramingining Aboriginal communities are hierarchical structures. Elders can hold a lot of power. Elders are usually addressed with "uncle" or "aunty" which in this context are terms of respect. They are used for people held in esteem, generally older people who have earned that respect. ... At many activities and events the protocol is "elders first". This custom has its origins in traditional culture where elders were the first to receive the best bits of food. Then and now it's a gesture of respect for the knowledge and wisdom holders of the community. In these pictures the Aunties of Ramingining are inspecting the baby clothes Friends of Jedda recently sent their community, which took just over 3 weeks to arrive Thank you to the lovely Sally Annaliese for the pictures. #friendsofjedda Explanation source: Creative Spirits

17.01.2022 Merry Christmas from our family to yours We would like to gratefully acknowledge all the wonderful supporters of Friends of Jedda during 2020. Your pre loved baby clothes, financial donations and amazing support, has contributed to bringing a smile to the faces of so many mums and bubs all over Australia.... We feel honoured and grateful to be able to do what we do. You help us, to help others. Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year, from the Friends of Jedda Committee members and their families. #friendsofjedda

16.01.2022 Our CEO, Jedda, knows that reading is vital for developing literacy, a good vocabulary and a vivid imagination. But with increasingly interactive electronic books that enable independent reading from a younger age, we may be losing sight of the value of reading not only with, but also to, our kids. What are some of the benefits of reading to children?... 1) Bonding. Reading provides a wonderful opportunity for you and your child to connect. 2) Listening skills. 3) Cognitive and language development. 4) Expanded vocabulary. 5 Assists with better attention span. 6) Creativity. 7) Social and emotional development. #friendsofjedda See more

13.01.2022 Interview with the CEO Jedda, after collecting good quality baby clothes, sizes 00000-1, what do you do then?? In QLD, my Mum and Dad immediately sort the clothes for quality assurance. Approximately a quarter of the items we receive are not able to be sent due to their condition ... We then seperate the clothes into sizes and then wash the clothes in size bundles with a hypo-allergenic wash. Once dried, we then re-check quality, flat fold and either package up or store in size appropriate containers and then redistribute to our new friends in rural, remote and isolated areas. Our other states like WA where Aunty Dion is, or Victoria where Aunty Sian is, might do things slightly differently, but all with the same outcome, that is, to help bring a smile to the faces of new mums. Please DM us if you have any good quality baby clothes for collection. #FriendsOfJedda #MumshelpingMums #PayingItForward #CleanOutYourCupboard #BeingKindIsFree #BeKind

11.01.2022 Did you know that a financial donation for as little as $20 to Friends of Jedda , helps us to; Buy a postage satchel Post to anywhere in Australia AND Sends approximately 1.5kgs of good quality baby clothes!... Please visit our website if you would like to spread some financial Christmas cheer via PayPal or card transaction. DM us if you require a tax invoice and we can provide this to you immediately. Thank you for helping us to help others https://friendsofjedda.com.au/donate

05.01.2022 Friends of Jedda Committee members, would like to respectfully acknowledge the below; That this ANZAC Day, like all others before, we commemorate those Australian and New Zealand Defence Personnel, who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". We acknowledge that not all wounds are visible. ... That some return home to their families never the same, and that some never return home at all. We are proud to state that 3 of our committee members have served their Country in the Royal Australian Air Force, that being Dee, Dion and Sian. Dee and Sian enlisted at the same time in the same recruit course, 13/96. Dee’s postings included RAAFSTT, EDN, RAAFSUCAN, HQNORCOM and she discharged in 2001 at the rank of LACW. Sian’s postings included RAAFSTT, Glenbrook and Butterworth (Malaysia) and she discharged in 2003 at the rank of CPL. Dion enlisted in 1992. Postings included 501WG, Weapons & Drill Instructor at 1RTU, 1AFDS and DMO. Dion discharged at the rank of SGT in 2003. Both Dee and Dion’s fathers also served in the Royal Australian Air Force. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. Lest we forget

01.01.2022 We have made it to December in 2020 - wahooooo. Lets celebrate with FUN FRIDAY! And all things BABIES because we LOVE babies and think they are absolutely magnificent beings. I'm sure you agree! 1. Babies are born to groove! Talk about tiny dancers. Studies have proven that babies are born with an innate sense of rhythm. While they may not be able to bust a move quite yet, research shows that babies have an instinctive ability to respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and m...Continue reading