Our first event – Music for Blankets, raised 842 blankets!

The team at 300 Blankets would like to thank everyone who came and supported Music for Blankets on the 12th of May 2012.  The musicians who performed on the night were absolutely sensational! Atkinson Jones; Sophea Hay and Joanna Tran; Graham and Sinead Horne; Joel Velasco, Christian Velasco and Rupert Lugo; Yu

Music for Blankets, 5pm Saturday 12th May – as featured in mX

Featured on page 4 of yesterday’s mX, 300 Blankets will be holding its first fundraising event tomorrow in a spectacular fashion. Music for Blankets will be held at Fabrique Bar – 272 City Road, with doors opening at 5:00pm. We have an awesome line up of amazing musicians and bands,

Music for Blankets this Saturday, 12 May 2012

We’re super excited! Everything is set for what will be an amazing night of performances, artwork and community warmth.  Doors open at 5:00 and performances start at 5:30 so make sure you are there early to not miss out on anything.  Tickets can still be purchased at www.trybooking.com/BJPB or at

300 Blankets proudly supporting St Vincent de Paul Society

The journey of 300 Blankets began with a meeting with Brian, a manager of a soup van for St Vincent de Paul.  It was in the discussion with Brian that we learnt that the Vinnies soup vans operate every night of the year to support and feed the disadvantaged.  On

Who 300 Blankets is helping

Hi friends, firstly I’d like to thank you all for your show of support. The team at 300 Blankets and I are so excited about the awareness and engagement we’re building about homelessness in our community and our fundraising initiatives. Recently, I was asked by a friend, “How do people

300 Blankets presents Music for Blankets

We have officially launched our first event! After months of planning, 300 Blankets have launched the first fundraising event – Music for Blankets.  This is an incredible moment for our team.  We have been working tirelessly on finding the right location to hold an event that we collectively and as

Our work thus far.

It is our ‘soft’ launch tonight. Feeling rather anxious, (a bit stressed) but no doubt we are all very incredibly excited! Who would of known all of this all started after an almost wasted half of a Sunday, after Waz and I decided on a spontaneous brunch catch up. ‘Soo..what’s your

300 Blankets – Pre Launch Meeting

The 300 Blankets management team sat down for the final meeting before our official launch today.  Sitting in the back of the library as we approached the 4th hour mark of the meeting, we thought to ourselves that we truly have the best, most dedicated management team.  It was a

300 Blankets meeting @ Fabrique

Amanda (Event 1 manager) and I re-visited Fabrique to confirm the dates and time of our first event.  In today’s meeting we went through our plans and marketing strategies with managers Thai and Jason and they gave us amazing advice and tips on how to make great events.  These guys

300 Blankets proudly supports Hanover

After visiting Hanover several times, 300 Blankets is proud to announce our support of this wonderful organisation.  The fantastic staff at the homeless organisation has provided 300 Blankets with extensive insight the current homeless situation in Melbourne and Australia.  We are also in talks with the organisation to have a