ADRA in the Media
ADRA appears in various media throughout Australia. Below are news clippings from reports about ADRA and its work.
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Global effort helps many
Gold Coast Bulletin
13/11/2008
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an international Protestant Church with more than 15 million members.
Appeal finishes
Murray Valley Standard
4/11/2008
The Annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency Appeal has been greatly supported by people in the Murraylands.
Collector thanks locals
Perth Echo
1/11/2008
Les Barrett a 75 year-old local collector for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency [ADRA] has been very impressed with the generosity of people and businesses from the Midland, Bellevue, Stratton, Midvale and Mundaring Industrial areas.
Churches work together to spread festive spirit
Busselton Dunsborough Times
31/10/2008
Local charity and aid organisations met last week to discuss plans for this year's Christmas Appeal.
A flood of volunteers
Hawkesbury Courier
30/10/2008
A major flooding of the Haweksbury Napean River system was the scenario during an evacuation exercise held last Thursday, October 23.
ADRA Appeal in November
East Gippsland News
29/10/2008
During the month of
November collectors will call on as many homes as possible in and
around Bairnsdale, and at traffic lights on Saturday, November 1 and 8,
seeking funds for its community disaster and relief programs in
Australia, the Pacific Islands and around the world.
Appeal helping those in need
Murray Valley Standard
21/10/2008
The annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency Appeal began last Sunday, with Murray Bridge's Ron and Nita Clarke coordinating the charity event.
Mexican-themed dinner set to raise funds
Dubbo Mailbox Shopper
15/10/2008
The Seventh Day Adventist Church is organising a fundraising evening for Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) on Saturday October 25.
Knock Knock
Northside Courier (Canberra)
14/10/2008
On the Saturday afternoon of October 18 youth and other members of the National Seventh-day Adventist Church will doorknock the suburbs on the Annual ADRA (Adventist development and relief agency) appeal...
Help others live
Penrith Press
19/8/2008
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is running its annual door-knocking appeal until September 6.
Pedalling for poverty
Queensland Times
9/8/2008
A group of fundraisers returned to Ipswich Adventist School yesterday after a mammoth cycling trip from Rockhampton on Monday.
Message in a Bottle
Lakes Mail
22/5/2008
An Avondale College
theology lecturer has collected a bottle of messages in support of health
services for women and children in developing countries.
Local aid to head to Burma
North Side Courier
21/5/2008
The Wahroonga-based
Adventist Development and Relief Agency Australia says it is hopeful it will get
an emergency specialist into Burma this week.
Adventists help Burma
Hornsby and Upper North Shore Advocate
15/5/2008
A Wahroonga-based
aid agency has responded to the emergency in Burma after it was hit by a
devastating cyclone on May 4.
Moving out
Albert and Logan News
6/2/2008
After more than 14 years at Argonaut Shopping Centre in Kingston, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency community op shop has move to 31 Station Road, Logan Central, near Centrelink.
ADRA appeal under way in 'Bridge
Murray Valley Standard
19/10/2007
The annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA Australia) appeal got under way in Murray Bridge on Monday.
Doorknock fundraising for humanitarian projects
Murray Valley Standard
12/10/2007
A knock on your door over the next two weeks could be a volunteer collecting for the Annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Appeal.
Rwanda: Operation Open Heart, Another Blessing At King Faisal Hospital
New Times (Kigali)
8/10/2007
Operation Open Heart is a volunteer Cardiac Surgical Programme that has been operating since 1986. The team will be visiting the country in a near future.
Staff Empty Pockets
Blacktown Advocate
26/9/2007
Blacktown's Adventist Development and Relief Agency centre has received over $4000 towards its latest project.
Myer supports ADRA Project in Blacktown
netAdventist.com
12/9/2007
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) community centre in Blacktown, Sydney, has received more than $4000 from a local department store to assist its “trauma bags for kids” project.
Door knock a success
Gladstone Observer
31/8/2007
On behalf of ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency), I would like to convey a message of thanks to all the people in Gladstone area who contributed to the recent door knock appeal.
Adventist charity appeal
Fairfield City Champion
29/8/2007
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) will be calling on you for support during its annual door knock appeal, which started on August 11.
ADRA donations greatly appreciated
Gladstone Observer
10/8/2007
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)'s 91st door-knock appeal will be conducted in Queensland from August 22 to 24.
ADRA appeal needs volunteers
Bayside Star
08/8/2007
Local residents are being urged to lend a hand to help with the annual Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) door-knock appeal.
Relief agency would like to do much more
Northern Star
24/7/2007
Joy Hall and Lena Willis are used to handing out blankets and food, but they wish they could do more.
'Bags of Love' a comfort to kids
Toowoomba Chronicle
18/7/2007
It can be difficult to comfort the children of illegal drug manufacturers. But the Toowoomba Central Adventist Church has stepped up to warm these children's lives.
Postcard: Cambodia
ABC Online: Sunday Nights with John Cleary
01/7/2007
Noel Debien speaks with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency's David Cowled - where he leads ADRA's programmes in Siemreap (Cambodia).
Anniversary for ADRA
Western Weekender-Blacktown City Guardian
22/6/2007
Blacktown's Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) celebrated three years of providing assistance to the local community last week.
Hats off to our unsung heroes
Sun Herald
17/6/2007
As the floodwaters in the Hunter and Central Coast recede and crews move in to repair the damage, we should publicly thank and celebrate the thousands of people who helped their communities withstand the disaster.
Help in a crisis
Rouse Hill Times & Blacktown Advocate
13/6/2007
THE Adventist Development and Relief Agency community centre has celebrated three years of supporting people in crisis.
Postcard: Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
ABC Online: Sunday Nights with John Cleary
20/5/2007
Noel Debien speaks with Marlon Butler, program manager for the Adventist Development and Relief Agencu in Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi.
Conference rooms opened
Toowoomba Chronicle
01/5/2007
AUSTRALIAN Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has officially opened The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Bell Street Conference Rooms.
Cooking course a success
The Murray Valley Standard
26/4/2007
ANOTHER in the popular series of basic cooking courses sponsored by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia has just been successfully completed in the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Community Centre in Murray Bridge.
Aid agency joins Solomons relief
Hornsby Advocate
12/4/2007
A WAHROONGA-based aid agency is responding to the needs of survivors from last week's earthquake-triggered tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands.
Stress-free Binga Hits the High Notes
Sydney Morning Herald
21/1/2007
Ten years ago, when Brett Lee was in hospital encased in a plaster cast from his neck to his tail bone because of stress fractures in his lower back, a doctor said he'd be lucky to lead a normal life again - let alone bowl express pace.
Emergency is over for now
Wagga Wagga Daily Advertiser15/1/2007
Cootamundra evacuees returned home at noon yesterday after two nights spent at motels, friends' houses and out of town after Friday's order to leave their homes.
Assistance for beekeepers
Ararat Advertiser12/1/2007
The Adventist Development And Relief Agency have combined with the Willaura Lions Club to provide further assistance to beekeepers who lost 3000 beehives in the 2006 Grampians and Anakie bushfires.
Kadina Churches Help Children Raising Children
Yorke Peninsula Country Times5/12/2006
Proceeds of this years Kadina Combined Churches Christmas Famine Appeal will go to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to help with its Southern Africa Food Security and AIDS Response Initiative.
Kadina Combined Churches Christmas Famine Appeal
Yorke Peninsula Country Times28/11/2006
The Kadina Combined Churches Christmas Famine Appeal in on once again.
Door-knockers Raise $3500
Sydney Inner-West Weekly7/9/2006
Almost $3500 was raised by Year 7-10 students from Sydney Adventist College in just a few hours one morning last week.
