The 2008 Lifestart Winter Ball is on Saturday 16 August at Acer Arena. See Events for more details.

Lifestart Eastern Suburbs will be holding their annual Family Fun & Kite Day on Sunday 31 August. This year a special addition will be a car boot market. If you’d like to clear out your garage and help our special kids, contact Area Coordinator Lou Limoges on 9344 4081 to book your space now.

Families and staff in Nepean are starting the new term located in Lifestart Nepean’s new premises at 8-10 Carinya Avenue, St Mary’s (cnr. of Cana Street & Carinya Avenue). The contact number for the centre remains the same on 02-9623 2100. A very excited Area Co-ordinator Deb Emelhain said staff and parents worked hard to refit the centre in time for the new term and that an open day will be held later in the term so they can “show it off”.

The night of Saturday, 5 July saw 150 guests celebrating Christmas in July in the Westpac corporate offices in Kent Street. With a magnificent view over the lights of Darling Harbour and fine catering courtesy of Westpac Corporate Catering, guests opened their hearts to raise over $70,000 for Lifestart. Guests picked up some bargains from the wonderful array of items on offer and MC Vic Lorusso once again demonstrated his top-class auctioneering skills.

So many people contributed to the success of the evening, but special mention must be made of Karen Titterton who headed the organizing committee and the generous major sponsor Hillross Financial Services. Mention must also be made of Jason Kerr, Naomi Jones, Wine Brothers, Enhanced Entertainment, Divine Events, Harasty’s and all the Lifestart mums and dads, relatives, friends and staff who supported the evening.

Picture: l .to r. Theresa Rizk, Peter Rizk, Fiona Phipps, Patrick Haddad, Kate Haddad, Rebecca Betros, Dr. Fred Betros

Date: Saturday, 16th August        Time: 7pm till late

Compere: Vic Lorusso (Network 10) Auctioneer: Michael Hawkins (True Blue Collectables) Entertainment: Jellybean Jam

Tickets: $150 per person

On Saturday 16 August The Grand Ballroom, Acer Arena will be transported into a winter wonderland for the annual Lifestart Winter Ball. This black-tie evening is a major fundraising event for Lifestart Co-operative and offers an exciting live auction, a silent auction with a great range of items, products and services and fabulous raffles with something for everyone. Kicking off with champagne and canapes at 7pm and continuing with fabulous wine, food and dancing, this is an event not to be missed. Book your tickets now or simply make a tax deductible donation and help our Special Kids get the start in life they deserve!

Bookings or to make a donation - click here for Showbiz booking link.

Accommodation bookings for the Novotel and Ibis Hotels at Olympic Park may be made by phoning o2 8289 8592. Event enquiries contact ball2008@lifestart.org.au.

The annual Lifestart Winter Ball is here again offering a magical night of fine wine, food and entertainment.

The Parents & Friends organizing committee is hard at work putting together a wonderful night. A special feature of the evening will be a computerised silent auction system that displays bidding progress on items on the large screen. Special sponsorship packages are available and donations to the live and silent auctions are still very welcome. If you can assist please contact Sam on ball2008@lifestart.org.au.

For more information go to Events.