Can You Help Me Make Bail? (Editors Note)

Not long after setting foot back on Australian soil after a very fun five weeks in the United States, I find myself being hauled off to jail!

4MK’s Jingle Jail that is.

I will be joining Rob Kidd this Saturday morning at Porters Mitre 10 Mackay City, singing for my supper (not literally, I’m a terrible singer) to be released from Jingle Jail. I’ll be there from 9:30 – 10am, so if you’d like a chat then I’d love the company!

It’s all for a good cause of course, I need to raise $1,000 to make bail and all proceeds will be donated to Real Mates Talk.

Did you know that around three-quarters of the people who die by suicide in the Whitsunday, Isaac and Mackay region are men?  

The Real Mates Talk men’s campaign intends to prevent suicide attempts and deaths of men in our community and support them to connect with others and live well. Our Whitsunday-based journalist Declan is a Real Mates Talk ambassador, it’s a cause that’s important to our entire team.

While it’s fun to explore new places, there really is no place like home. I’m happy to be back in Mackay (humidity and all) reconnecting with the community again. My biggest thanks goes to our amazing team at Mackay and Whitsunday Life. It takes a village to produce a weekly newspaper, and everyone had to step up to cover me while I was away. I’ll especially miss Sam’s weekly column, I enjoyed reading them online while I was in the USA.

That’s the great thing about having an online publication, from the other side of the world I still felt connected to the community through turning the virtual pages. Although, there’s nothing like the physical paper in your hands on a Friday morning, enjoying a coffee at your favourite café to see what’s been happening in your community.

If you would like to help me make bail, you can donate to Real mates Talk by visiting www.mycause.com.au and searching Jingle Jail. Don’t forget to put my name in the reference!

Amanda

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