Thank You for
Making a Difference!
This year, our ask was simple:
Go blue
Dress or decorate in blue, Dolly's favourite colour.
Donate
Your donation helps deliver bullying prevention and online safety programs across Australia
Fundraise
Help support anti-bullying initiatives and stop other precious lives being lost to bullying.
Be kind
To everyone and everything you see, a little kindness goes a long way.
The Power of Partnerships: Elevating Do It For Dolly Day with Essencemediacom
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Meet our Do It For Dolly Day champions!
Hear the real stories behind Do It For Dolly Day 2024, and understand why they decided to take part.
Luke, Farmer, Moama NSW
Luke is a proud father of two teenage boys and a third generation farmer from NSW. He keeps fit and connects with community through an epic training program that sees him doing Ironman and ultra-triathlons throughout the year. His most epic achievement to date has been to complete Ultraman Australia, a three day event, that required a 10 km swim, 420 km bike and an 84 km run. When his community experienced the loss of a young person from bullying, he was motivated to dedicate his fitness feats to prevent bullying in their community. So this Do It For Dolly Day, he’s organising a group swim in the Murray to raise awareness, build strong bonds and fundraise amongst friends. Water temperature in the Murray River at Moama in May is around 10 degrees so another big challenge awaits Luke this year for “Do it For Dolly Day”.
Katie, Primary School Teacher, Moe VIC
Katie is a proud Taribelang Bunda woman, Kurnai Language teacher and 5/6 classroom teacher. Katie is one of a small but passionate team of teachers who greet every one of their 140 students by name each morning at the school gate, as part of their focus on promoting kindness for everyone. As a teacher, Katie knows she has an important job to demonstrate compassion and empathy. Because when students feel safe and cared for, they’re more likely to have higher self esteem, greater engagement and produce better outcomes. This Do It For Dolly Day, Katie and all the students and staff at Albert St Primary School will dress up in every shade of blue and celebrate kindness all day.
Nicky, BMX Champion, WA
Nicky is an international BMX champ and a fifo air con refrigeration mechanic based in WA. And in these roles, she meets all sorts of people all over the world. Whether it’s a little aspiring BMX rider, or a fifo colleague, she brings her trademark pragmatism, generosity and kindness to every exchange. They’re lessons she’s learnt growing up in the tight knit rural community of Katherine where she was a family friend of the Everetts. Nicky now has a mission to spread kindness all over the world, and this Do It For Dolly Day, she’ll be selling unique blue Dolly BMX jerseys to fundraise and show her true colours to her global audience.
Gill & Donna, Walkers and Friends, SA
Gill and Donna have a long-lasting friendship built around walking across the Simpson desert. During their bi-annual trek, they climb 1000 sand dunes, and walk 20 kms a day, which they achieve by challenging eachother to push a little harder every day, in the way only old friends can. They want to see a world where their grandkids grow up safe and happy, with healthy friendships like theirs. So this Do It For Dolly Day, they are planning a new desert walk where they’ll fundraise and proudly fly their Dolly’s Dream blue across the red centre.
Thank you for sharing the Dolly’s Dream message to be kind and speak, even if your voice shakes.
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Do It For Dolly Day Resources
We have a huge range of Do It For Dolly Day 2024 resources, stocking you up with everything you need to promote your participation including posters, social media graphics, bunting, Zoom backgrounds, email banners and much more.
Frequently Asked Questions
All the questions that you may have about Do It For Dolly Day!
Banking your Do It For Dolly Day Fundraising
We are so grateful for your participation in Do It For Dolly Day and want to make sure that your funds are allocated correctly, here’s how.
