Thank you to so many!
We want to say a BIG thank you to all the generous businesses, individuals, organisations and volunteers that have helped us open the doors in 2016! Now, 7 years later, in 2023 we thank the church community at Lifeway Christian Church and our Key Partners that generously help us continue to Pour Out Love at Little Teapot, a home away from home for many!
2023 Key Partners
Lifeway Christian Church
Little Teapot members
All our volunteers
Derham Transport
Lara District Community Bank - Lara Branch
Baptist Union of Victoria
Baptist Camping Victoria
The Aviary Cafe - Norlane
Deb Walker Accounting
Once we opened these wonderful people and organisations also made a difference..
In 2017 we were so grateful to the Geelong Community Foundation for their generous grant that enabled us to get outdoor blinds for both outdoor eating and play spaces! To help us in summer 2018 we are also very grateful to the Lara District Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank who have become new Major Sponsors and our Key Supporters Terry and Yolande Cleary from Ray White that have provided much better air conditioning for Little Teapot! Thank you! In the winter of 2018 one of our Major Sponsors, the Lara District Community Bank, very generously donated funds to allow us to put astroturf in all the playspaces at Little Teapot! Everyone is so grateful! In 2019 The Geelong Community Foundation and the Lara District Community Bank partnered together
to help us with our Summer Cooling Project! We were able to install a shade sail, fans and improve ventilation with reconfigured outdoor blinds, we are so grateful. In 2020 the Lara District Community Bank sponsored two online groups for new mums that may have missed out on meeting other mums in Lara during COVID.
In 2021 we were so very grateful for a generous donation left to us from one of our precious volunteers Pauline Lavaars, as well as a donation from Hillview Sand that have helped us considerably during the challenging times of COVID. As well as this a recent timely anonymous donation in 2022 has helped us kickstart our Teapot Family membership drive, along with a further donation from Pellicano Creative Consulting - Public Speaking Training, we are so very grateful for these donations. In 2022 we've also started a partnership with long terms friends at The Aviary Cafe in Norlane, an incredible Social Enterprise. The Lara District Community Bank have also sponsored our Parents Groups in Terms 2 - 4 of 2022 to help us establish our memberships program, they have also gifted 10 x Teapot Family memberships to nominated families!
2022 - Memberships started - All our Little Teapot members help us keep providing a home away from home for many!
In 2023 we have been generously funded for our 'Families Finding Community' project by the Lara District Community Bank to help encourage our Membership program, including our Girls Night In, donated memberships, Teapot Time as well as our Just For You events, Parents Groups and generous vouchers for every new baby born in Lara in 2023!
We also received a generous donation from Christine Ohra-Aho and her family as they chose Little Teapot for friends and family to donate to at Christine's funeral. The Commonwealth Bank in Lara also awarded us a donation in 2023.
In 2023 two wonderful organisations have begun partnership with us, the Baptist Union of Victoria and Baptist Camping Victoria. We are very grateful for their encouragement and generous support. We also continue to be so very grateful to Derham Transport and their ongoing support and generosity as well as Deb Walker Accounting.
Lifeway Christian Church continues to support Little Teapot in many ways on top of a number of the church members volunteering at Little Teapot. The church also support us financially through letting us use the premises rent free, installing Solar Panels and through financially donating to the mission of Little Teapot.
We thank God for all of these incredible individuals and organisations who have given generously as well as the many volunteers who serve week in and week out at Little Teapot, we couldn't serve the community as we do if it wasn't for everyone's generosity.
Our Original Major Partners
Lifeway Christian Church
Baptcare
Derham Transport
Hillview Sand
Kardinia Church (Playcafe)
Colin LeSueur Building
Chris Whitworth Design
Upright Building Concepts
Storage King North Geelong
Redeemed Pallets
Followed by..
Pellicano Creative Consulting - Public Speaking Training
Geelong Community Foundation
Lara District Community Bank - Branch of Bendigo Bank
A special mention for Pauline Lavaars and her family
A special mention to Christine Ohra-Aho and her family
Baptist Camping Victoria
Baptist Union of Victoria
City of Greater Geelong - Community Grant
Terry and Yolande Cleary
Commonwealth Bank - Lara
Our original supporting organisations
Little Lambs Playgroup
Goodstart Early Learning - Lara
Maternal Child and Health Centre
You Yangs Medical Clinic
Our Original Supporters
Platform Advisors
Beaumont Tiles
O'Shannessy Tiling
The Stuffed Pepper
Deb Walker Accounting
BSA Building Surveyors
CLS Electrical
S.T. Roofing and Plumbing
A.B.Ritchie Consulting Engineer
Toronga Design & Drafting
MC Concreting
The Pickers Union Cafe
Steeline JH Stephenson
Godfreys Geelong North
Tom Clark
Time Art Photography
Panther Tyres
LB Glass
Little Puddles
Belijoy Baking
Moss Wheaton
Coates Hire South Melbourne
Chris LeSueur
Prestige Signs