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What I’m buying my family for Christmas
Ho! Ho! Ho! Years ago, I cracked the Christmas code: I buy people books.
The eight-year-old who built a school
So this is probably going to get me in trouble, but here goes: To the billions of people living in the developing world … we’re all ‘Karens’.
Barefooters Dig Deep
I work at Foodbank NSW & ACT, and I just want to say a huge THANK YOU on behalf of our team for the shout-out in your last column! Yesterday alone we received over $135,000 in donations, which we believe is mainly due to your call out. These donations will go a long way in helping us to continue distributing crisis hampers to those affected by the floods across the state. Thank you again!
There’s Always Someone Doing it Tougher
Hi Scott, I’m a flight attendant who has just been laid off. It’s a bit scary not knowing when or if I’ll get my job back, but thanks to you we’re okay for now — we have Mojo enough to last us for several months.
Cashier Kindness
Hi Scott, How fantastic that you shouted that guy his meal! I was myself behind a lady in the queue at Coles recently and saw she had her groceries scanned and bagged, and for good measure her son had started tucking into some snacks from the bags.