Songs that celebrate our volunteers
For National Volunteer Week, we asked our Kookaburra Kids community a simple question: What song reminds you of volunteering, connection, resilience, community, camp memories, or…
An incredible result for year one of the 42 Challenge!
The 42 Challenge has officially wrapped for 2026! And what an incredible first year it’s been. ✅ 130 fundraisers ✅ 57,884 minutes of movement ✅…
Three incredible volunteers. Over 450 hours each.
A huge thank you to Scott, Ian and Jordan, who have each contributed more than 450 volunteer hours with Kookaburra Kids so far in 2026….
From Kookaburra Kid to Volunteer – Konrad’s Story
Konrad was just 10 years old when he attended his first Kookaburra Kids camp, our very first camp back in 2002. Growing up, life felt…
Every act of kindness starts with a reason.
During National Student Volunteer Week in August, we celebrating the theme “Powered by Purpose”, a reminder that behind every student who volunteers, there’s a powerful…
Shoutout to Ryan for 500 Hours of Volunteering!
Let’s give a massive round of applause to Ryan, who’s officially hit 500 hours of volunteering with Kookaburra Kids! Ryan brings empathy, energy, and encouragement…
Purpose for Volunteers
We absolutely love our volunteers. We couldn’t do what we do without their support. Sometimes it’s a win-win scenario: our volunteers receive joy from contributing…
National Volunteer Week – Tuesday
Our wonderful volunteers were certainly busy last financial year! We rely so heavily on the valuable contributions of our volunteers to run our programs and…
National Volunteer Week – Monday
It is #2022NationalVolunteerWeek and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers for all that they do to support our organisation and our…
Vote for Tracey in the Westfield Local Heroes Competition!
CONGRATULATIONS to our wonderful volunteer Tracey who has been selected as a finalist for the Westfield Local Heroes Awards! With a $10,000 grant for our…
Volunteer Spotlight – Meet Dave!
We would to introduce you to Dave – Volunteer Extraordinaire! Our QLD #KookaburraKids and families might recognise him from our QLD based Activity Days. Dave…
Staff highlight – Erin
We’ve got another awesome profile to share, this time from one of our Program Coordinators, Erin! She’s been kind enough to answer a few questions…