(PEACC) At the last count, councils across New South Wales had already donated $136,000 to charities of their choice to support the victims of the South Asian Earthquake. The appeal was launched by PEACC in October and was supported by NSW Local Government and Shires Association. Council donations have ranged from $1000 to $50,000. The City of Sydney topped the list with $50,000 followed by Fairfield's pledge of $15,000, and Sutherland and Baulkham Hills donating $10,000 each.

A list of donor councils is attached below:

Council	Donation
Ashfield	8000
Baulkham Hills	10000
Canterbury Council	5000
Cessnock	1000
City of Sydney	50000
Fairfield	15000
Leichhardt Council	5000
Maitland	2000
Marrickville Council	5000
Newcastle	5000
Parramatta Council	5000
Randwick	5000
Ryde	5000
Sutherland	10000
Waverly Council	5000
Total to date	136000

 

PEACC is informed that a number of other councils are set to follow in December.  

In addition to the above donations, a number of councils including Marrickville, Leichhardt, Ryde and City of Sydney have also conducted their own community and/or staff fundraising.

To express the gratitude of the Australian-Pakistani community, PEACC will be sending letters of thanks to all councils for their generosity. Together with its supporting organisation, PEACC is also planning on organising a "Thank You Australia" event on Sunday February 19^th 2006 to thank everyone for their support of this worthy cause. Further details of this event will be made public at a later date.