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ABC asks Australians to give 90 minutes of kindness to mark 90 years

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The ABC is inviting Australians to give to their communities by volunteering their time to help those less fortunate.

The campaign #ABC90for90 was launched during National Volunteering Week and plays a central role in the ABC’s celebrations to mark the broadcaster’s 90th year.

Director of ABC Regional and Local, Judith Whelan, said the organisation was asking Australians to pledge 90 minutes to a cause of their choice to help neighbours, friends, families or anyone in need in the community.

“Volunteers play a vital role in our community and through the pandemic we have seen formal participation rates drop by as much as 30 per cent,” she said.  “In this, our 90th year, we have the opportunity to use our role in connecting communities to help encourage a return of community volunteering.”

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Ms Whelan said the ABC had set a national target of 500,000 volunteer minutes pledged.

“We’re asking Australians to get creative, to come together and to give kindness to those in those in their communities who need it most, either in a formal way through volunteer organisations or informally.”

ABC Radio has partnered with Volunteering Australia with the campaign running until the ABC’s official birthday on Friday 1 July 2022.

To pledge your support, go to abc.net.au/gives.

The ABC is marking its 90th year with dedicated programming on its television, radio, online and social media platforms.

A key event will be a live 2 hour entertainment television special ABC 90 Celebrate! which will air from 8.00pm on Thursday 30 June 2022.  The program will feature an ensemble cast of ABC presenters along with familiar faces from the past who will connect to capital cities around the country and regional locations.

Tuned In – 90 years of ABC Radio is a 55- minute radio special to air from 11am on Friday 1 July across ABC local and regional radio. Hosted by Richard Fidler with familiar voices across the spectrum of our networks, the special will tell the story of ABC radio as it celebrates key radio moments and the audience connection developed over 90 years. Tune in for rare archival audio, voices from the past and the moments that defined ABC radio.

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  1. My son Harrison and myself give 90 minutes volunteering on a regular weekly basis relocating snakes on the South Arm Peninsula.

  2. I volunteered looking after my mother of 86 years of age, I volunteer my full Thursday by looking after her requirements, ie, appointments, shopping, take out to lunch. I also help change my mothers stoma on a regular basis. People say, get a carers pension but this is my mother

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