MarchMingle – A Fun Day Out for a Great Cause!
Grab your friends, family and workmates and register for the Communities at Work MarchMingle - a vibrant new multicultural community fundraising walk for a great cause! Help us fill our community food pantries to support Canberra families struggling with the Cost of Living Crisis.
✅ Love having fun with family, friends, and workmates?
✅ Love doing something healthy outdoors?
✅ Love supporting a great cause in your local community?
MarchMingle is an exciting new 7 km fundraising walk to bring the community together and raise money for our community food pantries. We’re aiming to raise $110,000 to help Canberra families who are hurting with the increased cost of housing, utilities, and groceries – people who never thought they’d need help.
So, get your runners on and let’s walk together for a great cause!
This intercultural event is a great opportunity to get outdoors, dress in your national colours, share cultures, and make new friends. Fundraise with your family, friends, and workmates. There’ll be prizes just for taking part. Enjoy the day with lots of colour and fun! See you there!
The Communities at Work MarchMingle walks form two of the seven walks in the Aussie Peace Walk.
When
10am, Saturday 23 or Sunday 24 March 2024 (two different 7 km walks)
Where
Start at Lennox Gardens, Canberra Nara Peace Park, Flynn Drive, Yarralumla
Cost
One walk: $15 per person. Two walks: $25 per person (Late entry fee if registering after 10 March 2024.)
Theme
‘Say G’Day’! Celebrate your culture. Wear your national colours. Carry a flag. Meet others and share stories.We hope to see lots of colour and smiles!
Aim
Celebrate our cultures, do something healthy, have fun with friends, and fundraise to help us stock our community food pantries for Canberra families struggling to pay for food and bills.
Find out more about MarchMingle.
MarchMingle Promotional Toolkit
How to Register for MarchMingle
- Choose your walk: Look at the maps below then go to the marchmingle website and click ENTER NOW.
- Register: Click the yellow REGISTER button for the walk you want.
- Create your account: Create an account or sign in with Facebook.
- Set up or choose a team: Select “Create a new team” or add your name to an existing team on the drop-down menu. Or you can choose to enter as an individual.
- Select a charity partner: Select ‘Communities at Work’ as your Charity Partner.
- Select ‘Create a fundraising page’ and click ‘Submit Order’.
- Check your emails: You will receive several emails from Aussie Peace Walk, Grassrootz (fundraising page) and Race Roster (event registration page). Follow the prompts. (Note: the event location will be listed as ‘100 Commonwealth Ave’ , Albert Hall, but the actual walk starts at Lennox Gardens).
- Spread the word! Share your fundraising page on socials and use the hashtag #MarchMingleCBR.
Choose A MarchMingle Walk
Both 7km walks are suitable for people of all ages. Enter one or both! Walk as individuals or as a family, work, or cultural group team. Both start at 10am.
The Saturday 23 March MarchMingle walk is fairly flat and suitable for wheelchairs.
The Sunday 24 March MarchMingle walk is more challenging, as it goes through some bush trails close to the city.
Win a Prize!
Best Millipede
Get a group of people together and form a ‘Millipede.’ Or join one on the walk. Millipedes of six or more people are eligible for a prize. Volunteer judges will select the most entertaining and creative MarchMingle Millipede. It’s a great chance to use your imagination. Start getting your team and costumes together!
Spot Prizes
Register for a walk to have a chance to win a spot prize!
Walk in MarchMingle and Help Families in Need
With the increasing cost of living, many Canberra families are hurting. Some never expected they’d need help. Like Lydia’s family.
Lydia and her husband worked hard to save for a home. Just two months after moving in, Lydia’s husband lost his job.
With no income and a young family to feed, they frantically applied for jobs, but time was running out. Watch Lydias story below.
How to Help in MarchMingle Without Walking
✅ Donate directly to Communities at Work.
✅ Donate to your favourite walker or team.
✅ Fundraise through your own fundraising page
✅ Volunteer to help on the day (see below)
✅ Share the event with your social network and use #MarchMingleCBR
✅ Sponsor – Become a corporate sponsor*
* To chat about corporate sponsorship, please contact Elna Jennings, our Fundraising Director, on 0452 017 581 or email elna.jennings@commsatwork.org
MarchMingle Volunteer Opportunities (if you don’t want to walk or fundraise)
There are plenty of volunteer opportunities available if you can’t walk but still want to be part of this great event.
👉 Multicultural Festival Information Stand: Promote MarchMingle at our Multicultural Festival info stand during 16 Feb – 18 Feb 2024.
👉 Event Day Marshal: Be a marshal on event day to cheer on the walkers. Two marshals will be needed every kilometre of the 7 km course.
👉 Event Day Information Stand: Volunteer at a Communities at Work information stand where you tell people about our organisation and ask them to donate to our “Cost of Living Crisis” Appeal.
👉 Event Day Checkpoints: Volunteer at a checkpoint along the route where you will interact with the walkers and ask them to donate to our “Cost of Living Crisis” Appeal. The more festive this checkpoint is the better and can be done by a group of volunteers.
Interested in volunteering? Email us to register your interest.
Got More Questions?
Read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about MarchMingle