2026 Charity Lunch - Celebrating Volunteering

We wish to thank the 400+ guests who attended this year's Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch held at Le Montage, Lilyfield, on Sunday, 1 March. The Charity Lunch celebrates and acknowledges volunteers and their work in the community and raises funds to support the homeless and people in need. At this year's Charity Lunch, grants were presented to: The Italian Australian Charitable Fund, who feed the homeless every Tuesday at Martin Place; St Vincent's Curran Foundation for prostate cancer research; Kids Giving Back, who encourage volunteering by adolescents and provide food packs for the Martin Place Food Van; the Adolescent & Young Adult Hospice, towards the care of terminally ill young people who need palliative care; and the Catholic Institute of Sydney, for the establishment of the Father Atanasio Gonelli OFM Cap Theological Scholarship.

A big thank you also to the 300 people who were unable to attend but donated the cost of their ticket. We would also like to thank our Charity's sponsors and volunteers for their support. A special thanks to Tommy Herschell of Find Ya Feet Foundation, for his inspirational presentation on the effects of bullying in our society.

To view the speech given by our Chairman, Cav. Felice Montrone OAM, please click here - OR - to read his speech, please click here.

More photos of the Charity Lunch can be viewed on our Facebook page.