Help us go ‘green’
With the rising cost of living, inflation and price increases for essential items and services, we are doing it tough! In 2022, Teen Challenge SA spent around $33,000 on electricity. Our electricity supplier recently sent a notification of price increases, meaning this yearly cost will grow to around $40,000 in 2023. Energy prices are expected…
WWJD?
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today for our summer 2022–23 appeal. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. According to reliable sources, the most stolen item from Christian bookshops is WWJD (what would Jesus do?) bracelets! Secondly, the most stolen book in…
Another successful Ride 4 Rehab!
On Saturday 5 November, around 35 avid motorcycle riders gathered at 8.00am at the Teen Challenge administration office in Stepney for this year’s annual Ride 4 Rehab fundraiser. After morning coffee and final registrations, CEO Graham Ross welcomed the riders before the group headed off on its 72-kilometre journey to Strathalbyn. The group made its…
Local church fundraises for Teen Challenge SA
Pastor Adriano Petraccaro’s association with Teen Challenge SA was an unexpected phenomenon. After pastoring a small country church for 14 years in the lower south east of South Australia, he decided to relocate to Strathalbyn with his wife. They took on Strathalbyn Family Church, not knowing that Teen Challenge SA was also moving into the…
… And it was very good
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today for our spring 2022 appeal. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Remember a time when you set your mind to a task, put in the effort and completed it. You looked at what you had…
A Perfect Storm
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today for our winter 2022 appeal. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Teen Challenge SA needs your urgent support now. I am writing one of those letters I really don’t want to send, but circumstances have…
Life-changing 100&1 Club Event
Teen Challenge SA’s 100&1 Club held its first corporate event on 21 April 2022, attended by 28 guests and hosted by Hub & Spoke, our corporate partner in strategy and design. Guests had the opportunity to mingle and connect, and the event featured several guest speakers. John Lochowiak, Hub & Spoke partner Indigenous relations, provided…
Do good!
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today for our autumn 2022 appeal. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Donate here. A famous quote states, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing’. The Bible, however, Galatians 6:9…
A Christmas Appeal
Teen Challenge SA relies heavily on donations within the church and the community. Please consider supporting us today for our summer 2021–22 appeal. All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Donate here. What is the best gift you can give to someone for Christmas? Is it toys, vouchers, money, munchies, clothes, jewellery or socks…
Open Day and Ride 4 Rehab a success!
Staff, students and volunteers would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended our open day at Strathalbyn on 6 November. During the week before, we were watching the weather and preparing for a rainy day, but we were blessed with sunshine and blue skies. First to arrive were the motorbike riders…