Bingo has been a staple at EPIC Ipswich since it first opened, originally running 6 Games a week (3 in the morning and 3 at night during weeknights), now it sees over 100 people weekly for our Friday night Bingo and our end-of-month Speed Bingo, a late session after the normal Bingo held on the last Friday of each month.
To the surprise of many, EPIC Ipswich merely provides the staff and venue for BINGO, it's actually organised by Shell's Team Cupcake, a not-for-profit organisation. But what is Team Cupcake and what is their mission?
How did Team Cupcake come about?
Team Cupcake Inc started out with a couple of friends and some family raising money to pay for a beloved friend's secondary cancer treatment.
Along their journey, we discovered that there were many other people in Ipswich that need a little helping hand and sometimes just needed to know that someone was thinking of them and cared.
And so Team Cupcake became incorporated so that they could help to ease the burdens of other people and leave a legacy for our beloved friend Shelley. So for every person, we help, Shell’s memory is kept alive.
Bingo?
Bingo has a lot of its proceeds going towards assisting Team Cupcakes' mission on supporting local sufferers of cancer, many of the demographic that makes up the bingo community at EPIC Ipswich have had first hand help from Team Cupcake themselves. It also is a fun way to make a difference and potentially get some money back.
Can you donate directly to team cupcake?
ABSOLUTELY!
Contact us at teamcupcakeinc@gmail.com or call Carmen on 0422 457 606
All donations can be made to our heritage account
Name: Team Cupcake Inc
BSB:638260
Acc: 12578142
It is my hope in writing this that if you were already weighing up the pro's and con's of attending BINGO, you can see the bigger picture and help Team Cupcake in their endeavours and quest to assist others.
Your Friend and Ally,
Lachy
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