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ATTENTION: Editors, News Directors and Chiefs-of-staff 24/12/09
Fish Friday puts justice on the menu
Background
Caritas Australia with Restaurant and Catering Australia is inviting Sydney to stand in solidarity
with the millions of people in the developing world who survive on a staple diet of fish and rice.
On 19 February, 2010 Caritas Australia will be holding Fish Friday in Martin Place from 12-2pm,
with four mystery celebrity chefs preparing fish and rice meals for the cost of a donation.
Fish Friday is part of Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion, the largest humanitarian fundraising
campaign in Australia. Donations support Caritas Australia’s long term development projects in
32 countries, enables the agency to respond to humanitarian emergencies and engage
Australians in the quest to tackle poverty.
Photo opportunity
Celebrity chefs preparing fish and rice meals beneath marquees in Martin Place
DATES:
19 February, 2010
TIME
12noon – 2pm
VENUE:
Martin Place, Sydney
Media Contact:
Tim O’Connor 0417 284 831
The Catholic Agency for International Aid and Development
24-32 O’Riordan St, Alexandria, NSW, Australia, 2015 Toll Free 1800 024 413 Facsimile 1800 887 895
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