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Supporting Our Community

We're much more than just a local curry house! 

We're all about supporting our community!

COOKING FOR COMMUNITY CASSEROLES

With your generous donations, we've cooked over 2000 meals for those in our community financially struggling and who could do with some Babajis love.

To date, our community has helped us to raise  

$7800 (August 2024)

You are welcome to contribute to this fund when visiting the restaurant or when ordering online.

MONTHLY COMMUNITY DAYS AT BABAJIS 

Once a month between February & November,  we donate 10% of our total sales directly to a local group in our community doing some amazing work and needing a helping hand for a project. 

Are you a local community group looking for support?  We'd love to help. Please send us an email to

2024 COMMUNITY DAYS BELGRAVE BABAJIS

August 24 - Coming up - Belgrave Junior Football Club to help improve their clubrooms.

July '24 - $300 for Belgrave & Tecoma Township Group to raise funds for Tecoma's 100th year anniversary.

June '24 - $280 for Tecoma Pre School to help build them build an outdoor play area.

May '24 - $300 for the Belgrave Lantern Festival to raise funds for the road to be closed.

April '24 - $500 for the Upwey Scouts to help them take their pack to Jamboree.

March '24 - $450 for Ticker Arts Studio, Belgrave, to help them get back on their feet after an arson attack

2024 COMMUNITY DAYS WARBURTON BABAJIS

August '24 - Coming up - Warburton Primary School to help raise $ for some picture books.

July '24 - $300 Millgrove Kindergarten to help them build some outside tables for yummy lunches.

June '24 - $250 Warby Weapons Basketball Club to raise $ for awards for this new all abilities basketball team.

May '24 -  $300 Warburton Edible Gardens

2023 COMMUNITY DAYS IN BELGRAVE

September - $440 raised for the Melbourne Youth Chorale

August - $350 for Kindred supporting asylum seekers

July - $360 for Rescue Logs

June  - $600 for Shakti Mental Health

May - $380 for Mums of the Hills

April - $380 for the Australian Malayalee Student Association

March - $400 for the Emerald Monbulk Wildlife Shelter

Feb - $457 for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Youth Mentoring in the Hills.


Community Casseroles

The amazing Community Casseroles team cooks over 40,000 free meals a year or those in our community struggling financially right now.  Babajis contributes towards this effort, cooking around ...

August '24 $550 raised for Warby Primary & $380 raised for Belgrave Junior Footy Club

Did the whole of Warby Primary turn up at Babajis Warburton last night? We think so!  Good job Warby Primary - with communities help, we raised $550 for some new books for their library! And...

August '24 $550 raised for Warby Primary & $380 raised for Belgrave Junior Footy Club

Did the whole of Warby Primary turn up at Babajis Warburton last night?

We think so!  Good job Warby Primary - with communities help, we raised $550 for some new books for their library!

And we kicked some goals for Belgrave Junior Footy Club raising $380 to help with the rebuild of their clubrooms!

See you for next months Community Day x

 


June '24 - $280 Raised for Tecoma Pre School & $250 Raised for the Warburton Weapons

 BELGRAVE - Thurs 13 June - Tecoma Pre School

This month it was our little-ist folk that need a helping hand! So at this month's Community Day in Belgrave, we'll raised $280 for the  Tecoma Pre School to help them build an outdoor play area. Kids off screens. Sounds good, right! 

WARBURTON - Thurs 27 June - Warby Weapons Basketball Club

This A.MAZING. new all abilities basketball team in Warby needed our help to raise funds for some end of season awards! Job done! $250 raised with help from our community!  


April 24 - $500 raised for the Upwey Scouts

DIB DIB DIB! DOB DOB DOB!

Awww, love our community. We got our WOGGLES on and raised $500 for Upwey Scouts to take their kiddos to Jamboree in Queensland. 

This is a life defining experience for our local Scouts.  We're so grateful for your help. 


Tues November 14th '23 - Upcoming Community Day - Upwey Cricket Club

Cricket! It's in our blood!   And if you're a cricket fan, you're Babaji's family!

Coming up - Tues 14th November, we'll be raising funds for the Upwey Cricket Club, with 10% of all our sales donated to our local cricket club!

See you there! x


September 12th '23 - $440 raised for the Melbourne Youth Chorale

It was loud last night at Babajis!  A full house of kids and parents for September's Community Day.

Together we raised $440 for the Melbourne Youth Chorale!

So proud to be able to support this not-for-profit choir, whose ethos is to make sure every child, regardless of background, is given the gift of music ... and we agree!

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 8th '23 Kindred - $350 raised for asylum seekers

We're always humbled when our community come out on a cold winters night for Community Day. Thank you! With your help we raised $350 for Kindred, a local group supporting asylum seekers and refug...

July '23 Rescue Logs - $360 raised!

Another awesome night raising funds for Rescue Logs. With your help we raised $360 for a great volunteer run group salvaging the trees that fall in storms in the Dandenong Ranges and keeping them f...