"You Have A Friend" is proud to host our fifth annual "Jimbo's Sleepout" at St Josephs’ College Banora Point on Saturday 21 September 2013 to promote awareness of homelessness in the Tweed District. Besides awareness, the sleepout will raise needed funds for the support of our organisation to enable us continue expanding our services to homeless and marginalised and those experiencing financial hardship in the district.
Participants will sacrifice their warm bed for one night to sleep outdoors.
Gather friends and family.
Bring your sleeping bag, cardboard box and rug up.
Get sponsorship - if possible
Be a part of it and join us for this fun night under the stars.
Jimbo's Sleepout
To assist us with numbers of participants, it is necessary to register before the event.
Registration can be completed online or by downloading a registration form from this website and posting it to us.
Please note payment can be made on the day at registration.
- All participants MUST register prior to the event.
- Please note that children MUST be accompanied by and adult and ONE adult to supervise no more than 3 children,
- Entrance fee is just a can of food we will give out on the streets. You can bring as many cans of food that you want, but at least one of any type of food is so helpful.
- Prizes for decorated cardboard box, beanie and more
Our registered charity "You Have A Friend" is a 100% not-for-profit organisation.
There are many ways to sponsor and assist us in supporting the homeless and marginalised in the Tweed district.
"Jimbo’s Sleepout" provides a great opportunity for businesses and corporations to support the homeless in the local Tweed area as well as obtain sponsorship of their business.
Your business may consider "purchasing" a sponsorship page on our website, or "purchase" an area at our sleepout and display your banner. All sponsors will be recognised not only at the event, but also on our website.
Gold Sponsors $ 250 and over. Silver Sponsor $100 - $249. Bronze Sponsors $ 50 - $99
We hope the local business community support this cause by helping raise much needed funds in order for us to continue to provide our services to individuals and families in need in the Tweed. This year our goal is to raise funds to support us for another year with costs needed to run our charity and provide support to outlying areas in the Tweed Shire.
Who was Jimbo?
In October 2008, Jim Dores passed away in the Royal Brisbane Hospital after a long illness. An so the earth lost a wonderful caring man who was always ready with a smile, always concerned about his fellow man and women and most of all, the world lost a true gentleman.
Jimbo lived in the Coolangatta and the Tweed area and with a glint in his eyes was always ready to tell his most famous story of the night some 20 years ago, when he fell overboard from the fishing trawler he was working on eighteen kilometres south of Lady Musgrave Island. He was reported missing at around 9.45 pm and not found in the shark infested waters until 5.00am the next morning. “I realised I had to keep calm and not attract the sharks in the area” he told me and was it was not for some wonderful knowledge of the tides and the sea by his trawler mates and SES crew, he may never have been found.
We have named our Sleepout in honour of “Jimbo” and know he will be with us in spirit, always looking over us and supporting us in all we do. And so to a wonderful man, we honour his memory and know his spirit will always walk with his family, with us and his friends forever.
May God Bless and keep you Jimbo.
From all his family, his friends and all at “You Have A Friend”
Rest in Peace Our Friend
There are a number of forms, fliers and other documents you may wish to view, download and print.This section provides
- Site Map
- Registration Form
- Sponsorship Form
- Corporate Sponsor Forms
- Detailed Program Information
If you are unable to attend the sleep out you might like to organise your own event. Below is a list of suggested activities and any funds raised you may consider donating to our cause.
- Sleep in – arrange a sleep in at your house.
- Pyjama party
- Morning / Afternoon Tea
- Movie night
- Street party
- Camp out in your backyard
- Mufti day
- School / church sleep in
110,000 people are homeless in Australia
Not everyone is able to partake in a "sleepout" but would like to be involved in some manner and contribute to supporting our friends who need our help.
Donations may be deposited directly into our bank account, the details of which we supply on our donations page. Cheques may be posted to our postal address or provided at the "sleepout". Cash donations may also be provided on the night.
Please note, we are a registered charity with Gift Receipt Status and donations over $2.00 are tax deductible. We will gladly supply you a tax receipt if requested.
As we are a 100% not-for profit charity, all donations contribute to the support and care of the local homeless and marginalised people of the Tweed district.
We take this opportunity to thank you for your kind donation and support for our cause.
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View some photos taken from our last few Jimbo's Sleepouts - cardboard box "beds", meal times, the morning after,
games ............ Click Here
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Jimbo;s Sleepout
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Jimbo;s Sleepout
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