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ITS Australia hosts charity auction as Congress closes

Throughout the ITS World Congress, award winning multi-media visual artist Jenny McCraken has been on the Logix Engineering stand creating a mural which will be auctioned for charity at ITS Australia’s National Awards evening on Friday (absentee bid forms are available on the stand). The proceeds will help buy a minibus for the Topu Honis shelter in East Timor which supports almost 100 children – 46 of whom currently face a two-hour walk to and from school.
October 12, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Throughout the 6456 ITS World Congress, award winning multi-media visual artist Jenny McCraken has been on the Logix Engineering stand creating a mural which will be auctioned for charity at ITS Australia’s National Awards evening on Friday (absentee bid forms are available on the stand). The proceeds will help buy a minibus for the Topu Honis shelter in East Timor which supports almost 100 children – 46 of whom currently face a two-hour walk to and from school.

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