SUPERHEROES
COMMUNITY CARE
A volunteer charity that supports families with chronically ill kids and families requiring benevolent assistance.
About Us
Superheroes Community Care has recently been established to broaden the charitable fundraising and donations activities of Superheroes Events.
100% of fundraising and donation proceeds go to operating and providing short-stay accommodation assistance to families with chronically ill kids and/or families requiring benevolent assistance at the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW.
In November 2020 the company received ACNC approval to become a Public Benevolent Institution with DGR1 charity status.
Later in April 2021 the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat was established and Superheroes Events Limited/South Coast Superheroes fundraising activities and events now raise funds for this cause.
Supanova and Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes announce their ground breaking Pop Culture Charity Partnership
Supanova Expo Pty Ltd, the driving force behind Supanova Comic Con & Gaming, is thrilled to announce it’s charity partnership with Superheroes Events Limited, including Supanova becoming the inaugural naming rights sponsor of the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat in Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales.
New Mission Charity Partnership between Rapid Response Revival Research Limited CellAED® and Superheroes Events Limited to create South Coast NSW ‘Heart Safe’ towns through their Defibrillator Adoption Program - 13/3/24
South Coast New South Wales, 5 March 2024 – A Mission Charity Partnership has been established between Superheroes Events Limited (SEL) and CellAED, the world’s first personal defibrillator.
To help us to save lives, please scan the below QR code
With a shared mission to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest, the partnership aims to create ‘Heart Safe’ communities across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions through SEL’s Defibrillator Adoption Program.
Supanova Superheroes Community Care River Retreat
The purpose of the River Retreat is to provide additional short-stay accommodation for families with chronically ill kids and/or families requiring benevolent assistance.
The River Retreat is located in a prime waterfront position on the beautiful Shoalhaven River, and can comfortably accommodate up to 6 residents. It has been renovated to a high standard, and has 2 bedrooms in the main house, and 1 bedroom in the self-contained annex.
If you would like to sponsor a stay of a family with chronically ill kids and/or families requiring benevolent assistance, please contact us or make a donation.
Supanova Superheroes Community Care Sunset Haven Retreat
“Hi everyone, my name is Sharon Garcia. I was introduced to the Superheroes Community Care respite accommodation program while visiting my family in Nowra, New South Wales. A young lady accompanied me to Nowra for her respite holiday. Some of my family are volunteers and Directors of Superheroes Events Limited which runs Superheroes Community Care. They were holding a celebration high tea for their volunteers and we were invited to join them for an amazing occasion, where we were warmly welcomed and all had a wonderful time.
During the high tea, I had the opportunity to hear about the volunteer charity work of Superheroes Community Care and the sponsoring of short accommodation stays for families with chronically ill kids and families requiring benevolent assistance, at their respite retreats. Having being involved with respite care, I know how important the provision of this service is for these families and how much they need and would benefit from such a sponsored break.
After 20 amazing years at the end of 2023, I retired from teaching special-needs students. While teaching, I was inspired to provide respite and homeshare as a caregiver in my own home.Giving back to community and helping families in need is something I still continue to enjoy doing. Burnout is a real and present issue for families managing the challenges of providing 24/7 care for someone who has complex needs and disabilities. So to be able to provide respite care and assist provide families with a break from the difficulties they are experiencing is a special privilege. After sharing my story with Superheroes Community Care and hearing their story, I was keen to see if I could help by the offering of my home in Perth, Western Australia, to be used as a Superheroes Community Care respite retreat.
After many long conversations and subsequent agreement, I am delighted to be part of the Superheroes Community Care benevolent respite accommodation program. I am honoured to make my home available to be the new Superheroes Community Care Sunset Haven Retreat and the charity’s first respite retreat outside New South Wales.
Looking forward to being part of the Superheroes Community Care team and helping families in crisis and those requiring benevolent assistance.
With all my love and kindness. Sharon”
Take a tour of the Supanova Superheroes Community Care
River Retreat
Take a tour of both the Supanova Superheroes Community Care River Retreat and Sunset Haven Retreat
Superheroes Community Care Fundraisers
2024 Superheroes Car Key Raffle
Your chance to win this KIA Picanto Sport Auto Hatch, valued at $21,190. Raffle tickets are $5 each and include one entry in the car key draws. 50 car key winners will be drawn. All 50 car key winners will be invited to South Nowra Auto Group on Friday 13/12/2024 when one will become the Car Winner.
Master & Miss Brix Buy a Superheroes Brick Donation Campaign
Visit Berry Cool Estate (at 16 Coolangatta Road, Coolangatta NSW 2535) and buy your Superheroes Brick by way of a $25 donation, and sign your corflute brick on the Master & Miss Brix donation walls, and have your photo taken as a Superheroes donator.
100% of donations go to the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, which provides short-stay accommodation for families with chronically ill kids and/or families requiring benevolent assistance.
ANZ Mobile Lending Premier's Cup Golf Charity Tournament 2022/2023
Established in November 2014 Superheroes Events Limited is a volunteer not for profit company and is the organiser of the Shoalhaven Superheroes Festival (SSF). The Premier’s Cup Golf Charity Tournament (Tournament) is a SSF fundraising event.
Click below to view our Presentations for the ANZ Mobile Lending Premier's Cup & Q-Series Golf Charity Tournaments for 2022/2023.
Upcoming Events
ShoalPOP Pop Culture Charity Festival 2022
19-20th of November, 2022
The annual ShoalPOP Pop Culture Charity Festival is returning to the Berry Cool Estate from 19-20 November 2022. Join us in celebrating all things Pop Culture. Fun for all the family while fundraising for the Superheroes Community Care River Retreat at Shoalhaven Heads. Please see our event for more information!
Win a KIA Picanto GT!
BlueScopeWIN Community Partners WIN Network TV Video advert
CellAED Defibrillator QR Code Donation Campaign
Superheroes Events Limited through our Premier’s Cup Golf Charity Tournament and Charity Q Series is raising funds to expand the number of defibrillators to help save lives, primarily in the Shoalhaven Heads, South Coast area of New South Wales.
Initially through Heart180 Founder and Superheroes Community Care River Retreat Patron Guy Leech we were introduced to this important cause in our region.
Superheroes Events Limited together with an independant team of local community members has come together with the mission of increasing the number and range of defibrillators in our local area to help save more lives, both adults and children.
Our campaign is in honour and in memory of the late Doctor Barry Gray, a highly respected local community champion, who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at his home in Shoalhaven Heads in October 2022. Our campaign is fully endorsed by Doctor Gray’s wife Mrs Robyn Gray, to whom we are very grateful.
To further our campaign Superheroes Events Limited/Superheroes Community Care, in addition to our continued support of Heart180, have also become a Referrer Partner of Australian company Rapid Response Revival, the manufacturers and suppliers of the CellAED defibrillators, to increase the survival rate following a sudden cardiac arrest.
These defibrillators are affordable, easy to use, transportable and suitable for both adults and children. The ability to carry these with you, have them in your cars/motor vehicles, when traveling in Australia or overseas as well as your home. Our donation of CellAEDs to the community is an important part of defibrillator campaign goal
To Help Us To Help Save Lives please scan the below QR Code ♥️
For every 10 CellAEDs ordered using our below Community Charity QR Code Rapid Response Revival will donate a CellAED back to our South Coast Superheroes “Heart Safe” region campaign, to help save sudden cardiac lives. “
Corporate Sponsors
Community Collaborations & Partnerships
Our Patron - Guy Leech
Our Directors
David Arakie
Founding Director
David has been a Director of SEL’s since it was established in November 2014, and is the Founder and Organiser of the Shoalhaven Superheroes Festival.
He has a long and successful career in banking in the UK and Australia, working with government, companies, corporations, and developing strategic alliances relationships. David has also worked in the community service industry, involving world-first philanthropic program development and management, event organisation, arranging corporate sponsorship, and charitable fundraising.
Anna Kemp
Director & Treasurer
I’ve been with Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes for 7 years as a volunteer and now Director and Treasurer. I enjoy being part of the team, meeting people and helping to raise money for South Coast families and children requiring assistance to have short stays at our two respite retreats at Shoalhaven Heads.
My interests include card making and scrapbooking. Also travel, at present travelling within Australia and marvelling at this beautiful country of ours. I have also travelled a little in Europe and North America. I also enjoy going to shows and dining with friends.
Dennis Henry
Director
Dennis has been active with Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes for the last few years helping out with various projects including helping to renovate the River Retreat and lending an extra pair of hands at various Superheroes fundraising events.
A retired fitter and turner by trade Dennis knows his way around a hammer and nail and is excited to keep volunteering his skills with Shoalhaven Superheroes as a member of the directors team.
Georgina Henry
Director
Georgina is a Nowra local who has been active in various social community volunteer and fundraising events for many years.
A retired nurse, Georgina is aware of the need for support for families and individuals going through hardships. Georgina has been with Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes since 2016 and has loved being able to volunteer and raise funds for the community in that time.
Georgina is excited and humbled to step into a directors role and looks forward to continuing the hard work of Superheroes Community Care in helping raise funds to sponsor short accomodation stays for families in crisis at our Superheroes Community Care River Retreat and Sunset Haven Retreat.
Larry Walker
Director
Only recently retired from Bega Dairy where I worked as a distribution assistance for many years and am now looking forwards to continue supporting the growing charity work of Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes. I have been a Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes Events Limited volunteer for some 7 years.
I was born in Berry NSW and lived and worked all my life in the Shoalhaven. Married to Rani Walker and have two children and two granddaughters.
In my spare time I love to read and also like bike riding and spending quality time with family.
Only recently started a grey nomads lifestyle, and wanting to see some more of the vast country we live in.
Rani Walker
Director
I chose to be volunteer with Shoalhaven South Coast Superheroes, some 7 years ago, as I found this charity group quite beneficial for our local area and I felt very comfortable in the charity organisation. I moved to Australia in 1986 after getting married and found after working and raising children in this beautiful part of NSW, this is my way of giving back to the community.
I enjoy Zumba and also now bike riding. I love spending time with my families and friends. Together with my husband also enjoy going on caravan trips. I have enjoyed being part of the volunteer team and meeting so many beautiful people along the way and I enjoy contributing and being part of this community.
Daniel Zachariou
Director
Daniel grew up, eventually in his estimation, and went to UNSW for his degree. Before that he spent his life accumulating copious amounts of pop culture information in the fields of comics, cartoons, sci-fi, fantasy, gaming, toys, anime and more! He was so good at it that in 2000 he was encouraged to create what eventually became, Supanova Comic Con & Gaming; an event that now tours Australia annually entertaining like-minded fans.
And it’s been since 2015, when Shoalhaven Superheroes Festival made its first appearance at Supanova in Sydney, that has compelled Daniel to increasingly team-up with the amazing crew at Superheroes Events Limited; in seeking to keep building on the legacy that’s already delivered so many wonderful events, recognition awards and fundraising.
Vicki Swift
Children's Ambassador
Vicki has been an SEL director for 5 years, our Ambassador of Fun, and organiser of our team “superheroes” dress up activities and fundraising events. She also runs the very popular “superheroes” Zumba performances at SEL’s fundraising events and visits to schools in the Shoalhaven and Illawarra with the Power FM Schools Breakfast Shows.
Phillipa Cook
Accounts Payable Officer
Phillipa has been an SEL director for 6 years. She has previous experience in assisting with the development of strategic and corporate alliance fundraising programs, including their financial and administrative operations. She also runs a ladies’ fashion boutique in Berry, NSW, which she has done for 17 years. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Contact Us
- 0412 280 234
- volunteers@shoalhavensuperheroes.com.au
- PO Box 132 Shoalhaven Heads NSW 2535
Superheroes Events Limited is a registered charity with the ACNC.
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