Once again Sarah was invited to be a 2013 Australia Day Ambassador and this year addressed citizenship awards ceremonies in Captain’s Flat and Braidwood, as well as attending as a guest in Bungendore, all towns in the Southern Tablelands of NSW. Sarah’s address focused on the importance of family and how vital it is for…
On Saturday 26th May a photography exhibition entitled Positively Remarkable Women will be on show at Women’s College, Sydney University from 4-6pm. Diana McDonald has taken portraits of 50 women she deems “positively remarkable” and the exhibition includes Footpath Library Founder, Sarah Garnett. Anyone can attend but please register by emailing [email protected]
Our founder, Sarah Garnett, and our chairperson, Jaqui Lane, headed down to Canberra today to help launch the National Year of Reading, an initiative that’s designed to help people discover (and rediscover) the magic of books and reading. We’re participating in the initiative and will have updates here throughout the year.
Our Book Week Breakfast held for the children of the Redfern area in Sydney. Here’s a look at what happened on the day!
Sarah Garnett was featured in Sydney Magazine’s Top 100 in 2009 for The Footpath Library.
Listen to Sarah discussing The Footpath Library with ABC Radio’s Hilary Harper here.
Spectrum featured The Footpath Library in this 2007 article in their Philanthropy section.
Sarah spoke to The Satellite Newspaper in 2010 about The Footpath Library’s beginnings and work in this article entitled Novel approach for support.
Sarah Garnett spoke to The Courier Mail columnist Kathleen Noonan, who wrote this stellar piece about The Footpath Library and homelessness.
The Readers Digest featured Sarah Garnett and The Footpath Library in a two-page article in their Making a difference section.
Sarah Garnett and The Footpath Library went international in 2008 when she was featured in a Japan magazine.
Barry Divola chatted to Sarah Garnett about how The Footpath Library began in this 2007 Streetlife article.
The Sydney Morning Herald featured Sarah Garnett and The Footpath Library in this article, The good read, in 2007.
The Footpath Library’s founder Sarah Garnett was humbled and honoured to be featured by the Positively Remarkable Women project, which draws attention to women who, as the website states, ‘have/had a positive impact on their community…who fight for the underdog or for those unable to speak for themselves…who broaden our horizons through ideas and innovation—women who…