{"id":158,"date":"2021-06-30T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T05:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/?p=158"},"modified":"2021-07-28T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T07:23:13","slug":"tim-takes-on-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/tim-takes-on-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Takes on Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-158\" data-postid=\"158\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-158 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_wml8924 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ybwv925 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_1e7a72   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Sleeping in a cardboard box, under the stars, on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year, CEO Tim Dawson participated in the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout. Along with over 200 local business, community, and government leaders, Tim experienced the harsh reality of homelessness \u2013 a reality that more than 20,000 Queenslanders are facing.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the help of the local community, over $640,000 was raised, all proceeds going towards Vinnies essential shelters as well as their counselling, education, and health services. Equipped with just a cardboard box and a sleeping bag, Tim experienced the vulnerability that comes with homelessness.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w gutter-none col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tb_oo3g238\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_az2z239 first\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_stw6577\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_cnaf414   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px\" \/> <\/em><em>A massive thank you to the ones that supported me in the CEO Sleepout 2021. I managed to raise just under $4000. It was cold, but the night was full of perspective shifts for me. Thank you to Vinnies for putting on a good night to keep us entertained and for educating us on the reality that so many are unfortunately experiencing. &#8211; Tim said. <\/em><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_nza8578 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ho8q404   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Tim has made it his purpose to share the love and helping the local community by giving back is something he is truly passionate about.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about the Vinnies CEO Sleepout, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceosleepout.org.au\/\">https:\/\/www.ceosleepout.org.au\/<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeping in a cardboard box, under the stars, on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year, CEO Tim Dawson participated in the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout, along with over 200 local business, community, and government leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-post-blog","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p>Sleeping in a cardboard box, under the stars, on one of the longest and coldest nights of the year, CEO Tim Dawson participated in the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout. Along with over 200 local business, community, and government leaders, Tim experienced the harsh reality of homelessness \u2013 a reality that more than 20,000 Queenslanders are facing.<\/p> <p>Together with the help of the local community, over $640,000 was raised, all proceeds going towards Vinnies essential shelters as well as their counselling, education, and health services. Equipped with just a cardboard box and a sleeping bag, Tim experienced the vulnerability that comes with homelessness.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/left-quotes-sign-white.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 32px) 100vw, 32px\" \/> <\/em><em>A massive thank you to the ones that supported me in the CEO Sleepout 2021. I managed to raise just under $4000. It was cold, but the night was full of perspective shifts for me. Thank you to Vinnies for putting on a good night to keep us entertained and for educating us on the reality that so many are unfortunately experiencing. - Tim said. <\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Tim has made it his purpose to share the love and helping the local community by giving back is something he is truly passionate about.<\/p> <p>To read more about the Vinnies CEO Sleepout, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceosleepout.org.au\/\">https:\/\/www.ceosleepout.org.au\/<\/a><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timdawson.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}