Supporting Our Community
We're more than just a local curry house! We're a restaurant that supports and celebrates our communities!
COOKING FOR COMMUNITY CASSEROLES
With your generous donations, we've cooked over 2000 meals for those in our community financially struggling and who could do with some Babajis love. To date, our community has raised
$7360 (12 Sep 2023)
You are welcome to contribute to this fund when visiting the restaurant or when ordering online.
COMMUNITY DAYS AT BABAJIS
On the 3rd Tuesday of every month between February & November, we donate 10% of our total sales directly to a local group in our community doing some amazing work and needing a helping hand.
2024 COMMUNITY DAYS
March '24 - $450 for Ticker Arts Studio, Belgrave, to help them get back on their feet after an arson attack
April '24 - Coming up - Upwey Scouts
May '24 - Coming up - Belgrave Lantern Festival
2023 COMMUNITY DAYS
September - $440 raised for the Melbourne Youth Chorale
August - $350 for Kindred supporting asylum seekers
July - $360 for Rescue Logs
June - $600 for Shakti Mental Health
May - $380 for Mums of the Hills
April - $380 for the Australian Malayalee Student Association
March - $400 for the Emerald Monbulk Wildlife Shelter
Feb - $457 for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Youth Mentoring in the Hills.
Are you a local community group looking for support? We'd love to help. Please get in touch with us.
Community Casseroles
April 24 - $500 raised for the Upwey Scouts
DIB DIB DIB! DOB DOB DOB!
Awww, love our community. We got our WOGGLES on and raised $500 for Upwey Scouts to take their kiddos to Jamboree in Queensland.
This is a life defining experience for our local Scouts. We're so grateful for your help.
Upcoming Community Days - Tecoma Pre School & Warburton Warriors
JUNE '24 COMMUNITY DAYS
BELGRAVE - Thurs 13 June
Sometimes its our little-ist folk that need a helping hand! So this month's Community Day in Belgrave, we'll be raising funds for the Tecoma Pre School to help them build an outdoor play area. Kids off screens. Sounds good, right!
WARBURTON - Thurs 27 June
This A.MAZING. new basketball team in Warby need our help. This basketball team for ALL abilities, was formed in 2023 to give a chance for kids of all abilities to participate in sport at their own pace. They need uniforms and some end of year awards. It's not easy getting a new community sports team up and bouncing. We're 100% backing them.
10% of all our sales, take away & dine in to be donated to the Pre School & the Warburton Warriors.
Save the dates lovely community x
Tues November 14th '23 - Upcoming Community Day - Upwey Cricket Club
Cricket! It's in our blood! And if you're a cricket fan, you're Babaji's family!
Coming up - Tues 14th November, we'll be raising funds for the Upwey Cricket Club, with 10% of all our sales donated to our local cricket club!
See you there! x
September 12th '23 - $440 raised for the Melbourne Youth Chorale
It was loud last night at Babajis! A full house of kids and parents for September's Community Day.
Together we raised $440 for the Melbourne Youth Chorale!
So proud to be able to support this not-for-profit choir, whose ethos is to make sure every child, regardless of background, is given the gift of music ... and we agree!
August 8th '23 Kindred - $350 raised for asylum seekers
We're always humbled when our community come out on a cold winters night for Community Day.
Thank you!
With your help we raised $350 for Kindred, a local group supporting asylum seekers and refugees.
July '23 Rescue Logs - $360 raised!
