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The girls are always muffin’ around. Photo Tree Faerie.

The call to ‘Show us your muff!’ might be a bit much for some people, as a way of raising money for homeless women as part of the Darling Muffs Of May campaign – but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved.

‘This year during May, we are raising money for women’s homelessness organisations in the Northern Rivers, culminating in the Great Wall of Muffs exhibition. But we understand that getting your “anonymuff” out is not everyone’s cup of tea, so we are running a merkin-making workshop so people can make a merkin (a pubic wig) and help raise money that way instead,’ said Melanie Saunders, who is one of the founding members of the Darling Muffs of May.

The Darling Muffs of May campaign aims to raise money for women’s homelessness by getting people on board to go in the Great Wall of Muff exhibition (your muff is anonymous), make muffins, make muff inspired artwork or make a merkin and get your friends to sponsor them – think Movember.

‘Our merkin making is all about having some fun, getting creative and being inspired,’ said Mel. ‘We ran our first merkin making workshop last year and we had some great merkin outcomes, from one that was inspired by the Mitchells rainforest snail to another that took inspiration from Father Christmas. The limit is only your imagination.’

Sign up for the merkinmaking workshop on Sunday, 17 March, 1-3pm at www.darlingmuffs.com.au/events.



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