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A huge thank you to so many people who've pitched in to help with Bayside Community Emergency Relief's initiatives from the bushfires, through Covid and into the future.
On Friday we hosted a 'Thank You Morning Tea' with Highett Neighbourhood Community House & Community Bank Highett for the community that pleasantly coincided with National Volunteer Week. We announced our Community Partnership with Community Bank Highett and also our Goodwill Ambassador Mark Santomartino, a well loved journalist on 9News.
Thank you to our local traders for donations of goodies for our amazing hampers & goodie bags:
Ella Bache Hampton
The Hot Bird
Sara Fliess Fitness
Life.Organised
Kalu Co
Brad Rowswell MP - Member for Sandringham
Sweet Caroline Gingerbread & Biscuits
Highett Neighbourhood Community House
Bendigo Community Bank Highett
Special thanks to Luca Kocent and Jenny Ellison Gee who gave amazing performances on the day.
Also to Yuri Peress from PY-PHOTO & David Lounds for photography.
Our helpers for the day also deserve our thanks for keeping the wheels in motion: Erica Wearne, Denise Dodd, Lisa Oertle, Tomicka Brook, Rosalind Chamberlain, Vesna Devcic, Katrina Krongold, Nikki Anthony, and the helpers from Highett Neighbourhood Community House.
Our speakers Natalie Driessen-Gerdan from Community Bank Highett (our community partners!), our lovely Deputy Mayor Sonia Castelli from Bayside City Council Victoria, our almost as lovely Brad Rowswell (who donated the calorific chocolate hamper!!) & Kate Knight from Highett Neighbourhood Community House.
Congratulations to our very deserving hamper winners: Margaret Malloch Walker Rosalind Chamberlain & Bec L Mclean. Donated items for our hampers & goodie bags were worth approx $800-$1,000!! A sensational community effort!
Without the help of community volunteers Bayside Community Emergency Relief would not have been able to come to the aid of so many in dire need & we thank you all. Please spread the word about our community charity as the more members we have the more we can help.
It takes a community. #Volunteering Victoria
Photography: PY-PHOTO , David Lounds