Report
It is a difficult climate with many demands on the individual and household. However, Annual Celebration of Interconnectedness has raised on night 15/6 from presenting diners and pledges from absent friends of $8,000.
The precise figure is unknown as efforts "in kind" are are unlimited and indefinable.
What is known, on 3/6, the $8,000 is purchasing a chest freezer and the balance is in basic grocery items including:
Oils, Rice, Legumes, Ghee, Spices, Nuts, Food Mixes and Other to fill the pledged amount up to $8,000.
16/5 Dinner costs sponsored by Caro Way.
3/6 Grocery buying discount sponsored by Needs Grocery.
3/6 Delivery costs from Elsternwick to Footscray sponsored by Man with a Van.
Throughout: Ancillary Support and moving arrangers by Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Food Bank.
Our combined efforts will assist Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in a small but meaningful way to feed, support and overcome obstacles for over 500 people weekly.
For those wishing substantiation, a final receipt is available upon request. Unless there is a major change to plan and promises made, this constitutes concluding report.
Except to say, thank you for the role each individual plays in making this piece of the world a brighter and more equitable place for everyone, received with gratitude. Wherever and whenever this is.
On this symbolic occasion, we interconnected to lend a hand to those at a frontline and recipients who are benefitting from friends in the right time in the right place for the right reason. No need to wait until next year, usually a smile on the street is enough, patience in a queue or kindness with a telemarketer.