February 11th, 2009
Help for bushfire appeal
By: michael chalk | News |
Maggie Clarke, the PRACE manager, has been in touch with people at the Diamond Creek Community Centre, where they are accepting all manner of donations.
It’s mostly toiletries that people need: incontinence pads, sanitary items, toothbrushes & paste, shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, nail scissors. Also suits – any size – needed for funerals.
You can drop off donations at Merrilands Community Centre any time soon. Thank you.
“Our community” website has more ways you can help out.
Relevant links:
- Follow the latest updates at ABC Melbourne;
- Radio 774 (abc) also has a twitter feed with constant updates;
- The Red Cross emergency appeal;
- CFA incident reports and warnings.
On a personal note, Coach Carole McCulloch who has worked with our ACE colleagues in the north of Victoria, writes about the importance of staying connected at times like these.
This map shows latest updates from the CFA. (Full map here.)
February 14th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Michael, this is an awesome example of the kind of connectivity I was speaking of in my blog.
Here’s another example from our Hume community – conversations in our StudyZone at: http://www.studyzone.net/
CC