Faces of Addi Road: Mary and Paul

by Mark Mordue | Feb 3, 2021

  Mary and Paul are an important part of our frontline team, helping to run the Addison Road Community Organisation office and receiving visitors throughout the year. They work here as volunteers, giving their time and good humour freely to almost every occasion....

Matthew’s Christmas Ecosystem

by Mark Mordue | Dec 24, 2020

Matthew starts making Christmas cards in November. He creates them by hand and sends them off to friends across the country and overseas. Heading into December he’s usually finished all of them. “I do it to make this time of year less lonely,” he says. But when he is...

Not Forgotten – Addi Road’s Hampers of Hope and Mobilising for Mogo

by Mark Mordue | Dec 22, 2020

You want to use the word ‘dynamo’ when you see Sallianne McClelland in action. She seems to run on to the stage at Gumbramorra Hall in Marrickville like a gold medallist winning the race of a lifetime. She’s been asked to speak to the volunteers who are packing our...

Working Together on Hampers of Hope

by Mark Mordue | Dec 12, 2020

  The best gifts often have a story behind them. This coming week at Addi Road we will be putting together 1000 ‘Hampers of Hope’ for the holiday season. The hampers will carry basics like rice and oil, but also special treats and extra from chocolates to moisturizer...

Sending Out A Message

by Mark Mordue | Nov 19, 2020

The Australian Council of Social Service have come down to Addi Road today to set up a table outside our Food Pantry and encourage people to send a few Christmas cards to our politicians. It may not be a card they like to get. But every one them is certainly...