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....

Faces of Addi Road: Estelle

by Mark Mordue | Feb 1, 2021

Estelle has been volunteering at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville for the last year. “It’s been fun,” she says. “The people are nice. There’s such a variety of people from all steps of life who volunteer here … we have students, a Qantas engineer … then there’s the...

Faces of Addi Road: Eilish

by Mark Mordue | Oct 6, 2020

Are those four people you are with your flatmates? Eilish half-shrugs and says, “Yeah, some of them.” Some of them? “Well … I live in a really big share house.” How big is big? “Oh, there’s about 40 people that I live with in all.” 40?!! Then Eilish laughs and has to...

Faces of Addi Road: Sebastian

by Mark Mordue | Sep 18, 2020

Do you know the lyrics to the song Lost in Music? “Lost in music, caught in trap, no turning back.” Well, it is the opposite of that for Sebastian. Music is the only true home he has. Hailing from Cali in Colombia, he has been living in Sydney now for seven months....

Faces of Addi Road: Jack

by Mark Mordue | Sep 4, 2020

Jack Hanna walks around the grounds of the Addison Road Community Organisation in Marrickville to get an understanding of what the place does and how it ticks. He wants to help with our food rescue and food security program in particular. So he’s making a donation to...