During our #HampersofHope week our donors, supporters, partner organisations and volunteers all came together as one. We hope this photo album gives you a glimpse of the camaraderie and community spirit at work at Addi Road in the lead-up to this Christmas.
#HampersofHope 2021… Bondi Sunset Music set up a bluesy jazzy groove with Craig Foster guesting on hand drums. The mood suits something more reflective and softer as everyone absorbs what is going on…
The first day of Addi Road’s #HampersofHope 2021 swings into action.
Morning tea for all our volunteers. Of course, it is pelting down raining again. So, the annual event is held under cover, appropriately enough inside our Gumbramorra Hall, better-known these days for having been converted into the Addi Road Food Relief Hub. The volunteers know this place inside out.
Keresi ‘Grace’ Rabuatoka is the force behind The Fijian Community in Sydney. She has just organised – independently – to send a shipment of Addi Road hampers back to very hungry people in Fiji. A true community powerhouse.
Addi Road inspired Mike Williams to create a half-hour documentary, ‘The Dignity Business’, for Radio National’s Earshot program.
Things have changed for Ethan and Brad-Lee. Earlier this year Brad-Lee had a brain haemorrhage. But it was not the sad story it could have been.
“I have loved it here,” say Clint Bolton, the former football goalkeeping star. “You get to a point in your life where you realise the most important thing is the relationships that you have with with people. Coming here, I’ve been inspired.”
It’s all up to Steve Elphick now to get the truck to Walgett safely, a solid nine-hour drive. It’s already 3pm in Marrickville, Sydney. He will need to stop roadside somewhere tonight before pushing on to Walgett in the morning….
These are just some words from the Inner West front of a battle that finds a beautiful edge here. An empty room and the ghosts of action.
