#HampersofHope – the week in pictures

#HampersofHope – the week in pictures

by | Dec 21, 2021

  #HampersofHope begins at Addi Road in Marrickville on a Monday.   Each day during the week we move towards our target of 1000+ gift hampers.   Each day our volunteers and our donors help us to put them together with care and love, including...
The Soft Machine

The Soft Machine

by | Dec 16, 2021

Thursday morning at Addi Road’s #HampersofHope and our packing logistics and volunteer numbers have been affected by concerns around rising covid infections in Sydney in the wake of OMICRON. Bondi Sunset Music set up a bluesy jazzy groove with Craig Foster guesting on...
Step Into Christmas

Step Into Christmas

by | Dec 13, 2021

It’s on again, #HampersofHope 2021. Craig Foster has his playlist cranking through the PA system in Gumbramorra Hall… lots of seasonal hits from Maria Carey to Bing Crosby, and right now a double whammy from Ella Fitzgerald singing ‘Sleigh Ride’ followed by Elton John...
All for One and One for All

All for One and One for All

by | Dec 9, 2021

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...
Making The Fijian Connection

Making The Fijian Connection

by | Nov 23, 2021

Everyone calls her Grace. But her real name is Keresi Rabuatoka. Her organisation does not have a formal name, just a bunch of able-bodied people she has martialled into action. Usually she – and everyone else – calls them The Fijian Community. TFC. The Fijian...