Kicking Off
December 9, 2021
Brett Kirk of the Sydney Swans swung by Addi Road today with a special delivery for us. 2,000 Swans caps to go with our #HampersofHope for Christmas!!!
Tag: #PlayForLives
Control of the Game
August 5, 2021
The playlist in the hall rocks along to Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Down on the Corner’. Someone must like their old classics. Volunteers packing hamper boxes inside the Addi Road Food Relief Hub pick up on the musical tempo.
Food Security, Social Justice and Donna Summer
January 21, 2021
Towards the end of 2020 our Food Pantry Manager, Damien Moore, reckoned he’d been working so hard the time had come to drag him away “in a straitjacket singing that Donna Summer song, ‘Enough is Enough (I can’t go on no more!)’. I mean, it has been a pretty full-on year.”
Beautiful Day
September 3, 2020
See our photo gallery and story on the opening of Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. “It’s about the building blocks for a community. That’s why I’m here.” – Jamie Parker, Member for Balmain.
Making Hard Yards with the Swans
April 7, 2020
“I just love the vibe here. I’ve been coming down to Addi Road, packing emergency hampers for the last week… Anyone can help, whether you’re a professional or involved with a local club. That is why Craig Foster’s #PlayForLives campaign is so great. It’s rallying all of us.” – Kieren Jack
Playing On – Craig Foster, #PlayForLives and Addi Road
April 7, 2020
A recent Sydney Morning Herald news article on how Craig Foster’s #PlayForLives campaign is motivating volunteers from the sports community to make Addi Road’s emergency food hampers.
White Crosses
March 31, 2020
Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times…
Feeding the People – Addi Road, Craig Foster and Anthony Albanese
March 31, 2020
After seeing our Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre, Anthony Albanese was moved to call Addi Road “the heart and soul of the electorate.”