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The Volunteer Family

by Mark Mordue | Jul 8, 2021

It’s like family here, they say. That’s why Annerie, Kerrie and Robyn come and volunteer at the Addi Road Food Pantry every week. This sounds nice, of course. But why keep doing it at the height of another pandemic outbreak in Sydney? Their answers get more...

Life During Wartime

by Mark Mordue | Apr 2, 2020

Melissa Holmes works for Stepping Out in Leichhardt. “It basically involves helping survivors of childhood sexual abuse to live in the community.” She’s come down to Addi Road’s Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre in Marrickville to pick up hampers being...

Addi Road’s Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre

by Mark Mordue | Mar 27, 2020

Addison Road Community Organisation in Marrickville is responding to the COVID-19 crisis by extending its food security program and Food Pantry with its new Emergency Food Preparedness and Response Centre. The Gumbramorra Hall, has been re-purposed as a production and...

Addi Road’s Emergency Food Hampers

by Mark Mordue | Mar 24, 2020

At this time of increased food insecurity, please be mindful of the message from one of our partners, Foodbank: “We encourage all our agency partners to remember that every item provided to a member of the general public who has the means to purchase that...