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...

Bang On

by Mark Mordue | Jun 11, 2021

Anthony Albanese launches a zero-waste kitchen at Addi Road thanks to Coles Nurture Fund and SecondBite   Anthony Albanese came down to Addi Road early on a winter’s morning this week to bang the drum – or at least beat the daylights out of a good non-stick frying pan...

Addi Road Volunteers Acknowledged at Awards

by Mark Mordue | May 21, 2021

Addison Road Community Organisation is very happy to see our volunteers acknowledged this week at the Inner West Council’s 2021 Amy Large Volunteer Awards. The awards were conceived as one of the high points of National Volunteer Week, a time to reflect on how much...

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...

Matthew’s Christmas Ecosystem

by Mark Mordue | Dec 24, 2020

Matthew starts making Christmas cards in November. He creates them by hand and sends them off to friends across the country and overseas. Heading into December he’s usually finished all of them. “I do it to make this time of year less lonely,” he says. But when he is...