April 2018

Glebe Society members’ response to this project has been wonderful – so many items delivered to the first drop-off session at St Helen’s and by pick-ups as well as cash donations. Thank you all.

For April, the drop-off dates are the first and third Wednesdays (4 April and 18 April), 3pm to 5.30pm (slight change of time), at the Meeting Room, St Helens Community Centre.

You can drop off any core items for our Packs or other items suitable for the optional box (see March Bulletin). We especially need saucepans and, for the optional box, mashers/graters and unbreakables. We are also short of glasses and tumblers. If you prefer, email Diane on vice-president@glebesociety.org.au) to arrange a pick-up.

Stop Press:
We have just been advised that the City of Sydney is supporting our Kitchen Starter Pack Project – our grant application was successful!

UPDATE (July 2021)

The highly successful Kitchen Starter Pack Project has now been brought to a close. Since the end of 2017, we have supplied 80 packs to clients leaving Elsie Women’s Refuge and Rainbow Lodge for independent living in social or community housing.

The Glebe Society is very grateful for the support of its members and their friends who have provided their used kitchenware that formed the basis of the packs, as well as financial and other volunteer support since the start of the project. Special thanks goes to Diane Hutchinson for her dedicated effort over this time. Her closing report on the project can be read here: https://www.glebesociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Kitchen-Pack-Final-Report-June-2021.pdf