Sunday 4 December 2022

Christmas Gathering

OK.  So I did say I wouldn't be doing a post until next year, but I really needed to share a couple of things with you all.

Last week we had a Christmas Gathering at the Sydney Rowing Club in Abbotsford.  What a gorgeous location!  Here are a couple of photos from that day.

This was the view....(that is Rhodes in the distance)

The ferry wharf is just down from the club, and this is the River Cat preparing to leave the wharf.


And with a whoosh it was gone...


We have received a Thank You from Murray Farm Public School.  Earlier this year we donated two quilts to the P&C for the raffle which was part of their major fund raiser.  The fund raiser  was hugely successful and raised $98,000 for the school.

The big bit of news though was the list of goods we had produced this year, which was distributed to us at our gathering.  We and our loyal band of helpers who donate quilts to us for distribution have done the following:

2022 Recipient Organisations                             No of Woolens            No of Quilts

 

Dandelion Support Network                                                  124                                83

Concord Hospital Palliative Care Unit                                       2                                88

We Care Connect Central Coast                                             51                                67

CWA Canberra                                                                                                            31

Strathfield Meals on Wheels                                                    22                               29

Mission Australia Homeless Women Nth Strathfield                24                               23

Rotary Club of Salamander Bay – Lismore Flood Victims       18                               20

San Miguel Family Centre                                                          3                               14           

Hawkesbury Hospital Palliative Care Unit                                                                   10

Greenwich Hospital Palliative Care Unit                                                                       9

St Mary’s Villa                                                                            5                                 8

St Joseph’s Palliative Care Unit Auburn                                                                       8

Rotary Club of Concord                                                                                                6

Rotary Club of Iron Cove                                                                                              4

Individual Donation Quilts                                                                                           12

 

Totals for 2022                                                                      249                              412

A truly awesome effort by everyone.  And a big thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this tally possible.  

That's me for now.  See you in January.