Doing it for our Farmers hampers ready to go again after big packing day

The Doing it for our Farmers volunteers spent an energetic morning today sorting through and packaging the donations.

Founder Sue-Ellen Wilkin said the charity drive had now spread to Western Australia, and now some fundraising events were being planned.

They include a barbecue this weekend and a concert next month.

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“Everything is running very smoothly and just going from strength to strength; I want to thank everybody who’s helping,” she said.

Goods such as non-perishable food, hygiene essentials, cleaning products, and even clothes and blankets are still being donated at collection points far and wide.

So many of them, in fact, they needed bigger premises and were moved from a Uniting Church room on Marius Street to the old Carpet Court building on Peel Street.

The hampers are going out in “cold drops” to people’s properties and through Uniting Church Rural Frontiers’ rural chaplain.

The cards came from a fundraiser held during the Berrigan Shire Council by-election this month.

“The Red Cross ran a raffle there and sent $1300 worth of prepaid EFTPOS cards,” Mrs Wilkin said.

“One of the members has family here, so is aware of the drought conditions.”

Coming up next is a barbecue outside Escape Travel in Peel Street, from 10am to 2pm on Saturday.

The volunteers are also planning a concert and ute muster for August 11, with more details to come.