Mobile laundry help wanted
Hard rubbish pickup soon
A CHARITY helping the homeless population in Chelsea and Frankston is calling for volunteers. Orange Sky is a not-for-profit providing mobile laundry and shower services to homeless people. Their mobile site has helped out homeless people at Frankston, Dandenong, Cranbourne, Pakenham, Chelsea, and Doveton. Orange Sky volunteer Belinda said lending a hand was a good feeling. “I didn’t think I’d love it as much as I love it, I can’t wait for Wednesdays when I get to volunteer. I’ve always wanted to find a way to give back, a friend of mine taught me that you can get more from charity than what you give,” she said. “It’s just nice to be able to help someone who doesn’t have clean clothes. We take our clean clothes for granted, whereas our friends don’t. The thank you that you get, you can see it in their eyes, it’s the most amazing thing. “It’s really nice and it’s only two hours and you actually have great conversations and you learn about different people which I find very fascinating. The conversations take your breath away. You learn about people who live in their car or people who live in shared housing who don’t even have a heater, they’ve just got a tiny little room and literally all they walk in with is the clothes on their back and a mattress. They don’t have sheets, they don’t have doonas. What we can give them though is dry, warm clothes. “If you have two hours, that’s all it takes, you’ll get more than two hours
THE annual free hard rubbish collection service will begin on 9 September. The collection starts from the northern suburbs in Kingston like Dingley Village and Moorabbin, and will move south until the collection finishes on 11 October. The maximum collection size is 4m x 1m x 1m. Visit kingston.vic.gov.au to view collection dates.
Local stop for former bikie turned preacher A FORMER bikie who once acted as an enforcer for drug dealers will speak in Chelsea about how he changed his life. Sam Childers, dubbed the “Machine Gun Preacher,” has had an eventful life. Since moving on from his early troubles, he has found faith and helped to build an orphanage in Southern Sudan. He has also written a book which went on to become a film. Mr Childers will speak at St Chad’s, 12-14 Thames Promenade Chelsea, at 6pm 25 August.
Library speaker set Helping hands: Orange Sky volunteers sort through washing. Volunteer Belinda (inset) said helping out is “the most
amazing thing”. Pictures: Supplied
back.” Orange Sky cofounder Lucas Patchett said that they were looking to bring in new volunteers. “The south east is one of our longest running services, we launched it ex-
actly one year after Orange Sky did its first ever wash on the streets of Brisbane,” he said. “There’s massive potential for the service to grow, but we need more people to jump onboard and sign up
to volunteer. You don’t need to be a laundry expert, you just need to love a great chat and have a few hours to give every fortnight.” More information at orangesky.org. au/volunteer
AUTHOR Alison Knight will speak at the Mentone Public Library on 31 August. She will be discussing her books, which include The Close and Peter Stone. Entry is a gold coin donation. Book a spot by phoning 9583 8494 or by emailing mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com.
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21 August 2019
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