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SWEET STORY ON THE STAGE GALEN Catholic College students (back) Toby Beggs, Jose Obaniana, Grace Gough, Felix Ott, Leila Gephart, Spencer Haywood, (front) Bailey Walch, Alice Appleby, Emily Bevan and Bonnie Melbourne inhabit their characters as they prepare for the school’s production of Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, which opens tomorrow night. Full story page 5 PHOTO: Kurt Hickling
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LOCAL businesses are getting on board to ‘Pay It Forward’ for National Homelessness Week. Cafés involved in the “Step Up for Homelessness - Pay It Forward” campaign will be collecting donations from the public which will in turn be distributed to local people doing it tough who are homeless or at risk
BY JORDAN DUURSMA jduursma@ nemedia.com.au
of homelessness. Beyond Housing service development manager, Katrina Holland, said support workers have highlighted that a lot of their clients are struggling
with material needs. “I think if we can buy them a coffee or a meal, it’s just something nice to do and brings back the humanity,” she said. According to Beyond Housing’s data, more than 600 people were experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless across
Wangaratta in 2023-2024. Ms Holland said local cafés are responding to this and doing their bit to help out the community’s most vulnerable. Tony Molinaro’s Aroma Deli Café is one of the cafes participating in the campaign, and said his team is involved because it’s a good cause.
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“It’s great to be able give back to our community,” he said. Following Homelessness Week, participating cafés will give a figure of how much was donated by the community, vouchers for cafes will then be distributed to those most in need by service providers.
Ovens Murray and Goulburn Local Area Service Network homelessness coordinator, Renee Murtagh, said the cost of living crisis is hitting everyone, particularly the most vulnerable people in the community who are having trouble with housing being supported. ■ Continued page 5
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