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The car suffered extensive damage. 179557
By Casey Neill
Police arrest a man at the scene. 179557
Police arrested three men who were in a car that crashed into the Dandenong Primary School yard. Principal Daniel Riley was called to the Foster Street school shortly after 2am on Thursday 5 April. "What I know is that two men managed to walk from the accident and third was taken to hospital," he said. "Damage to school property appears to be very minimal but we will investigate further later today and tomorrow." The car stopped just metres from the heritage-listed, 1881-built main school building. Police said a Volkswagen sedan lost control travelling around a bend, careered across the road, smashed through the school's front fence and rolled several times before coming to rest at the entrance to the main school building. They arrested two men, aged in their early twenties, at the scene while a third man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police were still trying to determine who was driving at the time of the crash. They urged anyone who saw the vehicle prior to the crash to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report to www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Hungry need help By Casey Neill Greater Dandenong's most vulnerable will go hungry unless Avocare can raise $100,000 in the next 90 days. Founder Trish Keilty made an impassioned plea for help online after the social enterprise's six-month quest for a new home turned up nothing. The lease on its Dandenong South warehouse is about to expire.
"Finding a suitable site in the City of Greater Dandenong has proven far more difficult and far more expensive than we anticipated," she said. Every week, Avocare rescues 23 tonnes of fresh, perishable and non-perishable food items. "At our distribution warehouse, 150 people on our training and employment programs actively assist in the dissemination of the donated food and material aid," Ms Keilty said.
Weekly, 125 charities in the Greater Dandenong and surrounds pick up and distribute food to struggling families and those who would otherwise go hungry. Ms Keilty, Greater Dandenong's reigning Citizen of the Year, said the food delivered was equivalent to 32,000 meals. "The cost to deliver one of our meals is just $3.30," she said. "Imagine if everyone in Dandenong could spare just $3.30.
"We could reach our target." She also called out to anyone who might know of a suitable warehouse in the Dandenong area that Avocare could relocate to. Ms Keilty started Avocare in 2003. "Over the last decade the demand for our services has dramatically escalated," she said. "In the last three years demand has increased more than 40 per cent." Contact at trish@avocare.org.au or visit www.avocare.org.au to help.
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