Griffith families in need get boost from community during Christmas 2019
On 9 December 2019, Riverina Skips put out a call on Facebook looking for a family in the local community who was in need for Christmas. The goal was to help one family to put food on the table during the festive season.
The response from locals was overwhelming. Many businesses & individuals offered to jump on board to help a family in need. There were also many nominations for families doing it tough whom deserved a helping hand.
The help provided was mostly in the form of locals sponsoring grocery vouchers, but some generous local businesses also offered vouchers for their own goods & services to help these families feel special, including haircuts, sports shoes, and shopping centre vouchers.
The nominations & nominees were kept confidential (unless they wanted to reveal themselves). The nominees would not be told who nominated them. The gift giving was intended as a surprise and a reminder that somebody cares. Vouchers were handed out by myself (Stephen) and other business owners whom had sponsored vouchers, as well as local community workers.
In total 40 local families were assisted by the offers of support from Griffith businesses & individuals. Some did not wish to be named & preferred to remain anonymous. The sponsors I managed to convince to allow me to thank them publicly are listed below and only helped to encourage other businesses to jump on board.
Many thanks to the following businesses & individuals:
James at The Athletes Foot Griffith
Chris at Inspirations Paint Griffith
Tristan at Tristan's Barber Shop
Barry & Yvonne Turnell
Troy at Rawlinson & Brown
Eryn at Griffith Pet Resort
Michael at Farronato Bros Towing
Joe from Griffith City Fencing
Luke Farmer Painting
Brett at Sivewright Automotive
Dom from iPlumb Griffith
Dom at Family Funland
Pinkal & Lally at Griffith Newsagency
Vinnie at 99 Spices Indian Restaurant
Frank at De Marco Produce & Solar Cleaning Australia
Kevin at Griffith Almet Engineering
Ben at Watts Tripping Electrical
Kristy at Summit Employment & Training
Tania from TLS Safety Solutions
Craig from Inland Pools
Sally, Ingrid & the team at Sureway Employment & Training Griffith
Gavin & Jeremy at EcoKleenSolar Riverina
Migel & Cheryl at M Baquero Plastering
Cheryl at Griffith Central Shopping Centre
The Griffith Italian Festival commitee
Daisy & Julie from Corynnia Station
… and to the many whom wished to remain anonymous sponsors, you helped us to help 40 families in need during Christmas 2019, thank you!