The Salvation Army is appealing for the community to get involved in this year’s Red Shield Appeal, which will raise vital funds to continue supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the community.
Although The Red Shield Appeal weekend is May 25 and 26, there are many other opportunities to give back throughout the month of May, as highlighted by Hobsons Bay Corps captain Star Conliffe.
“We have made a few changes to last year but we are going back to collecting cash on Saturday, May 25,” she said.
“We are also asking people to sponsor the Salvos Soup van in Hobsons Bay.”
Captain Conliffe said the team have noticed the doubling of number of people who are accessing the soup van in the last 12 months.
“This has increased our costs which now costs $150 a week to run that program,” she said.
“For this reason we are asking people to sponsor the van and make a donation of $150 through either dropping off the cash or through an online form.”
In order to keep the soup van funded through the next year, captain Conliffe said the team requires 50 sponsors which can be individuals or businesses.
“That funding will make sure we can meet the need that we are seeing in the community.
“We have gone from feeding about 25 to 50 people , we have also seen a big increase in parents bringing their kids out to make sure their kids have a meal on Friday night.”
The soup van is all volunteer run and operates by using the donations of food and drinks received throughout the week.
“I think it is a very worthy cause if people want to get behind it,”cCaptain Conliffe said.
Details: digitaldoorknock.salvationarmy.org.au/o/hobsons-bay-salvos
