We are in need of some shelves or bookcases something that we can display/put the shoes on, maybe you or someone you know has some they don't need or use anymore or could even loan us until the end of school term, thank you !

Huge thank you to Jane and Wendy for all the help today unpacking and sorting the formal wear. We still have along way to go but it is certainly taking shape. Lots more racks to put together and lots more dresses to hang. There are some amazing dresses in all sizes, colours and lengths, shoes, costume jewellery and evening bags as well as suits, pants, shirts, waistcoats dress shoes. After much discussion we are going to loan them out, as opposed to gifting them like we have in previous years, free of charge to anyone who cannot afford an outfit on their special night. This will ensure that all students will have a larger selection to choose from and the clothes can also be worn over and over again for many years to come to many formals, farewells and graduations. And we would hate to think that they might just sit somewhere, these were all made to be worn to many special nights. We wil requite student ID and parent ID. Working on a flier now which we will put up later to share. Thank you so much to everyone who has kindly donated !! Thanks to your generosity and beautiful donations think we should be able to outfit anyone who needs.

First things first, the venue has been set and confirmed for our annual Free Christmas Day lunch, we are hiring the Masonic Hall, 731 George Street, South Windsor, this year. A much bigger venue, where we will all be under the one roof ( and it's all air conditioned ). We will have our usual bus service doing pick up's from various locations throughout the Hawkesbury as well as the Windsor railway station. Anyway now thats done, we will start organising everything else in the upcoming weeks.

According to ACOSS ( Australian Council of Social Service ). One in six children under the age of 15 are living in Poverty ! What a heartbreaking and frightening statistic.

We see this far too often and most of the calls we receive coming for assistance later in the evening, when everything is already full or closed !! Desperate calls from mothers with children parked on the side of the road with nowhere to go, and who have left with nothing. (we have also had phone calls from Fathers in the same position).

As you know we usually accept donations at the Windsor Cwa on Saturday mornings. To save being in two places at once hoping if you had planned to drop any items off that you wouldn’t mind dropping off to us at the Windsor Leagues Club ( where we are setting up and collecting formal wear ), it is located at George St & Rifle Range Road, South Windsor. We will be there from 9 a.m to 1 p.m . It's the first building on the far right hand side of the car park where you enter. Pictured below. Thanking you in advance x

For the past five years we have held a free Christmas lunch on Christmas Day. And each year it gets bigger and bigger. We have been getting enquires about volunteering as well as many people asking are we doing it again this year !! The answer is absolutely yes we are doing it again this year !! No one should spend Christmas alone, and they don\t have to, they can spend it with us.

It is Anti-Poverty Week across Australia when thousands of people will be working to raise awareness of how the experience of poverty affects the wellbeing of not just individuals or families but the whole community. “Poverty” describes the situation where people in a particular society cannot afford the essentials that most people in that society take for granted.

Thank you to Red's Soul Food who kindly donated two lasagna's for our meal service over the weekend, heard it was amazing !! Everything on their menu is handmade. They use all fresh ingredients and buy local where they can and even use herbs out of their own own gardens. Please call Into the shop and grab a coffee we promise you won't be sorry, they cater for those who like to grab brekky or lunch on the run or those who like to sit and enjoy the surroundings. Don't forget to check out their pre made take home dinners and slowcooker meals designed to take all the work out of eating nutritiously! www.redssoulfood.com.au

Thank you Luke from Windsor Subway for the platter of subs, a big bag of cookies and some bread rolls.