The CareWorks Christmas Appeal is back for 2025.
The annual donations drive helps people in the local community who are struggling this festive season, with donations accepted in town.
The donations bin is back in Sunbury Square, where you can place some non-perishable food items in. CareWorks said it is looking for some festive foods including plum puddings, Christmas cakes, chocolates, mince pies, tinned ham and UHT custards.
CareWorks operations manager Kate Killick said the drive is only made possible by the community.
“We run it every year, and we rely pretty much exclusively on the community to help us put together the hampers,” she said.
“The success of it depends on how much we get from the community.”
Other than food donations, the community can also fill a reverse advent calendar, which involves people putting one item a day inside the box for 20 days, for someone in need to open for Christmas.
“We aim this year to fill 150 reverse advent calendar boxes,” Ms Killick said.
Anyone can pick up a reverse advent calendar at CareWorks during their opening hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and they need to be completed and dropped off by 11 December, so they can be given out for Christmas.
CareWorks are also doing a toy drive, as well as accepting gifts for women and men for Christmas.
“We just appreciate any support we can get, whether it’s one item in the collection cage, or its a whole box they can fill for us, so anything’s gratefully received,” Ms Killick said.
Details: careworks.com.au
