The Older Women’s Network (OWN) Deepwater Woy Woy has delivered goods valued at just over $650 to Allawah House at East Gosford.
The gift comprised 10 sets of quilt cover sets and doonas as well as a large laundry product donation.
Allawah House is a refuge accommodation centre for women over the age of 55, some of whom are victims of domestic and/or family violence.
Deepwater OWN committed to the Allawah House Project after joining the Action on Housing for Older Women (AHOW) committee which was set up at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdowns by Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch to address homelessness of older women in the community.
The AHOW comprises a number of philanthropic charities such as the Elderslee Foundation, Mercy Foundation and community groups such as Deepwater OWN, Brisbane Water OWN, Zonta, Pacific Link and Coast Shelter.
Residents are assisted into affordable housing and committee members work hard to kit those residents out when they move out of Allawah House.
This allows new women to take up the rooms which have been vacated and the process starts afresh.
OWN Deepwater also recently undertook a project to re-provision the food larder at Mary Mac’s Place, Woy Woy, after it was reported that food stocks were badly in need.
Project Officer Sally Baker assembled $500 worth of cereals, fruit poppers, milk, biscuits, baked beans, spaghetti, pasta, pasta sauces, tinned soup, tinned stews, up and go drinks, muesli bars, microwavable pastas and soups, noodles and jelly fruit cups.
Deepwater OWN will likely repeat its donation closer to Christmas, when the demand for hampers and meals is likely to rise.
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OWN Deepwater