Tara Murray
A Hillside woman has helped coordinate 100 boxes of food and items to be donated this Christmas.
Nicol Allegrezza has set up Sharing is Caring as a way to help others less fortunate.
Ms Allegrezza said this year they had collected enough items to donate 100 boxes to local community groups.
This is her second year collecting items. Last year they donated 20 boxes.
“I buy the empty boxes from a company, Reverse Advent Calendar,” she said.
“I then put out a post on a Hillside community [Facebook] page.
“People take the boxes and they have two months to fill the box with grocery items. They will be filled with different types of food and they will bring it back to me.”
Ms Allegrezza donated the boxes last weekend to three different groups. She thanked everyone who had contributed.
As well as food, some homemade baby jumpers and toys had been donated.
“All up 60 boxes went to a community in Keilor East. They do food distribution every Sunday and when I spoke to them they mentioned they had 100 people to support this year, some of which were living from their cars.
“It’s so heartbreaking to hear about the struggles of others.
“[We donated] 30 boxes went to Connecting Homes who support the stolen generation and their families and 10 boxes are going to the victims of domestic violence.”
Ms Allegrezza said she would look to run another drive at Easter time.
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