Brimbank locals can celebrate Christmas early at a festive dinner hosted by the Paradise 4 Kids (P4K) food van next month.
The P4K food van works to provide hot meals and clothing for homeless people.
P4K Victorian director Jane Pallot said the Christmas dinner will bring together members of the community during the holiday season.
“The idea is to make it really christmassy and festive for them. We have music, we can dance…depending on the weather of course,” Ms Pallot said.
This year, volunteers will cook up and serve around 150 hot roast dinner meals followed by servings of fresh fruit, icecream, and homemade tiramisu.
“We’re only a small little kitchen. We always aim to give good-quality, homecooked food,” Ms Pallot said.
Ms Pallot said P4K volunteers have come to love the work.
“It’s very rewarding because we have grown as people with this community. This community sees it as a family. We’re their friends… We feel part of their community,” she said.
Ms Pallot said P4K is on the lookout for more volunteers to help serve weekly meals as well as community donations.
“The volunteers fund all this stuff themselves. They bring boxes of fresh fruit, clothes, whatever is donated,“ she said.
“We welcome donations of toys or toiletries and male and female gifts.”
The PK4 Christmas party will kick off at 6pm on Tuesday 16 December at the St Albans Market carpark.
Residents can donate gift items each Tuesday night or make tax-deductible monetary donations here: shorturl.at/m1WqR.
