Every winter our guests are warmed by hand knitted beanies and scarves created by knitters from all over Canberra: Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Kangara Waters Retirement Village, Phoenix Knitters and John Jansen as well as others who prefer to remain anonymous. It’s always great to see the variety of colours and styles available. The knitters obviously have as much pleasure from creating them as our guests have from wearing them.
As well we have received donations of warm clothing from Saara Holidays, Ngunnawal Street Pantries and Helping ACT. Mobilise, a national charity providing assistance for those experiencing homelessness, has also visited the EMC with warm clothes including jumpers, coats and socks.
We received a strong response to our End of Financial Year appeal and will shortly be announcing the lucky recipients of the quilt and goodies basket.
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