18th ANNUAL

CHRISTMAS
2008

THANKS TO OUR 2007 SUPPORTERS

• Mt Eliza Village Clinic Doctors, nurses, reception staff, patients, friends and well-wishers from the pharmacy industry collected 83 boxes of Christmas fare and groceries which were made into hampers.
   

• Mt Eliza Hair Studio This is the 3rd year a "Wishing Tree" has been set up at the Mt Eliza Hair Studio. We would like to thank their staff and customers for  placing gifts for local disadvantaged children under the tree.
   

• Frankston RSL donated 350 Christmas puddings and boxes of bon-bons which were added to festive hampers packed by Larder.
   

• Chisholm Institute of TAFE held their annual auction to raise funds for the Appeal.

Thanks to all the following people and organisations who donated
groceries, toys and the funds to purchase extra Christmas Hampers.
 

v     Anonymous donations

v     Baxter Village Bowls Club

v     Beta Sigma Phi

v     Carrum Gardens Social Club

v     CWA - Frankston Branch

v     Don Jacobs

v     Elizabeth Murdoch Secondary College

v     First Church of Christ Scientist

v     Frankston Bridge Club

v     Frankston Cake Decorators Association

v     Frankston CWA - Gumnuts

v     Frankston Garden Club

v     Frankston High School

v     Frankston High Street Uniting Church

v     Frankston Library

v     Frankston Navy Memorial Club

v     Frankston Wranglers Charity Club

v     Fred Renouf

v     Gateway Church

v     Karingal Bowling Club

v     Lions Club of Karingal

v     Local Spiritual Assembly of Bahai's

v     Manning Village Residents - Baxter Village

v     Manning Village Social Club - Baxter Village

v     Marie Caton

v     Mary Irons

v     Monash University (Frankston Campus)

v     Nurse Education Department, Peninsula Integrated Health

v     Operation Larder

v     Peninsula Country Golf Club

v     Polish Senior Citizens Club, Frankston

v     Port Phillip Group

v     Rotary Club of Long Island

v     Seaford Park Primary School

v     Seaford Uniting Church

v     St Francis Xavier Church

v     St Luke's Anglican Church

v     St Paul's Anglican Church

v     Ted Tomlin

v     Wesley Uniting Church - Ladies Evening Group

v     Woodleigh School

OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS NEARLY 1500 HAMPERS
HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL FAMILIES.

There are many people living in Frankston City who are isolated from friends and family and when in crisis have no option but to turn to local organisations for support. The Frankston Community Support and Information Centre would like to give you the opportunity to support our work by helping us raise funds for the 17^th Annual Frankston Community Appeal.

This Appeal is about helping people with real needs in our neighbourhood. Each year, approximately 350 festive hampers are distributed to local families who have been professionally assessed as suffering extreme financial hardship. The Centre, which co-ordinates this Appeal, works in conjunction with other local emergency relief agencies to stretch limited resources and provide assistance to more families. By working together, with one point for distribution, there is fairer allocation of hampers and it enables other local organisations to concentrate on providing different festive activities like free Christmas breakfast and lunch to disadvantaged residents.

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES IN FRANKSTON 2007
Download brochure listing details of free Christmas Day breakfast and lunch, toy distribution locations, hamper referrals and how you can donate. (115k PDF File)