Dundaloo Support Services have raised $1,115 for the Salvation Army Flood Appeal, in response to the recent natural disaster on the NSW North Coast and parts of Queensland.
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The organisation held a fundraiser on April 13 to support the cause.
Dundaloo Support Services CEO Shelly Sabey said the organisation wanted to help the appeal anyway it could.
“Everyone at Dundaloo wants to be part of their community, and raising funds for people experiencing a natural disaster is one way, we can join with others in making a difference,” Ms Sabey said.
Taree Salvation Army captain Louise Beamish had first hand experience of the devastation of the floods as she was enlisted to Cannonvale in Queensland to administer emergency relief.
She spent a week at recovery centres in the region, distributing food and clothing vouchers for those in need.
Ms Beamish said a scene of flattened houses and sugar cane fields was confronting.
“It was pretty horrific, to hear the stories of people without power or water was pretty devastating,” Ms Beamish said.
Dundaloo’s donation was presented to the Salvation Army on April 24.
Ms Beamish thanked the organisation for their generosity and said “it was a wonderful initiative that they took on themselves to give back to the community.”
