Volunteer Stories
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Young Hands, Big Impact: Carter Shows the Power of Youth Volunteering in the Barwon South West
As the cost of living continues to place pressure on families across Greater Geelong, organisations like Geelong Foodshare have become an essential backbone of community support. Each year, Foodshare helps provide more than 2.5 million meals through a network of over 70 frontline agencies and programs, a remarkable effort powered by a dedicated volunteer workforce….
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Finding Home Through Volunteering
When Palestinian twins Mariam and Adam arrived in Australia with their mother on humanitarian visas, they carried with them resilience, courage and hope for something they had rarely experienced before, safety. Having lived through two wars and a lot of their life in Iraq and Syria, the concept of waking up without fear was new….
