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Mary Anderson Family Violence Program

Just before Christmas 2012 we were delighted to receive the high quantity and quality gifts you donated.  We have many stories to tell describing how we have utilized the goodies and how they were received:

1. A four bedroom house which accommodates larger families requiring safe family violence, crisis accommodation.  At Christmas there were four children and mother residing here.  The children are 15, 13, 4 and 2 years of age.  There was much laughter when the children discovered the sporting equipment in their backyard on Christmas Eve.  The mother told us that there was even greater celebration on Christmas Day.  When the family left their home they were unable to take many of their belongings with them.  The older children were both competitive swimmers before they had to flee their home.  The swimming bathers and goggles were much appreciated and enabled the young women to recommence swimming during the Christmas holiday period.

1. Two units which provide emergency crisis accommodation for women and/or women with children for three to five nights.  During the Christmas period both units were occupied with women and children.  It had not been possible for both families to pack the Christmas gifts they had purchased for their children.  Your gifts enabled all three children, aged between 4 and 7years, to have a stimulating and fun ‘Santa sack’.  We were also able to replace the outside play equipment with full sets of equipment, i.e. children’s cricket bat, balls, wickets.

1. Two one bedroom crisis accommodations.  These units were occupied by single women.  One woman 22 years of age, she recently arrived in Australia and is now in the process of seeking a protection visa.  This young woman is not entitled to income, employment, etc during the immigration process; your gifts provided her with what she described as ‘luxury items’.  The second woman was 68 years of age and recently released from a psychiatric hospital.  This woman told us that the gifts gave her hope for her future as she thought that there were not many good people left in the world.

1. Then we have the 6 two bedroom crisis refuge units.  Well there are now many happy children, and from what we have been told mothers! The opportunity for the children to have new outdoor play equipment has meant the children are not indoors as much as they were.   A few of the families have also let us know, post Christmas, that their children will be commencing swimming lessons at school – it was a very happy and appreciative mums when we were able to provide the swimmers, goggles and sun block.

Well we still have other stories as women not in refuge also benefited from your donation.

And not only that, we also have some equipment still in our storage to share with other families to come to our refuge during the year.

Thankyou “The Coaching Institute” with the deepest gratitude, from the women, children and staff team of  The Salvation Army Crossroads, Mary Anderson Family Violence Service

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