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The ladies at the Highvale Retirement Village in Glen Waverley have a long history of charitable work. They have been knitting babies clothes for orphaned children in India and Cambodia for nearly 10 years. About a year ago, on one of my visits to collect the clothes, I mentioned the work that Rotary Central Melbourne was doing to assist the homeless in Melbourne through Youth Projects. They decided that they would like to help and started a project to make woolen blankets for homeless people.
Unfortunately, Peter Duras was unable to join us on this occasion, so last Thursday Marjorie, Frank and I went to Highvale to meet the ladies and collect the blankets. Not only have they knitted over a dozen beautiful hand knitted blankets (yes even the yellow and black ones!) but they also made a cash donation of $500.
What a great effort and example of people doing something to make a difference for those less fortunate.