Give Away Your Blankets To Those In Need

By Marcus Braid on July 8, 2015 in News

If you have a new blanket lying around your house at the moment, make sure you get down to the Bondi Markets and pass it on.

Blankets From Bondi – a call to action asking people to donate a blanket by dropping it off at the Bondi Markets on Sunday, July 5 – is an easy way to help those who are doing it tough.

All blankets donated will be distributed to the Vinnie’s Night Patrol and Youth Off The Streets. Both charities hand out blankets to the homeless each night along with other essential items.

Rachael Brand, head of the initiative, said that Blankets From Bondi is relying on local spirit.

“With the drop-off site being the Bondi Markets, we’re hoping it’s an easy point to come along to and donate,” she said.

“By positioning drop-off stalls at local markets, it makes it easy and accessible, and encourages those donating to get their friends who they might be meeting at the markets to join them.”

The hope is for other suburbs to join in and use their own powerful sense of community to help those sleeping rough this winter.

“We’d love for other suburbs to get involved too, especially for the month of July, which is usually the coldest,” Ms Brand said.

To donate a new or near new blanket, warm socks or beanies, Blankets from Bondi will be open at the Bondi Markets from 10am – 4pm on Sunday, July 5.