IN October last year the Ballarat Woodworkers\u2019 Guild members started making wooden toys.<\/p>\n
Last week they presented 800 beautifully crafted items to the 3BA Christmas Appeal.<\/p>\n
Students from Ballarat\u2019s St Patricks College and Loreto College worked alongside the Guild, helping assemble, paint and put the finishing touches to the likes of wheel barrows, cradles, and doll houses.<\/p>\n
3BA Christmas Appeal ambassador Peter Caligari thanked the Guild for its 22 years of support as well as the four agencies responsible for the distribution to the community – The Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul, Uniting Ballarat and Anglicare.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again children in Ballarat will get a visit from Santa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
St Vincent de Paul\u2019s president Alan West added, \u201cWhat you do is just tops.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you could see the looks on the faces of the kids when they get these toys it is something to behold. It gives us such pleasure to be able to take them around.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a palpable feeling of joy at the Guild\u2019s club rooms while Anglicare\u2019s community development manager Bridgette Clarke shared her story of helping a Ballarat woman create a special last-minute Christmas for her granddaughter, with the assistance of the donations to the 3BA Christmas Appeal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis town knows how to look after those in need, it takes a village to raise a child and I think my story of that grandmother demonstrates it beautifully,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IN October last year the Ballarat Woodworkers\u2019 Guild members started making wooden toys. Last week they presented 800 beautifully crafted items to the 3BA Christmas Appeal. Students from Ballarat\u2019s St Patricks College and Loreto College worked alongside the Guild, helping assemble, paint and put the finishing touches to the likes of wheel barrows, cradles, and […]<\/p>\n