SEBASTOPOL\u2019S Journey Early Learning Centre community recently ran a pie drive in support of Eureka Mums.<\/p>\n
Raising $766, centre manager Melissa Kennedy said her team was able to purchase and donate many items that the charity needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe bought over 110 pairs of knickers and jocks, nearly 50 t-shirts for older children, hoodies, leggings, shorts, hair packs, baby onesies, baby blankets, and mattress protectors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis fundraiser has opened up our families\u2019 eyes, and got them thinking about things like cots or highchairs that they might have at home, and be willing to donate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Kennedy said Journey Early Learning and Eureka Mums have developed a warm, \u201creciprocal relationship\u201d over time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve previously used Eureka Mums to support some of our families in the community that we live in if they\u2019ve been struggling and doing it tough.<\/p>\n
\u201cEureka Mums are always happy, willing and obliging to step in and support us with what we need, so we support them when we can,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go by the slogan, \u2018support those who support you,\u2019 because you never know when you\u2019re going to be put in a compromising position and needing to rely on support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eureka Mums operations manager Trinsa Lewis was grateful for the generous donation.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir focus on our wish-list was amazing and really helped us, particularly the clothing for older children. Those items did not stay with us very long at all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had an order sitting there that we hadn\u2019t been able to fill because we were short in pants and tops for older children, so their donation meant we could fill the order and send it straight out the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n