Wrapping up Christmas for charity

By Lachlan Ellis

A Darley woman is embracing the spirit of giving this Christmas, wrapping gifts for a donation for local food relief.

Kaz Pinder previously made and gave away around 6,000 face masks through the COVID-19 pandemic, and now she’s wrapping Christmas presents, with all proceeds going to the Soul Food program.

Ms Pinder said food relief organisations are pushed to their limits at this time of year, and she wanted to help with their crucial work.

“I thought it’d be nice if I could help them in some way, and I don’t mind wrapping presents, I actually enjoy it,” she told the Moorabool News.

“Over the last two years they’ve gone and grabbed face masks off me. Speaking to the lady who comes to pick them up, especially in the lead-up to last Christmas…she told me how hard it was. I thought, well that’s where I’m going, plenty of other people step in and help other organisations, so I thought I’d help a local one out.”

As for the donations, Ms Pinder says people are free to choose how much they want to donate, and “it doesn’t even have to be money”.

“There’s no set fee, just whatever you want to give. It can be anything at all, it doesn’t have to be cash,” she said.

If you’d like your Christmas presents wrapped, just bring your own wrapping paper, and contact Ms Pinder on her Facebook page.