Servicemen hold jumble sale

The National Servicemen's Association will be holding a jumble sale at the Peninsula Community Centre on Saturday, November 3, between 8am and 1.30pm.

Sub-branch president Mr Greg Mawson said the jumble sale would feature many items that "may be of use for the upcoming Christmas".

Devonshire teas and cold soft drinks will also be available.

The National Servicemen's Association is a group of people who served Australia as National Servicemen, CMF or other branches of the Defense Force Service between 1951 and 1972.

All branches of the Services were represented: Army, Navy and Air Force.

The NSW Branch of the National Servicemen's Association was formed in 1996, with the Gosford City Sub Branch forming in 1997 at Gosford RSL, later moving to Davistown RSL.

The group is a volunteer organisation that donates its time and efforts to fundraise for local charities and causes, by way of raffles that it conducts at major shopping centres in the local area.

"We also conduct a number of jumble sales during the year which have become major fundraisers for our fundraising cause," Mr Mawson said.

"Each year we decide on a project to fundraise for and dedicate all our efforts into reaching the goal we set."

Mr Mawson said that this year the group decided that it would purchase a new chair, specially constructed for use in the oncology ward at Gosford Hospital.

"We have reached the goal we sought, ordered the chair and should be presenting it to the hospital for Christmas," Mr Mawson said.

"Over the past 10 years, we have donated well over $20,000 to the Gosford Hospital, mainly to the children's ward and the pre-natal ward.

"Our latest gift was the supply of a number of bean bags for use in the adolescent section of the children's ward, to allow recovering young patients the luxury of convalescing in an entertainment area, in comfort."

Press release, 24 Oct 2007 Greg Mawson, National Servicemen's Association