Donation drive for Backpacks for the Homeless

A donation drive for Christmas Backpacks for the Homeless will be held at the Pearl Beach Memorial Hall from 9am to 12pm on December 12.

"We are asking individuals and organisations to help us fill these backpacks with items so very much appreciated by a homeless person," said Homeless Support founder Ms Lyn Cappella.

"The contents of each filled backpack costs about $50 and we are looking to provide as many of these as possible this Christmas," Ms Cappella said.

The group will be accepting cash donations and donations of goods to fill the backpacks.

"Alternatively you can opt to fill a backpack yourself," said Ms Cappella.

"Just visit us on the day and we'll issue you a backpack and a list of suggested items."

Ms Cappella founded and registered the charity called Homeless Support Inc.

The charity has no paid staff and all donations go directly to assist a homeless person.

To many of the homeless in Woolloomooloo and Martin Place in Sydney, Ms Cappella is known as the chicken lady.

Over the years, she has organised and distributed many food and support packages to homeless people.

On moving to tranquil Pearl Beach, she said she wondered if locals would be interested in helping her with her ongoing charity work, both on the Central Coast and in Sydney.

The 2018 Christmas Backpack Project for the Homeless is the result.

SOURCE:

Media release, 9 Nov 2018

Lynne Lillico, Homeless Support