Stroke survivors respond to tsunami

Members of the Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club have donated two shipping container loads worth of goods to victims of the Asian tsunami.

Club secretary Ms Gayle Coulton said she received a phone call on Saturday, January 1, to ask if she could help get some donations together to help the tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, as a ship's container was organised to leave Sydney the following Tuesday.

Ms Coulton rang many members of the Stroke Recovery Club, and within two hours was inundated with clothing, toys, household linen, toiletries, cooking and eating equipment and canned food.

Within 24 hours, Ms Coulton had enough to fill two containers.

One of them has already left for Sri Lanka.

"It is marvellous that these people who are disabled can also think of others less fortunate than themselves," Ms Coulton said.

"A big thank you to all these wonderful people."

Press release, January 10 Gayle Coulton, Woy Woy Stroke Recovery Club