Events at Mary Mac's

Mary Mac's Place, part of St Vincent de Paul's in Woy Woy, will be holding several events next week as part of Volunteer Week.

The staff from Volunteering Central Coast will visit Mary Mac's kitchen for an orientation visit and for morning tea on Tuesday, May 10.

Volunteer Central Coast, a referral, information and training service, is one of the groups' sources of volunteers.

The group also gets volunteers from Centrelink, the parish and the local community.

An afternoon tea will be held for volunteers and friends of Mary Mac's at St John the Baptist Parish Hall in Woy Woy on Thursday, May 12.

Certificates of appreciation will be presented at 2.30pm by Fr John Hill.

The guest of honour for the event will be Centacare Broken Bay executive director Mr Jim Grainger.

Mary Mac's currently has 50 volunteers and 20 local businesses, groups and individuals who contribute to its expanding service.

The afternoon tea will begin at 2pm.

In March alone, volunteers at Mary Mac's Kitchen served over 700 meals to disadvantaged families and individuals in the local community with 38 per cent of those guests identified as being homeless.

Press release, April 27 Robyn Schacht, Mary Mac's Place