One charity delivers more than 10 million meals each year to support older people and those living with a disability. Its 45,000 volunteers also offer human contact, helping to ease the burden of loneliness for many.
Catalina Macahron is 90 and grateful to receive a three course meal, delivered to her home in western Sydney. As a migrant from the Philippines, many of her seven children and extended family live overseas. “Thank you for coming today, thank you. Since my knee operation it’s hard to cook. The volunteers support many people.
“Lynn is a wonderful role model to our community, to our state, and to our country, and we're just blessed to have her here,” says El-Hayek. “Anyone who does any kind of volunteering is a wonderful human being. And to do it for 50 years, that speaks of her character.” Despite turning 81 this month, Quinn says she has no intention of hanging up the car keys.
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