As COVID-19 cases surge in inner Sydney, local volunteers are stepping in to help. bizsecretssbs
sees volunteers delivering pre-cooked meals and groceries to dozens of vulnerable residents around Sydney’s Inner West.“These are just people in the community who are concerned about First Nations families in isolation and want to ensure they get the food that they need," she says.
“I can't express how important it is to me, and how it warms your heart to know that there are young ones out there trying to help.”None of the deliveries would possible without the meals themselves, which are being donated by restaurant owner Shaun Christie-David through PlateitForward. “Demand is rising from disadvantaged groups, as well as people from ethnic communities who have never thought of asking for donated meals before, but now their businesses are going under and they need support.
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