Lane Cove residents are generous. ITC see acts of generosity every day. Lane Cove also has one of the highest volunteering rates in Australia. At this time of the year, ITC readers always ask how they can help or donate to someone in need. We have put together a list of local donation drives.
This has been a hard year, so if you know someone who lives in Lane Cove Council area and needs a helping hand please email us at [email protected] and we will see what we can do. One act of kindness can make all the difference and Lane Cove has never let us down.
Sydney Community Services
Sydney Community Services is collecting non-perishable food items to distribute to those in need in our community. Just purchase an extra item when shopping at Woolworths and leave it in the shopping trolley near the escalators. These hampers go to locals in need.
With your help, Sydney Community Services distributes more than 200 Christmas hampers every year.
Not everyone enjoys Christmas – it can be incredibly stressful if you can’t afford it.
The Trolley is at Woolworths Lane Cove from until 19 December 2024 will regularly be emptied by their fantastic volunteers.
Donation ideas include non-perishable items, food essentials and Christmas treats.
Raine and Horne
Raine & Horne Lower North Shore are requesting donations for sacks of items in December and then on Christmas Eve the nurses place the sacks out as a surprise for the families to arrive to on Christmas Day.
Donations needed for babies and parents at Royal North Shore Hospital Neonatal ICU
Please drop your donations to our Lane Cove, Willoughby and Northbridge offices by December 14th 2024.
Gifts for babies:
– Baby’s first Christmas decoration
– Soft toy
– Children’s book (for parent/ carer to read to their baby)
– Baby keepsake
– Inkless baby hand/ footprint
Gifts for parent/carer:
– Notepad/pen
– Travel coffee cup
– Snacks/chocolate
– Blanket
– Hand cream, body products
– Jewellery
– Fun socks
– Candle
– Mindfulness items
– Silk eye mask or silk pillow case
– Dressing gown
– Hair care items
Lane Cove Office (just near Kasina Korean Eatery).
85 Longueville Road
Stone Greenwich
Stone Greenwich are currently accepting donations of unwrapped items for the Salvation Army to support underprivileged families this holiday season.
If you would like to drop off a donation, head to their office by Tuesday 17th December.
Stone Greenwich is located at 97 Greenwich Rd, Greenwich.
Food Donations to be non-perishable.
Gift Donations – gifts for all ages, gift cards also welcome.
If you would like to make a virtual donation, please click on the link Greenwich link https://givehope.salvationarmy.org.au/stone-real-estate-greenwich
Salvation Army’s Tips for Donations
The Salvation Army’s useful tips for gift donations:
- Consider donating gift vouchers – A gift voucher means a parent or guardian can still share in the unique joy of buying a gift for their child or family member (vouchers are also ideal for teenagers)
- Please consider giving gifts for a range of age groups, including teenagers and parents
- Please leave gifts unwrapped, to enable parents/guardians to experience the dignity and joy of choosing gifts based on the recipients’ interests or personality. Feel free to include wrapping paper or gift bags
- Please donate new items only as your donated gift may be the only present someone receives this Christmas
The Salvation Army’s tips for food donations:
- Consider donating a supermarket gift voucher, as they allow the recipient the flexibility to purchase their choice of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat
- Where appropriate, please ensure items have long expiry dates and are non-perishable
- Since these will be received as gifts, consider adding brand name products and some special items to help the recipient celebrate on Christmas Day
- Try packing the food into a shopping bag or washing basket that can be reused by the recipient (it’s sustainable too!)
- Consider providing food that will suit families with young children, people with allergies, the elderly or culturally diverse Australian households.
Salvation Army’s Gift Voucher guidelines:
Thet can only accept physical gift vouchers (no printed or electronic gift vouchers please). Popular gift vouchers include:
- Supermarkets, e.g. Woolworths or Coles
- Department stores, e.g. Kmart, Big W, Target, Myer or David Jones
- iTunes
- Netflix
- JB Hi-fi
- Rebel
- Event Cinemas or Hoyts
- Dymocks
Advanced Vet Care
Advanced Vet Care is located next to Lane Cove Public School and they are looking for gifts of new toys and treats for shelter pets. You can drop them off under the tree in their office.
Lane Cove Council’s Trees of Joy Accepting Gifts Now
This festive season, Lane Cove Council is again inviting locals to give back by donating unwrapped gifts for children in need. Gifts for all ages of children and teenagers can be donated; collect a gift tag for inspiration from any tree location.
Donations can be made until Friday, 6 December 2024.
Where you can drop off gifts and donations
Lane Cove Council Civic Centre (At the Customer Service Desk)
Lane Cove Library
St Leonards Library
Greenwich Library
Gift ideas
Cinema Pass
Toys for younger children
Vouchers such as iTunes, Dymocks, Coles, Woolworths
Other gifts to suit teenage kids
Women and Children First
Women and Children First run Delvena Women’s Refuge in Lane Cove.
No one should fear for their safety – especially at Christmas.
But for many women and children, this time of year brings more than just holiday stress. Financial pressure, isolation, and heavy drinking can make unsafe homes even more dangerous.
But there is hope
Your generosity can provide life-saving shelter and critical support to help women and children escape danger and rebuild their lives.
Give the gift of safety this Christmas. Please donate today: https://christmas.wacf.org.au/
We are more than a Facebook Page, Weekly Newsletter or Website – ITC is available on many platforms
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Inthecove/
Instagram – www.instagram.com/inthecove/
Weekly News and Events Blast – https://inthecove.com.au/sign-up-for-newsletter/
Lane Cove Chat by ITC (our closed Facebook group for Lane Cove Locals) – www.facebook.com/groups/itclanecovechat
Kids in the Cove – www.facebook.com/groups/861987681252413
In the Cove Podcast – inthecove.com.au/in-the-cove-lane-cove-podcast/
As always, thanks to everyone for the support!!!!
Help Support Local and Independent News
You can support us in three ways:
- Become an ITC reader sponsor – Feel free to be a reader sponsor if you have enjoyed our local news coverage and would like to be an ITC reader sponsor. You can sponsor us with a monthly sponsorship fee. We have reader sponsors who sponsor us for $5.00 a month and some who sponsor us for $100 a year – no amount is too small or too big. Thank you so much to the people who have already supported us via our press Patreon account. Help Us Here.
- Buy the ITC team a coffee – We now have a team, and they need to be paid – buy the ITC team a coffee (or two) and that will help us pay their wages and shout then a coffee Buy a Coffee here.
- Do you own a Lane Cove Business or a Lane Cove resident who owns a business, you can advertise with ITC – our packages start from $35 monthly fee (for a 12-month commitment). Email us here for our rates card.
