June 5th, 2023Just like a big warm rug…

The Daylesford Rotary Club is marking its 70th year of service to the community by joining up with Creswick Woollen Mills, to distribute 50 warm woollen blankets to locals in need.

The long-running Creswick Woollen Mills have core values of commitment to family, community and quality built on original foundations of flexibility and resourcefulness.

They’re values well demonstrated in their generosity – donating forty blankets for Rotary to distribute with an additional ten blankets purchased by Rotary.

Families and individuals on low incomes are finding it harder to make ends meet with the increased inflation, increased rents and rental housing shortages in our Shire. Some are homeless, living in their cars or couch surfing.

One man reported that he had lived in his car for twelve months so that he could afford food and clothing and to save a little money.

As the cold starts to set in deeper, Daylesford Rotary members will work with a number of community welfare organisations in the Hepburn Shire to ensure anyone who needs a warm woollen blanket will be able to receive one.