SUCCESSFUL HAMPER APPEAL
AUSTRALIA UNDER THESTARS O n the eve of Australia Day, St Laurence’s residential aged care facility at Grange, held a wonderful evening of song and dance with a sausage sizzle… their Australia Under The Stars celebration. Residents and their families celebrated with staff and their families and all were entertained by visiting performers as well as performances by residents and staff. Staff member, Lilybeth Holmes, sang the national anthem and the Lifestyle Team performed a fabulous rendition of the chicken dance! The resident dance troupe entertained while the Good Sisters from Sister Act (members of the site management team) surprised us with a couple of delightful songs. A group of staff sang Happy Little Vegemites and won the best dressed item competition, and Simon O’Loughlin sang God Bless Australia and Waltzing Matilda.
W e wish to thank all the schools, parish communities, and corporate and individual donors who responded to AnglicareSA’s 2016 Christmas Appeal. Beyond the monetary donations, we were inundated with donations (pictured above) of products to help South Australians who had nowhere else to turn over the Christmas season. Your generosity helped us to: • Collect 80 van-loads of food and gifts in our Hope Mobile. The Hope Mobile was generously loaned to us by CMI Toyota • Give 500 Kyton’s Bakery Christmas Puddings to those in need • Provide 950 Christmas hampers and gifts to families • Feed a delicious Christmas lunch to 280 people at the Elizabeth Mission, • Respond to countless calls and messages from people in desperate need for emergency assistance. Some of the support we gave included gifts for a five-year-old whose father had just taken his own life. The act of generosity, compassion and kindness displayed by the community made a real difference with one recipient saying “no-one has ever gone out of their way to care for me before”. Thank you all.
Photo: Pictured above are St Laurence’s residents, families and staff enjoying the Australia Day festivities.
AMERRY IANGEORGE CHRISTMAS
T he festive spirit was alive and well in December at all of AnglicareSA’s residential aged care facilities. Ian George Court (IGC), our exceptional needs aged care facility in Brompton, was no exception. With AnglicareSA’s Director Mission and Anglican Community Engagement, Peter Burke, doing a magnificent job in the big red suit, IGC staff put on a wonderful show for residents. The IGC Lifestyle Assistants arranged tailored individual gifts for each and every resident. The band played, the music group sang, people danced and delicious food was enjoyed by one and all.
Photo: Pictured above is Resident Lynlee with Santa.
page 8 — News about AnglicareSA, Autumn 2017
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