Helping Your Community
Support the HCC Food Bank
One of the ways that HCC is helping our community is to try and make sure that no one goes hungry as a result of times being tough. This may be because of the high cost of living, or maybe an illness or injury that makes it difficult to buy food and make meals, or life just getting "a bit too much" and food shopping / meal preparation being temporarily overwhelmingly difficult.
Advertise Items You are Giving Away
If you have household or other items that you are offering to others free of charge, then the Howlong Community Connect Facebook page is the ideal place to advertise them.
Offer Assistance to Other Community Members
Our community includes many people with multiple skill sets. There are all kinds of ways that you can offer assistance to other community members.
It can be anything… helping with school items; household products; tech support; transport and social support; or helping with everyday tasks, such as household chores, gardening, dog walking, lawn mowing etc. when someone is incapacitated by injury or illness or simply needs a kind gesture or two to brighten their day.
Share Information of Importance to the Community
The HCC Facebook page can be used to communicate all sorts of information that is relevant to other community members. The kinds of information you can share on the page includes (but is not limited to):
Details of other local charitable organisations (eg. Cans for Cancer)
Charitable fund-raising activities being coordinated by locals (eg. raising funds for a local school, helping a local person attend an interstate sporting event)
Community social events (eg. Social bowls, Coffee and Chat)
Community involvement events (eg. Clean Up Australia Day, Tree Planting Day)
Organisations in the wider community offering assistance to those in need (eg. Food Banks, Wangaratta Night Shelter)
We are looking for donations of non-perishable items and personal care items such as deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. The collection point for donated items is the beautiful flowery wheelie bin located outside the door of the Howlong Bakery. Just add one item to your grocery shop and leave it in the bin. Here are some examples of the kinds of food items that we welcome.
Answer Requests for Assistance Posted on the HCC Facebook Page
When HCC Admins are approached with a request for assistance, we will post it on the Howlong Community Connect Facebook page.
Please keep an eye out for these requests for help and let us know if you are in a position to help out.
How to Make an Offer of Assistance
There are two ways to make your offer of assistance:
Post on the Howlong Community Connect Facebook page with your offer of assistance
Send an email to Admin@Howlong-Community-Connect.com to notify them of your offer to help and they will post the information for you