At A S Harrison & Co we encourage our employees to get involved with volunteering initiatives as part of our Staff Volunteering Program. The program encourages staff to take one work day per year to help out at a local charity or community project. Just before Christmas our Food Team used their Volunteering Day to support this very important local project headed by the Tharwal Aboriginal Corporation.
Thari Mudalige and Debbie Velez from our Food Team were excited to spend the day with the fantastic team at TACAMS. Before being put to work they were given a site tour of the facilities meeting the head Doctor, the Nurses and most of the staff at the teaching and training centre.
The organisation relies on funding and community support and it was a unique opportunity to learn about the challenges faced by the organisation while lending a hand.
Thari and Deb were put to work right away weeding and sweeping as well as tidying the grounds and then wrapping gifts for the children in Childcare just in time for the Christmas celebrations.
The TACAMS (Tharwal Aboriginal Corporation Aboriginal Medical Service), situated in Airds in the Macarthur region of South Western Sydney covers a broad geographical region. The region includes seven local government areas covering 6241 km2 and includes Bankstown, Liverpool, Fairfield, Campbelltown, Camden, Wollondilly and Wingecarribee.
With close to 900,000 people the region is one of the most ethnically diverse populations in NSW with more than 70 different languages spoken. In addition, NSW has nearly 1/3 of the Australian population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This incredibly important resource features many divisions and caters to the local Aboriginal community with medical, child, and family services, social and emotional well-being & assistance with housing.
We sincerely thank the Tharwal Aboriginal Corporation for this opportunity.
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