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Making the lives of the homeless a bit better on DoSomething Day

DOSOMETHING Day has made a little bit of difference to the lives of those sleeping rough in the Macarthur region.

#DoSomething Day at Wests League Club, at Leumeah. Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee chair Cathy Chopping and Wests Melissa Low. Picture: Daniel Zautsen
#DoSomething Day at Wests League Club, at Leumeah. Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee chair Cathy Chopping and Wests Melissa Low. Picture: Daniel Zautsen

DOSOMETHING Day has made a little bit of difference to the lives of those sleeping rough in the Macarthur region.

Today Wests League Club handed over generous community donations of kitchen appliances and warm clothing collected over the past month to the Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee as well as a $5000 donation.

#DoSomething Day at West Leagues Club, at Leumeah. Wests League Club is supporting the Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee (chair Cathy Chopping second from right). Picture: Daniel Zautsen
#DoSomething Day at West Leagues Club, at Leumeah. Wests League Club is supporting the Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee (chair Cathy Chopping second from right). Picture: Daniel Zautsen

The Department of Family and Community Services also donated $1000.

The donations will help the Macarthur region’s ‘hidden homeless’: people in temporary

accommodation who need help to get back on their feet.

West Group Macarthur CEO Tony Mathew said the Macarthur Homeless Steering Committee had done a great job helping people through its Hidden Homeless of Macarthur program.

“The more I heard about it, the more I was compelled to get involved,” Mr Mathew said.

“It’s something you don’t hear a lot about, so when you do you want to help.”

An initiative of the DoSomething Foundation, NewsLocal and Your Local Club, DoSomething Day seeks to celebrate our volunteers and highlight those who are giving back by spreading kindness in their community.

Tag your activities with #DoSomethingDay or #GiveYourBest and show us what you’re doing for DoSomething Day.

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Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/dosomethingday/making-the-lives-of-the-homeless-bit-better-on-dosomething-day/news-story/9db38c40854b832f351bc695fc38e91f