Night Patrol gives people in our community the chance to do something hands-on to help people in the community who are doing it tough. Originally we took food and hot drinks to people in the inner city to people experiencing homelessness, but recently our focus has changed to support people who are technically not homeless \u2013 but living in high rise social housing. They might have a place to live but have very little money left after paying rent and essentials for food. One lady reported having a fridge but she couldn’t turn it on because she couldn\u2019t pay for the electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every four weeks various members of the Santa community \u2013 staff, students, parents, and ex-students and\u00a0ex-parents \u2013 take the Vinnies van out and share sandwiches and hot drinks with residents who meet us on the green.\u00a0We need at least 200 sandwiches each time \u2013 as well as little extras such as cakes\/biscuits\/brownies and bananas and packers of chips, boxes of fruit juice, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2018d like more information about joining us in the van,\u00a0making sandwiches or providing some little extras, please contact me.\u00a0You can commit to regular or one-off contributions; we have enough people helping so that you are not locked into every month \u2013 unless you want to be! And some people do. We are a very generous community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n