we CAN help
This time in a more hands on way.
A woman with a very big heart has offered to coordinate the making of "memory gifts" - family albums for those who have lost everything in the Victorian bushfires.
I've copied this from Sarah Gladman's blog:
As scrappers, one of the most important things we deal with on a daily basis are memories. Family memories, memories of loved ones, memories of holidays, birthdays, christenings, bbq’s and days at the beach. These families in Victoria have got no tangible evidence of their lives left. No family photos. No happy snaps. You can replace a fridge, but you can’t replace years of momentos.
In order to help out these families begin to put their lives back together I have started a scrapbooking plan - called “MEMORY GIFTS”.
Quite simply, I ask each and every one of you who read this blog to donate a 12 x 12inch completed scrapbook LO to the “Memory Gifts” program. Each page will be sent to me. I will collect them and bind them, then hand them over to the head of Pastoral Care for the Victorian Catholic Education Office, Maria Kirkwood in Melbourne.
Each family devastated by fire will be (in time) given album pages to help them begin their memories again. Those families can then approach their own families for copies of photos to put into the albums, or simply start putting in fresh memories.
Sarah asks that you leave a comment on her blog if you can help. If you are in Bundaberg and you are going to make some layouts for this cause you can drop them off here at The Creative Artz Cottage. Petrina is organising to post them all together so if you would like to help and make some layouts you can either leave a comment here or email Petrina at petrinamcdonald at bigpond dot com.
