Port Phillip Gives - Recycling Blankets A number of organisations are looking for clean blankets to keep people warm. Are you able to help. Clean donated blankets needed for St Vincent De Paul's Soup vans. Each week, volunteers go out in 2 vans distributing food and blankets to people in need. The number varies depending on the time of the year but can be between 250 and 500 people. Any spare, clean blankets would be appreciated and will be distributed on the soup run. If you have blankets to donate: Manfred Hacker Electorate Officer for Martin Foley MP 357 Clarendon Street SOUTH MELBOURNE Telephone: 9699 6755 Buy a blanket, Bring a Beanie, Sling in a Scarf, or Gather up Gloves. The 74th Victorian Winter Blanket Appeal is now underway and you can be part of it. The Appeal aims to raise 15,000 blankets to assist disadvantaged individual and families across Victoria to keep warm during the coldest month of the year. Its primary purpose is to alleviate the problems of many people living at, or below the poverty line, who simply cannot afford to heat their homes, or otherwise might suffer as a result of the cold weather. Those receiving blankets include: Homeless persons; Persons from drought-affected regions in Victoria; Refugees; Asylum Seekers. The blankets received during the Appeal are distributed to disadvantaged persons across Victoria through VicRelief+Foodbanks network of registered emergency relief agencies. For further information about the 73rd Victorian Winter Blanket Appeal visit www.vrandfb.com.au. If your community or non profit organisation would like to be included in the listing, please email katec@ourcommunity.com.au