Flood Relief Efforts

A Note From Rebecca Miller , National Fundraising Manager

Contributed April 2022

Disaster Relief Australia (DRA) volunteers have been on the ground in Coraki for 7 waves/weeks now with wave 8 beginning to arrive at our Field Operating Base (FOB) tomorrow. Over 650 volunteers have deployed in response to 500 requests for assistance. 25,000 volunteer hours have contributed to over $1million of community value. The contribution of Bankstown Sports Group was the first donation received and has gone directly to help fund flood recovery on the ground.

The township of Coraki, NSW, generously opened their hearts to our DRA volunteers and in turn the veteran led volunteers began the community recovery process. Aside from providing much needed assistance to flood affected homeowners, the disaster relief teams have also worked on community tasks like cleaning up the bowls club to give people a chance to come together. They also laid fresh wood chips in playgrounds to give the children a safe place to play again. Thousands of safety masks have been used, hundreds of pairs of gumboots, equipment such as pressure cleaners and heavy equipment hire and hundreds of litres of cleaning solutions. Bankstown Sports Group’s $200,000 contribution to DRA has provided real and lasting assistance.

“Bankstown Sports Group’s $200,000 contribution to DRA has provided real and lasting assistance.”