Supporting families in Liverpool Plains
SINCE 2017 Kids West have been accompanying Blacktown City Council in support of the families living on the Liverpool plains and still struggling since the droughts of 2017 to 2019. Since then there has been floods and a mice plague.
For the past six years Kids West has partnered with Blacktown City Lions and the Greater Blacktown Business Chamber who have accompanied Kids West in their mission to assist. the community of our country districts.
Most recently we drove to Quirindi and met with Colleen Wills who manages the CWA and dropped o over 400 Christmas gifts (approximately of about $8,000) to be distributed to those families in need. Kids West and Lions also purchased $500 each from the local IGA to be given to families so that they can put extra food on the table on Christmas Day.
The Liverpool Plains Chamber and CWA arranged a dinner on the Friday night for Kids West, Blacktown City Lions and the Greater Blacktown Business Chamber.
In 2019 Kids West as part of our support presented the Quirindi Council with a portable desalination plant valued at $120,000, enabling them to access clean drinking water from Bore water.
About Kids West
Kids West has evolved as a charity since 1991, as it has carried out its primary purpose of raising funds for the children’s hospitals of Western Sydney. From that initial meeting at Westmead Hospital in July 1991, where representatives from the broader community including NSW Ambulance, Police, Fire and Rescue, McDonalds, NSW Health sta , local clubs and community services, to now, we've seen more than $6.8M raised and countless hours given to assist a large number of organisations improving the health and wellbeing of children throughout Western Sydney.
Roslyn Wallis (Liverpool Plains Chamber), Livia Janovics (GBBC), Trevor Oldfield (Kids West) Rachael Hanlon (Blacktown City Lions), Carl Albrecht (GBC), Colleen Wills (CWA) Tammie Clark (President Liverpool Plains Chamber.)