SERVICE PROJECT: WA LEGACY
Location: WA
Status: Completed
17 – 21 October 2021
Legacy Australia has been supporting partners and children of veterans after loss or injury since 1923. Legacy Australia does some amazing work and currently supports 43,000 people around the country.
In WA, Legacy conducts multiple camps at their Busselton location throughout the year. Our WA teams recently spent some time at the camp, performing a general working bee to revitalise the area before the summer camp sessions.
Under the guidance of MC Ben Abbott and in consultation with the caretaker Peter, the teams spent their days on a multitude of tasks including:
- Pressure washing outdoor areas
- Removing paint from undercover areas, Hydrochloric Acid concrete baths, priming and repainting large amounts of cement areas
- Digging post holes and installing fencing
- Laying paving
- Sugar Soaping many walls
- General cleaning and organisation of storeroom areas
- Gardening
- Low hanging branch removal
All the Reward I Need, Veteran Phil Wharton
A veteran friend suggested I look at Disaster Relief Australia when I was looking for an opportunity to give back after many years of paid work. I was immediately impressed by DRA’s focus on getting things done and helping others in their hour of need. Thinking about...
Take a Leap, Volunteer, Alasdair McLachlan
I come from a military family. My father is an Officer in the Army Reserve and so I spent much time in my childhood surrounded by the ADF community. Whether through attending a family barbeque in Keswick Barracks or doing my homework on my dad’s Army Reserve office...
Use Any of Your Life Skills, Nurse Michelle
Everybody will be able to make a contribution in some way. They will bring their own life experiences and be able to make a purposeful impact on other people – and that’s such a wonderful thing to be able to do to people in our community who may not have that access to those resources in another way.