May 17-22 was national Volunteers Week. NINA chose to celebrate with a beautiful celebration for our community volunteers through a lunch at the lovely St George Motorboat Club.
Nina has a group of 40 volunteers from Helensburgh to Thirroul (and a few that live outside those areas as well. We service over 300 clients in the Northern Illawarra with various support needs. Volunteers graciously drive hundreds of kms ensuring that the elderly , disabled and those who are considered transport challenged are able to make important medical appointments, can independently do their own weekly shopping or just spend time with family or friends .
We have volunteers that happily go into the homes of isolated people and give them the comfort and companionship for a couple of hours each week. Many older people who live alone and aren’t …