and we will not be calling for or collecting items for them until the end of April now.
A full box of clothes is ready to send out to Lake Cargelligo Ambulance to distribute to the very needy and their care box is almost complete.
We have a half full box of goodies for the care box for Careflight NSW crew and at least 10 - 12 full baby packs done towards Goulburn Hospital's 50.
Currently our supporters and especially our committee, are making NCIU smocks for Careflight and NSW Ambulance (400 in total). We have previously sent 200 to Careflight NT and 200 to Careflight NSW.
A huge thank you goes out to Carol Dick of Knit 1 Chat 2 at Bathurst Library NSW; Helen Matthews of Tanilba Bay and Lemon Tree Passage CWA and all their ladies. They have thrown themselves into our charity as supporters wholeheartedly and helped us immensely with their beautiful garments and many many purchases.
Also to Pamela Tatt of Knit4Charities and Karen and Peter Croke of Knitting for Brisbane's Needy and all their wonderful volunteers who also make us hundreds of gorgeous garments each year.
Soon we will be doing 50 full sets for Goulburn Hospital maternity ward once their letter of intention arrives and then we will start on all the hundreds of full baby packs for the Northern Territory hospitals and Outback remote clinics that Careflight deliver to and pick up patients from.
With the Arnhem Land sets 60% of them will be Aboriginal and 40% other.
We will also be looking for various browns, wheaten, greens including olive green, ocre and earthy colours plus the black / red / yellow colours in baby items.
Also any garments sewn can be in Aboriginal fabric print or Australian print fabric.
We are still looking for peach, purple and mauve garments for matching up with some of our blankets and other items the same or similar colour for the Goulburn Hospital.
We are also looking for grants etc that are suitable to apply for as well as financial donations. All garments and toys that go into NT hospitals have to be Ozone Washed to sterilize them. This costs $12 a load at Lambing Flat Enterprises and could cost up to $500 for them when done circa October. We also have to pay thousands out to have at least 6-8 large fridge sized boxes of the packs delivered to Darwin Airport in November.
We will contact the military in a few months to see if they might do it free. However, by the time the letter goes all the way up the chain to get permission, it may be too late for us.