Jan 15, 2020 at 08:32 am
OK People I am back & it's DONATION time.. time to start putting some money down and into the hands of REAL people
Update posted by Lianne BrittenSo.. it's been a few days and I am back. I am back at the helm and seeing the need now that crisis mode has passed. I am attaching a few links below so that you can see exactly WHOM I am referring to when i say Denise.. and what area I am speaking of when I say the Bega Valley and how destruction wheeled through on the winds of climate change and has basically destroyed most of the Valley in which I grew up, and in which 4 generations before me grew up.. SO PLEASE read and watch the PBS special which highlights Denise my friend and her son and shows the loss of their home. DENISE is the one who is listed as my local Cobargo rep. She's a multi-generation Cobargo resident as am I.
I also ask that if you spend $5 on a latter or $15 on a lunch today.... that you consider instead donating that $5 or $15 to the very people you will see in this video.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
These are the words of Denise who is interviewed in the video..
"Sorry its been so long. I so appreciate your kindness and thoughts. We are all just a bit overwhelmed at the moment and I still only have internet when at bega or somewhere with power, its only just come back on in cobargo main town. We are in process of organising my mums house to live in, no power though, ....will make do like we are till its done. So cleaning it and getting generator and furniture etc has been very time consuming as well as being back at work as the mail has come through again a week ago, big backlog!!! Photos I will try, its just so lovely of you to do what you are doing I cant thank you enough. *My boss who also lost their house is a wires carer for wallabies.* (so your donations will also go directly to WIRES volunteer IN COBARGO.. who is still fostering DESPITE losing his home).. My co-workers family lost 3 homes and my close friends family lost 4 homes.
I hope Phil and family is ok. Trying hard to find time to get to Bega.. but just isnt in my favour so far, and so stuffed by night time. All the animals are safe bar 2 chooks and 2 ducks. They are spread between friends at the moment, chooks at one neighbour horses at another, dogs at friends place and cats with me going stir crazy being confined. Trying to sort outdoor cages for them at my mums at the moment.
The support here is amazing, the community is the best in the most trying times. The devastation here around Cobargo just leaves you speechless and cold. 3 local lives lost 2 in the Salway family father and son, and the whole town is mourning while trying to do all that is needed. about 100 families lost homes around here.Not to mention the livestock, and pets, something like 1200 plus,so many of the rest are being shipped out and the amount of fencing to still be replaced is enormous. "
When you see what is left of her house.. the very house I sat at the kitchen island and had tea with her while her son, Tom, cooked his egg, bacon and cheese sandwich for lunch, just a mere 5 weeks ago.. the house with the lovely ducks and chooks (chickens/hens for those who don't understand Ozzie lingo).. and all that gone.. and in the miracle of life.. my white window of the back canopy of the ute.. is seen through the burned black tanks that were left as Denise and Tom wade through the spectre of their home and yard. It is but ONE story of the many in Bega and with thousands of homes lost, 27 human lives lost at last count and over a billion irreplaceable creatures being lost let alone the amazing flora.. I can only say THINK about my fundraiser as a place to get money RIGHT in the hands of the people you see on TV. Denise, her boss, her colleagues, her town and my cousin Phil who stood and fought to save both his buildings and humble home, and his neighbours non-stop from Dec 23 - Jan 6th. THESE are the people your money is going to.
we thank you in advance.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
Additionally, if you wish to sign a petition encouraging our illustrious leader to change his polices on climate change.. please follow this link below. Truly we don't have a planet b yet. .. although the powers that be have been funding NASA's space exploration for decades as they KNEW this was coming.
