Drouin volunteers lend a hand to flood relief effort
They may have been more than a couple of hundred kilometres from flood victims and the volunteers helping northern Victoria but distance was no barrier to members of four Drouin groups and local ambulance officers doing their bit to lend a hand...
They may have been more than a couple of hundred kilometres from flood victims and the volunteers helping northern Victoria but distance was no barrier to members of four Drouin groups and local ambulance officers doing their bit to lend a hand.
A working bee late last month removed badges from no longer used ambulance officers' uniforms and assembled other items to be sent to the flood affected areas to be worn by the "volunteer army" on the ground.
In just two days the members of Drouin's Rotary and Lions clubs, CWA branch and cemetery trust as well as off-duty ambulance staff sent off about 500 pairs of overalls, 50 jumpers, 300 shirts, 30 raincoats, 15 helmets, 250 pairs of cargo pants, three pairs of boots and 30 pairs of donated gumboots.
Drouin paramedic and team leader Jo Algie said a number of organisations received the clothing although most went to Life Saving Victoria that had a large contingent of volunteers in the flood zones to enable them to all be in the same type of attire.
Repurposing "retired" ambulance uniforms from many parts of Victoria has been a project headed by Ms Algie, with the help of service club members in Drouin, for a number of years and has included outfitting volunteers in several emergencies including bushfires.
