Kitchen Teams Receive a Major Award
NSW Centre for Volunteering held the annual award ceremony at Wagga RSL this week. Carevan Management Committee had nominated our Kitchen Teams for recognition of the tremendous work achieved each week. The Kitchen Teams were not only recognised for the hard work but also received NSW Volunteer of the Year Team Award! The teams were […]
Handmade Items Donated from U3A
Stitches for Charity is a group in the University of the Third Age (U3A). These wonderful ladies have donated twice this winter handmade knitted and crocheted items which we are distributing to people in Wagga. Thank you U3A for your generous support to people in our community who are battling the cold.
Classic & Historic Automobile Club Cash Donation
The Classic & Historic Automobile Club has given Carevan Wagga $5,000.00 donation. We could not do the work we do without this fantastic support. Thank you.
360 Meals Cooked on July 17
Our volunteer cooks do a wonderful job making delicious and nutritious meals three days a week. Our biggest cooking day for this year was on Thursday 17 July when 360 meals were produced. There was something for everyone – roast pork, sausages, curried mince, fettuccine Napoli, spaghetti primavera, pumpkin soup and meatballs.
Henty Creative Gallery Donate Handmade Beanies
Many thanks to the members of the Henty Creative Gallery who held their Annual Beanie Festival on the weekend. Carevan was the recipient of 50 beautiful handmade beanies (as modelled by our gorgeous Wednesday team!!)
Carevan Wagga was Awarded the Helen and Peter Memorial Peace Award
Combined Rotary Clubs of Wagga – 2025 Peace Day Ceremony was held on Sunday. Carevan was awarded the Helen & Peter Walsh Memorial Peace Award (nominated by Wollundry Rotary). This is a wonderful acknowledgment of the community service Carevan offers to the people of Wagga. Thanks to the Wollundry Rotary Club for your continued support. […]
Thank you Hume Bank for your Donation of Containers and Lids
Hume Bank gave Carevan a very generous donation that has been used to buy food containers and lids. These hold our frozen meals that are distributed around Wagga via service providers.
Call for Donations of Fresh Produce
As we prepare to return to the kitchen for 2025, we would like to thank those who kindly supported Carevan in 2024. As shown in this photo, our pantry is well stocked! As our costs continue to soar, we would greatly appreciate donations of fresh produce. Huge quantities of potatoes, carrots, onions, pumpkin are cooked […]
Large Meat Donation from TEYS
Our freezers are fully stocked with meat which has once again been very kindly donated by TEYS. Thanks to Haydon for your continued support of Carevan. What a start to the year!
Carevan Class Can Challenge
Late last school term, the leadership team from Wagga Wagga Public School visited our warehouse with 1,783 food items which the students had donated through a competition called Carevan Class Can Challenge. As this was an extremely generous donation there is very little space on our shelves. Thank you to the Wagga Public School community.