Volunteer stories
Supporters
Community Support Frankston would
like to acknowledge anyone who
anonymously contributed and the
following
individuals,
businesses,
organisations who have kindly donated
money or their products and services.
Why I volunteer at CSF
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
Michelle Olley
James Campbell
I began volunteering at Community Support Frankston
in 2013. I was starting a Community Services Diploma
and I wanted to gain experience working with people
who were experiencing disadvantage and hardship.
Growing up, I have been incredibly lucky to have had a strong
family, a good education, and with it a lot of opportunities. As
we know, for many and varied reasons, not everyone in our
community has this privilege. But whatever lies behind a person’s
personal circumstances, everyone deserves the kinds of support,
compassion and assistance from the broader community that
will help to make a difference in their life.
CSF has provided me with a platform to not just be able
to gain practical experience, but also to be a part of
my community in a positive way. I enjoy being able to
support others and to help ease some of the issues they
are dealing with.
Our clients come from a broad range of complex social
situations, and having such dedicated volunteers and
supervisors ensures that our neediest in the community
have support - even if it’s an ear to listen to their
problems or some food to get them through to payday.
A community can be best judged by how they treat
their most vulnerable, and I am proud to say I am a part
of this organisation that does so much for the Frankston
municipality.
I believe that agencies like CSF have a vital role to play in
combatting the systemic disadvantage in our community.
Obviously, being just one person, sometimes it feels as though
there is little you can do to make the change that we need on a
large scale. But what I have learned from CSF is that, so often, it
is the little things you can do that really make a difference.
Listening to clients, lending a hand, sharing a laugh – these are
the small things that, every day, can really make a difference for
the day-to-day lives of people in our community. That is why I
volunteer with CSF: I believe it is incumbent upon me to do my
bit to give back, and to do those small things for people that can
work towards making a change.
Barrie Thomas, Triple A Foundation
Community Support Frankston Volunteers
Department of Social Services (DSS)
Frankston City Council
Frankston Magistrates’ Court
Operation Larder
R.E. Ross Trust
SUPPORTERS
Chapel of the Resurrection – Peninsula School
Peninsula Health
Brumby’s Mount Eliza
Peninsula School
Brumby’s Towerhill
Rotary Club of Frankston North
DBD Database Services
Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise
Frankston Churches Community Breakfast
Seaford Uniting Church
Frankston Presbyterian Church
St James the Less
Frankston Wranglers Charity Club
St John’s Primary School
Hospira Mulgrave
St Luke’s Church – Bible Group
Kananook Pre School
Telstra
Kogo
Women’s Aglow Frankston
Langwarrin Community Centre
Langwarrin Girl Guides
Gadija Hoossen
Lions Club of Frankston
Marjorie Manchester
Mansfield Nursery
Denise Nichols
Monterey Secondary College
Rose Piper
Mornington Peninsula Community Connections
Stephanie Ryan and family
VOICES OF FRANKSTON CHOIR SUPPORTERS
Avocare
Rapid Relief Team (RRT)
SecondBite
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