The Merrigum Football Netball Club, share both the Kyabram District League and a genuine friendship with the Longwood Football Netball Club.
Head trainer Tara Savage along with President Cameron Scorey, have spent the past week collecting donations of toiletries, clothing, footwear, water, and hats to bring to the Longwood community this Sunday, January 25.
Extending the initial three-day donation period, Ms Savage remarked on the positive reception by the Merrigum community, saying “I was envisioning just taking a Ute, but now I need a trailer.”
At the centre of their efforts, personal connections inspired both Mr Scorey, who volunteers for the Merrigum CFA, and Ms Savage, who like many locals, relied on community support herself during the 2022 floods.
The donations, which now fill up the offices of the clubroom, as well as two trailers, also includes jewellery donated by locals. Ms Savage said after countless long days of work in uncomfortable conditions, with many residents having lost all their possessions to the bushfires, she wanted to help Longwood locals “feel pretty again.”
