Keeping on top of our hygiene is one of the best ways to stop the spread of the cold and flu viruses and is even more important for our essential workers. Greater Shepparton Foundation (GSF) has recently secured a donation of 60 litres of hospital grade hand sanitiser to share with the staff and volunteers of local agencies and groups who assist the most vulnerable with food and other material aid.
The Hand Sanitiser Australia Project, a newly formed partnership focused on manufacturing and providing medical grade sanitiser urgently to the front line in regional areas, heard about GSF’s efforts in the community and wanted to make sure it could offer a supply of sanitiser to protect those who are supporting our community.
GSF has so far supplied the sanitiser to Shepparton Foodshare, Shepparton Family and Financial Services, Life Op Shop in Mooroopna and the Youth Haven and Family Haven run by Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project.
GSF CEO, Cheryl Hammer said, “Many organisations we are working with are finding it difficult to access a good quality product, or it is just too expensive. GSF wanted to make sure essential service workers in agencies working directly with clients were protected.”
Shepparton Foodshare operations manager, Grace Grieve said, “Foodshare is extremely grateful for this donation as accessing good hand sanitiser has been very time consuming, and we are not always confident it is one that will properly protect us. The products have been very expensive as well so the donation from Greater Shepparton Foundation is a huge help.”
