Helping Bush Fire Victims

Don't worry about E- Bay - think about donating your stuff !

Family friends of my wife and mine were wiped out in the Victorian Bush fires. So we are sending down a load of furniture, etc. to get them going again. I actually don't view this as charity - but just helping. One would like to think that others would do the same for us if misfortune ever visited.

It actually wasn't that hard to do - as usual. Many of hte trucking companies will back haul items from Sydney to Victoria for next to nothing given the circumstances. A couple even free if you can wait a week or two.

So put your thinking hat on and see how you can help. People don't just need money - and from personal experience a whole lot of what you donate ends up being spent by the big charities in administration costs anyway.

So if that is a deterrent to you to helping wok out how you can get things into the hands of those that need them.