September

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Issue 3 / 2013
Wintalyka
Huskisson-Vincentia Meals on Wheels
by Dayle Lathom, South Coast Register, Community Focus August 28th 2013-11
Volunteers Brian
Truman and
Camille Norford
from Vincentia
and Joy Gall from
St George Basin.
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Meals keep on turning
As you walk into the Huskisson-Vincentia Meals on
Wheels kitchens you are welcomed with the aroma
of home-style cooked meals bubbling away on the
stove top.
60 YEARS: Huskisson-Vincentia Meals on Wheels volunteers Brian Truman and Camille Norford from Vincentia and Joy Gall from St Georges Basin proudly dish up meals
for delivery.
Meals on Wheels celebrates its 60th anniversary today.
JESSICA LONG spoke to some of our local volunteers.
AS you walk into the Huskisson-Vincentia
Meals on Wheels kitchens you are welcomed
with the aroma of home-style cooked meals
bubbling away on the stove top.
Those meals will then be carefully packed,
labelled and distributed around the area to
the aged and people with a disability, helping
to maintain their independence.
Celebrating Meals on Wheels’ 60th birthday
today, the humble and friendly Huskisson-
Vincentia volunteers were all too happy to
have a cuppa and voice the great work this
organisation does for the community.
Camille Norford from Vincentia is a volunteer
cook who works in the kitchens every
Those meals will then be carefully packed, labelled and
distributed around the area to the aged and people with
a disability, helping to maintain their independence.
Celebrating Meals on Wheels’ 60th birthday today, the
humble and friendly
fourth
Huskisson-Vincentia
Monday of the month and has beenvolunteers
were all too happy to have a cuppa and voice the great
work this organisation does for the community.
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doing so for 29 years.
Finding it difficult to take praise for her years
of service, Camille said she just enjoyed giving
back to the community.
“It’s not a big deal though, I just like working
here,” she said.
“I was working at my daughter’s school tuck
shop (next door), doing the same sort of community
service one day a week and when she
started high school I stopped.
“It was suggested to me that there was help
needed here and that was only a few months
after I left the school. I’ve been here ever
since.
“I find everyone’s friendly and well organised
here, all I do is come in and start cooking
Camille Norford from Vincentia is a volunteer cook who
works in the kitchens every fourth Monday of the month
and has been doing so for 29 years.Finding it difficult to
take praise for her years of service, Camille said she just
enjoyed giving back to the community.
“It’s not a big deal though, I just like working here,” she
said. “I was working at my daughter’s school tuck shop
(next door), doing the same sort of community service
one day a week and when she started high school I
stopped.”
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“It was suggested to me that there was help needed here
and that was only a few months after I left the school. I’ve
been here ever since.”
“I find everyone’s friendly and well organised here, all
I do is come in and start cooking – the cleaning and
shopping is all done and all the equipment you need is
here,” she said. Camille said once all the cooking was
done there was always time for a cup of tea, a chat and a
walk in the afternoon.
– the cleaning and shopping is all done and all
the equipment you need is here,” she said.
Camille said once all the cooking was done
there was always time for a cup of tea, a chat
and a walk in the afternoon.
“I think you need the support at home too.
My husband thinks it’s a great thing,” Camille
said.
“I do the cooking at home too but it’s only in
small quantities. Here I usually cook meals
like steak and kidney and meatloaf.
“I love using the pressure cooker, it makes
everything really flavoursome and I cook similar
things at home too.”
Camille said when she first started at Meals
on Wheels she wasn’t used to the industrial
stove and was convinced after locking up she
had left the stove on.
“I had to get the keys and race back, but
luckily nothing had happened,” Camille said.
“I think you need the support at home too. My husband
thinks it’s a great thing,” Camille said.
“I make sure I triple check the stove every
time I pack up now.”
Brian Truman has been volunteering as a
cook at Meals on Wheels for about eight years.
He became involved because of his love of
giving something back to the community.
“It is fun and it occupies me with something
meaningful, rather than sitting around playing
with my toes,” he said.
“I think meeting new people is fantastic and
everything here usually goes smoothly
because everyone does such a great job.
“My Mum taught me to cook and my
favourite meal she taught me was probably
“I do the cooking at home too but it’s only in small
quantities. Here I usually cook meals like steak and
kidney and meatloaf.”
the baked dinner.
“It was a long time ago, but they were very
popular family meals back then.”
Before Brian started at Meals on Wheels he
owned his own coffee lounge in Sydney.
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on Wheels for about eight years. He became involved
because of his love of giving something back to the
community.
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“It is fun and it occupies me with something meaningful,
rather than sitting around playing with my toes,” he said.
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