Let's Help Sydney Youth this Christmas

Being a mother of two teenager boys.  I am very grateful for the life that they have.  So grateful that this Christmas I plan to run a program in conjunction with Barnardos Australia to give  Christmas presents to less fortunate youth in Sydney.

This is a comment about Barnardos;
“They deal with things that most people who go to work every day don’t have to, particularly seeing some real pain for young people in our community. However, the fantastic part about their work is the successes, and the turning around of young people’s lives. In many cases I would say they are saving young people’s lives."

Barnardos have opened a new Canterbury Office;
The four programs running out of the Sydney Youth Services Canterbury office are:

• Reconnect – the Reconnect program is an early intervention program for youth (12-18years old) and their families who live in the Marrickville and Canterbury local government areas who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The program is aimed at ‘reconnecting’ teenagers to their families where possible. It is funded by FaHCSIA.
• Streetwork - the Streetwork program is a youth support and drug and alcohol prevention program for young people in the Canterbury / Marrickville local government areas. It has an outreach focus where contact is primarily achieved through street work in public places such as railway stations, shopping centres and parks. It is funded by the NSW Department of Health.
• EIPP – the Early Intervention and Placement Prevention Program (EIPP) is an information and referral program for ‘at risk’ young people (aged 12-18years) and their families who live in the Canterbury and Marrickville Local Government Areas. It is funded by the NSW Department of Community Services. 
• Young People Connected Program - this program is funded by the Vodafone Foundation. It aims to increase connectedness between at risk young people and support services, family and their community. This is achieved by allocating new handsets and a freecall number to clients in Barnardos programs.

For 15 years at Cranes Pharmacy we have supported Barnardos Australia by selling Christmas Cards.  I understand that many of you do not send paper Christmas Cards any more so this gives us all a chance to continue our Traditional Support.

• Buy a Barnardos Youth Gift Certificates.  $10.00 or $20.00 each and we'll ensure that it gets to teenagers in Sydney that do not quite live like us.