Belconnen Community Service’s 10/10 Project

I spoke in the Assembly today to thank Belconnen Community Service for all they do to support residents in my electorate of Ginninderra. This includes the 10/10 Project. Each October, ten teams of volunteers are sent out to ten different homes for a ‘backyard blitz’. Priority is given to residents with physical limitations or other high needs.

Early this past Friday morning, the team I was assigned to was sent to a house with gardens that were tremendously overgrown. We cheerfully went to work and tackled the pruning, cleaning and clearing. When we finished, the joy on the resident’s face was wonderful. Her grandchildren were happy to be able to run around in the restored backyard.

I believe strongly in the importance of community, and the 10/10 Program is a perfect example of what happens when people band together to help their neighbours. I think many of us want to do that, and it helps when an organisation like BCS makes it easy.

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