Appeal deadline
Feed Geelong has urged locals to donate as the organisation’s annual appeal draws to a close tomorrow.
Feed Geelong provides financial assistance via grants and food vouchers to local organisations working to relieve food insecurity. Details: givewhereyoulive.secure.force.com/Donate/Feedgeelong2020.
Parkinson’s boost
The state government this week announced a one-off donation of $150,000 to Parkinson’s Victoria for the organisation’s 27forParkinson’s fundraising effort.
Lara MP John Eren praised the donation, after he was diagnosed with the neurological condition late last year.
Factory death
A 71-year-old man has died while working alone at a folding bed manufacturer in North Shore last Friday.
Worksafe investigators believe the man sustained fatal injuries when his clothing became tangled in machinery at the factory before he was found on Friday.
