ST PAT’S appears to have broken its own fundraising records in its Christmas appeal last month, raising “more than double” for the Fremantle-based homelessness support service over the festive season.
According to St Pat’s fundraising manager Annalisa Oxenburgh, the increase in donations allowed for St Pat’s to provide meals, accommodation, and emergency relief over the Christmas period for several hundred people.
“Thanks to the generosity of our community we’ve been able to provide more than 400 Christmas and Boxing Day meals and more than 600 Christmas hampers to people doing it tough during the festive season,” Ms Oxenburgh said.
St Pats says the upsurge in fundraising is due to an increase in homelessness awareness, and the fact that the support service now extends to the southern corridor of Kwinana, Rockingham, and Mandurah.
The donations will also help to provide homelessness support services over the coming summer months, the demand for which increases over summer, according to Ms Oxenburgh.
The St Pat’s Christmas Appeal will be running until the end of January.
by KATHERINE KRAAYVANGER
Perth Voice Interactive 
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