Members of the local Indonesian community demonstrated the strong fabric that binds the St George Community. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading They held a colourful fashion show at the Kogarah Storehouse on Friday, June 28 to raise funds to support food programs for people in need. The women were from the Storehouse's Indonesian group which is called Tenun - the Indonesian world for the weaving fabric of different threads to make sarongs.
They donated the clothing worn in the fashion parade to be sold to raise funds for the Storehouse's emergency food program which provides more than 8,000 free parcels provided annually. "We haven't got funding for the next year for the food program," Kogarah Storehouse manager Lala Noronha said. "We need about $30,000 a year to run the food program and half of that funding has ceased," she said.
"We need to raise around $15,000 and the Indonesian ladies have come to help. All the clothing worn in the fashion parade was for sale and funds raised will go to support the Storehouse food program." The fashion parade was part of the Kogarah Storehouse's Community Connections Festival which is supported by Georges River Council.
Over the years the Kogarah Storehouse, the not-for-profit outreach mission of the Kogarah Uniting Church, has been providing support in many ways for thousands of people struggling to meet life's challenges. Kogarah Storehouse was born following the closing of two local churches and the expansion of St George .