By Alexis Winch-Buist
Grey skies failed to dampen the enthusiasm of more than 50 young children as they ‘Sock’d’ it to poverty in Mundaring last week.
The recent poverty-awareness craft morning, aptly titled ‘Sock It To Poverty’ was one of the first community outreach events hosted by Young Hearts, a new group comprising local volunteers from the Mundaring parish.
The group aims to bring young people from Catholic and non-Catholic schools, the parish and community together to reignite enthusiasm in faith and the values of Catholic families.
The children made 70 sock puppets for a visually-impaired orphanage in Bangalore, India, as well as greeting cards which will be sold in the parish to raise funds for the school.
Parish priest of Mundaring, Fr Dominic Savio will travel to the Jyothi Sea School for Blind Children in India later this year to deliver the puppets personally.
He will then return with thank you cards from the blind students, written in braille.
Together with financial donations of over $300, Fr Savio hopes this project will make not only a tangible benefit to the school, but also an offering of friendship from the Mundaring community.
The Jyothi Seva Home and School for Blind Children are run by the Congregation of Franciscan Sisters, Servants of the Cross.
To make a donation, or for further information on Young Hearts community outreach, contact Fr Savio via email: domcssr@gmail.