Donate quality pre loved furniture to Loaded for Lismore to help flood affected families

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An opportunity to donate furniture to the community of Lismore in the next two weeks will help flood affected residents of the Northern Rivers.

Organiser Sally Clark said for the flood affected residents of the Northern Rivers the misery caused by homelessness and loss of all household and personal belongings continued.

"We have all seen the images but find it hard to image the toll it has had on these people," she said.

"Many of us will have friends or family in these areas and hear the ongoing struggle of temporary housing in rental properties or in the homes of kindly more fortunate residents.

"While immediate needs of clothing have been largely met by donations there is an ongoing shortage of quality furniture for those who hope to be rehoused soon."

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A small group of concerned residents of the Southern Highlands have been working towards arranging donations of quality preloved furniture that are no longer used by our families to be collected , packed into a container and transported to a distribution centre near Lismore.

"As people are gradually rehoused they will be able to request essential furniture from this centre."

Sally said they called the project 'Loaded for Lismore'.

We have acquired some storage units in Mittagong where donations of quality furniture can be dropped off ready for packing into the container for transporting," she said.

"We are asking locals to consider donating furniture which they may otherwise be storing in sheds or spare rooms."

There will be two drop off times over the coming weekends:

Sunday September 18 and Saturday September 24 between 9 and 11 am only at Unit 33 6-10 Owen Street Mittagong.

The container will leave the following week.

There will be volunteers present to assess suitability of donations and assist with unloading.

Most requested items include beds and mattresses, chairs, tables, bookcases, chests of drawers.

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