Fatima Halloum
Humans aren’t the only creatures experiencing the bone-chilling cold of Melbourne’s winter and to help the animals at the Lost Dog’s Home, the Holiday Inn Werribee will be accepting blankets and towels for the month of June.
Holiday Inn sales and marketing executive Sarah Balzer said they wanted to support a charity and become a “true community hub”.
“Every year at winter time, especially with how cold it is, they [the Lost Dog’s home] always put a call out for any towels and blankets but unfortunately because they’re so short staffed…they can’t come and pick it up,” Ms Balzer said.
“So for us being in Werribee, sometimes people have all these towels and blankets at home but they just don’t have the means to be able to travel to North Melbourne.
“We thought…we will be a central point where people can come in, drop everything off and then we can donate and take it all into the North Melbourne location on their behalf,” she said.
Ms Balzer said people wanting to contribute could drop their donations off at the hotel.
“Just come on in through the doors, up to level eight to reception and our team will greet them there and they can drop off any items that they have,” she said.
“We’d love to assist in being that little bridge between charity, and Werribee.”
Donated blankets and towels should be clean, in good condition and have no damage, stains, holes or frayed edges and must not be electric.
