By Pj Dwyer
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19 Oct, 2022
Before I talk further about this day, I wanted to share something that happened to me personally last week - well more to the point, what happened as a result. Y ou may or may not know this but earlier this year I moved from Sydney to a regional city. Life has generally been really positive and has fed my soul, being surrounded by mountains and open blue skies. That all changed last week when something happened (the exact details don't matter) and the gloss came off. F or days I was very much in shock. I didn't want to get out of bed and in fact stayed there for longer than I can ever remember doing. I just wanted to hide. Y ou know what was interesting though? My experience of volunteering for MCCWS, reading and talking about loneliness, kicked in. My thought process kept me coming back to what I say regularly, its important to maintain connection to community. It was not easy but I did it. I made sure that each day I had something to look forward to doing. I went to a dinner group even though I had a nervous knot in my stomach that wouldn't release. I connected with family members and friends. S o GiveOUT Day means a lot - to me, to MCC Welfare Services, and in fact to every other organisation who has a project to be funded. G iveOUT Day was set up because LGBTIQ+ communities have access to less than 5c in every $100 of available resources. That's not even one percent! Give OUT is matching donations for the first $1,500 raised. If we raise this amount, it will automatically become $3,000 - or 30% of our target^. Can you donate? If it's possible, could you make a donation? If you are able to, please use the following link to donate. https://giveout.org.au/t/mccwelfareservices/