With the festive season just around the corner, some of our local community members could do with some Christmas care. 

North Ryde Community Aid (NRCA) is collecting food to go into their Christmas hampers. These hampers are delivered to people who would really appreciate (and need) the love, thought and food that goes into them.

This is where you come in. NRCA is asking for donations of simple care and food items. Teams around Macquarie have set up drop off points to make it easy for staff to donate what you can and be part of the gift of giving this Christmas.

Food drop-off points are open in the following locations until Thursday 5 December.

• Level 4, MUSE Building, 18 Wally’s Walk – collection box in the main kitchen, level 4
• MUSE Building, 18 Wally’s Walk – level 3
• Australian Hearing Hub, level 2 south
• Australian Hearing Hub, level 2, north wing kitchen
• Student Wellbeing, Australian Hearing Hub, ground Floor
• Banksia Cottage, 8 Link Road
• Gumnut Cottage, 17 University Avenue
• Biology Tearoom, 14 Eastern Road, room 280
• Department of Linguistics-Faculty of Human Sciences, 12 Second Way, room 522 (level 5)
• Corporate Engagement, building 1, 58 Waterloo Road
• Property and Sustainability, 2 Link Road
• Faculty of Science, 7 Wally’s Walk
• Department of Physics and Astronomy, foyer of the faculty admin office, 7 Wally’s Walk, level 1

For those interested in using volunteering leave to support this cause, please contact Leah Dudley leah.dudley@mq.edu.au.

Most activities are filled, but we still need 10 volunteers to assist in donation collection and across campus and drop off on Friday the 6th December.