DESTINY Haven has been the beneficiary of a fundraiser by the Tea Gardens’ St Andrews Anglican Church Op Shop.
Wednesday 10 December saw a return visit by the residents of the shelter for women near Dungog, who applied newly acquired skills to produce wares including jams, relishes, chocolates, plum puddings, and bags.
“They are a Christian organisation who are not government funded because they cannot implement all the red tape, and they specialise in caring for women with problems with addiction, such as drugs, alcohol and eating disorders,” Op Shop manager Gerry Struik told News Of The Area.
“They can take in a maximum of 12 ladies per annum, and their six full-time staff members are mostly ladies who have been rehabilitated.
“They are funded through donations and the sale of their products, and in 2025 St Andrew’s Anglican Church Op Shop donated the sum of $4000 [to them] through the income from the Op Shop’s Christmas in July and Christmas sales.”
Destiny Haven’s new intake are supported mentally and physically and are taught new skills to help them cope in the real world, such as producing saleable goods, which is then enhanced by first-hand experience in marketing and selling said goods via their retail shop on premises, or at locations to which they are invited.
By Thomas O’KEEFE
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