VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES

When I was growing up we spent a lot of time in the country, each summer there were bush fire threats one year a fire came very close to my Grandmother's house two paddocks away. We had our fire plan and the house was fire ready but nothing prepares you for the heat , smoke and shear terror luckily it didn't get any closer thanks to the local fire service and volunteers. When I see the remains of town after town I want to do something to help. So I've donated to the

RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY, RSPCA, WILDLIFE VICTORIA, there's also a Ravelry group called "Packages Down Under" where they are organizing care packages and yarn, needles etc packs, also you can knit 12"x 12" squares for blankets and there's a competition, all the information is at serendipity .