By Corey Everitt
Experience Life disability service is going the extra mile this Christmas providing gifts for locals with help from the Cardinia Foundation.
Experience Life is a not-for-profit organisation providing individual and at-home assistance for people with disabilities in the local area, supporting them to live life the way they want to and be included in the community.
This is always an important time to experience the joy for the organisation, this year they will be handing out extra special gift hampers for their local clients.
Assisted by a $500 Christmas grant from the Cardinia Foundation, the gifts will be personalised, fulfilling the Christmas wishes of locals.
“It’s something for them that is more personal, it says we aren’t just a regular service. We really know our clients on a personal level and we want to share Christmas with them,” Experience Life CEO, Kylie Fletcher said.
As a local disability service for the last 14 years, Experience Life does not wish to be routine. These special gifts are part of their ethic to really know those with disabilities and their families, and ensure they can live freely and respected in the community.
“It’s for them to live with independence, to give them choices for their life,” Ms Fletcher said.
“There was a real hole in the hills and the Cardinia area for this kind of service, it’s about getting involved in the community and the community backing them as well.”
Experience Life is still prepping their hampers, soon they will be handing them out and spreading the joy.
If you wish to help spread the joy further, you can join Cardinia Foundation’s Christmas appeal which is raising funds for those in need over this Christmas.
You can donate directly or start your own fundraiser in its name at cardinia-foundation.grassrootz.com/christmas-appeal-2023-share-the-joy
