Hi folks
Received the attached letter earlier this week. You might recall a small group of us members organised Swans vs Hawks tickets that came with our membership, packaged them up with an even distribution of Swans/Hawks scarves, refreshment vouchers etc and sent them down to the refugee centre in Melbourne.
Have a read of the notes from the four people (two from Africa and two from Fiji) by downloading the letter below. They clearly loved the game and the evening.
Surprisingly, what I liked most was Jenny's account (click on the PDF link beneath the picture) of the reaction from the Melbourne people, particularly the Swans supporters. The visual picture I have in my head of a bunch of random Aussie Swans fans explaining to two women from Africa at three quarter time why Buddy is being booed is priceless!
That kind of warmth and friendliness was precisely what we were hoping for. If anyone on this forum happened to be any of these people, thank you!
We'll look at doing this again next year and might join them this time.
Save the letter below and open in pdf.
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