Colourful knitted squares, lovingly-made for Blacktown City Council’s 2022 Knit Bomb against domestic violence, have been sewn into blankets for donations to a local midwifery clinic and charity.
Blacktown City Mayor, Tony Bleasdale OAM, visited the Dragonfly Midwifery Clinic at Westmead Hospital to donate beautiful knitted blankets and toys displayed as part of last year’s Knit Bomb in the Blacktown, Mount Druitt and Riverstone CBDs.
The pieces were knitted by the talented volunteers from the Blacktown Library Knitting Group and dozens of community knitters.
The midwifery clinic is run by the Western Sydney Local Health District and offers culturally-safe midwifery care for women of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background.
Further blankets were donated to local charity Carevan Blacktown, which provides a weekly meal service and community pantry for the Lalor Park community.
Mayor Bleasdale said the donations would provide comfort, warmth and joy to members of the community who needed it most.
“Council’s annual Knit Bomb is an important initiative, raising awareness of the scourge of domestic and family violence in Blacktown City,” Mayor Bleasdale said.
“A team of volunteers dedicate their time to ensure the project is a success, and that Blacktown City can be adorned in beautiful knitted pieces.
“It is wonderful to see so many of these knitted pieces take on a new life as blankets to be used by mums and bubs and members of the community doing it tough.
“We hope the knitted blankets and toys will provide some comfort to those who receive them.
“A big thank you to all the knitters who contributed countless hours of their time in knitting all the pieces.”
Council’s yarn-ins for the 2023 Knit Bomb are now underway. To take part in a yarn-in, visit the website: www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Events-and-activities/Knit-Bomb-Project-2023-Say-No-to-domestic-violence
Picture: Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM donates knitted blankets and toys from the 2022 Blacktown City Knit Bomb to Mim Maloinato and Carolyn Hilsabeck from the Dragonfly Midwifery Clinic and James Nguyen from the Westmead Hospital Foundation.
