Help the Twins please

27th October 2021

GOFUNDME FUND FOR THE TWINS – HELP SANDRA HELP THEM. 

At home, on a quiet Barraba Sunday afternoon, Sandra Collins saw and heard (it’s a bit hard not to hear) the Rescue Helicopter. “Someone has been seriously injured in a horse accident,” a neighbour told her. She later learnt that Nicole, who she had never met, had died. It was a tragedy; Nicole was a single parent of seventeen year old twins. Their father had died a few years ago.

Sandra, who moved to Barraba twelve months ago, wondered how she could help these two young local people. She learnt that though they had no close relatives in Barraba who could support them, they wished to stay in this community where they had ties – and apprenticeships. Talking to others, Sandra realised the twins definitely needed financial support – but how? The suggestion of  a “GoFundMe” campaign was floated – Sandra thought “I can do that” and so she worked through the process of setting up an on-line appeal to raise $25,000 to be placed in a trust fund to give financial support to the twins for the next three years.

Sandra Collins is not a long term Barraba resident, but she is already making a significant contribution. Apart from the very large “GoFundMe” campaign, she is involved in Neighbourhood Watch, and other community organisations. She told us it was by a happy chance she came to live in Barraba; having spent much of her life in North-Western NSW, she retired to the Central Coast. A few years ago, she came north to visit a friend at Kelvin (near Gunnedah). They travelled over to Barraba to see the Silos Art – Sandra, having a look around Barraba, thought : “This is a much nicer place to retire”, found a suitable home to buy, and moved here!

The twins’ Trust Fund now stands at a little over $20,000, administered by three local Trustees. They have already paid some bills; there will be many more needing to be paid to help the twins get a good start in life.  Sandra would really like to reach the $25,000 target.

You can simply donate by putting https://gofund.me/53430bc1 in your internet browser.  If you don’t have internet access, ask a friend who has and it is easy to make a donation.

Make a donation today, and ensure these young Barraba people get the support they need.