It is time for Part 13 of the Tales of the Travelling 15th Anniversary Laundry Bags....
Now where are the rest?
Two are in the ACT, one is in WA, one in QLD, one in VIC, one on the way to WA to catch up wiht the Navy at Fleet Base West and two floating around in NSW. The last one is waiting to go to Canberra for the Invictus Trials coming up. Another is on hold to go off with a Defence Sports Team with the coach in early August.
A couple have even been taken out of circulation til the auction at the 15th Anniversary Dinner because of the folk who have signed them but I can't tell you about them just now.
If you don't look at any of our social media pages then the following is a copy of what I have been putting up on our social media platforms.
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HMAS Sydney Part 1
We have a great relationship with the @Royal_Australian_Navy
and I reckon it would be pretty hard to go onboard any boat/ship/vessel of any
sort (except perhaps the RHIBs) within the Royal Australian Navy and not find
evidence of support from Aussie Hero Quilts.
Our laundry bags and quilts are always fairly visible. That said, if I am wrong please let me know
and we will rectify the situation as soon as we can.
Recently we were able to save some postage by giving
@HMAS_Sydney 35 laundry bags to take with them on RIMPAC to deliver to some US
based Aussie sailors.
For now, though, please enjoy these pictures from HMAS
Sydney with members of their crew celebrating our 15th Anniversary.
First up we have the Commanding Officer, CMDR Ben Weller
signing our anniversary bag. We also have LSET Nathan proudly holding the bag
on foc’sle and in the Stores Office with some of our sailors who had received
an Aussie Hero Quilt during their previous Deployments/Operations.
HMAS Sydney Part 2
In our second batch of photos from HMAS Sydney we have POMED
Erika with the Laundry Bag in the Medical Facility onboard, the Gangway staff
displaying the Laundry Bag in front of the Ships Bouy and some of the younger
crew members in the Marine Engineering Office, excited to have signed the
Laundry Bag and finally.
Without naming any names, one of these sailors was on one of
the very first ships we supported way back in 2013. It was also the first ship that invited me to
be on the wharf with the families to welcome the crew home from Op Manitou all those
years ago.
Additionally, this particular sailor took the time to take a
few happy snaps of quilts on bunks and laundry bags on duty, hanging around the
laundry. These were some of the first photos we had of quilts and bags at work
on board our ships way back in our early years.
This sailor was included in the photos just by chance but it was lovely
to see them popping up celebrating our 15th Anniversary!
Another one of our supporters over the years is The Navy's
Anchorage and they were more than happy to support our 15th Anniversary Laundry
Bag program in advance of our Anniversary Dinner this year.
“Coinciding with The Navy's Anchorage 1 Million coffee
purchase on Wednesday June 24th, the sailors, soldiers and aviators at the All
Ranks Cafe were more than happy to have a photo with one of our 15th
Anniversary laundry bags. The Navy's Anchorage is a proud sponsor and supporter
of Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry Bags)."
#Aussieheroquilts #AusNavy #15yearsofcaringforourADF
#thenavysanchorage
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