Citi Foundation volunteers

The volunteers lent a hand and got to know customers who are benefitting from programs like NEXT, which is supported by Citi Foundation.

Citi Australia CEO Mark Woodruff shared his advice with our Work & Study participants on preparing for job interviews and writing their resumes. The volunteers conducted mock interviews with participants which helped them to practice their social skills and to anticipate what questions might be asked when they start applying for jobs.

Several of the Work & Study participants left an impression on Citi volunteer Simon, who shared, “The customers I spoke with were engaged, talkative and energetic. I can see potential in these young adults and enjoyed chatting to them.”

The volunteers also helped with improving our sensory garden by planting colourful flowers and vegetables in our garden beds, as well as clearing the existing space to make the garden area a more pleasant place for our customers to enjoy and spend time in.

Our Like Skills participants exercised their film making skills and conducted a video interview of the volunteers on their experiences helping out at Northcott Parramatta for the day.

The volunteers and staff then worked with customers to edit the footage into a short video. The volunteers also got involved with creating arts and craft with our Life Skills customers and used a hand over technique to assist customers to create a stencil of birds using a collage.

Over in the library, the volunteers assisted Northcott Librarian Judi in cataloguing books. We were told that Judi even threw in a few historical facts and cinnamon buns for their efforts.

Citi staff also helped the Fundraising team write birthday cards for our engaged and loyal donors.

We are so thankful to the volunteers at Citi for gifting their time and skills to support us. We know customers enjoyed getting to know some fresh faces and our fleet vehicles are looking refreshed after their day’s efforts.