PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian and Hornsby MP Matt Kean joined the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter recently for the launch of The 2017 Apron Project.
Throughout the month of October, more than 100 original aprons created by 60 local and international artists, including Ken Done, are up for auction as part of the annual event.
Without government assistance, the shelter’s board president Sallianne McClelland said the organisation struggled to raise the $450,000 needed each year to operate the facility.
“For every one woman that our shelter accepts, we turn away an average of five women,’’ she said.
“After staying with us, 85 per cent of our clients are able to turn their lives around but it’s heartbreaking we need to turn away on average five women a week due to our limited resources,” she said.
The Apron project started three years ago after a series of deaths by domestic violence, Ms McClelland said.
“I sent an email to 12 artists who I work with in the USA and asked if they would create an apron for me. It grew from there. I chose an apron because for me it was a symbol of home, of family and in essence of safety.”
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Article by Rebecca Parish appeared in the North Shore Times
