Cornerstone Contact Centre in Dandenong, Victoria | Community organisation

Cornerstone Contact Centre

Locality: Dandenong, Victoria

Phone: +61 481 186 323

Address: 31 James Street 3175 Dandenong, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cornerstonecentre.com.au

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24.01.2022 Lions club dinner is on at Cornerstone tonight at 5.30pm.

23.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that our friends at Orange Sky will be joining us at Cornerstone tomorrow with their portable laundry service. Bring along some washing and come and say "hi"! From 10am Friday.

23.01.2022 Can you help spread some extra special Christmas cheer this year with a donation towards the Cornerstone Community Christmas lunch? Let's make this Christmas a really special one after a tough year. Please feel free to share the link! Thank you

22.01.2022 "Spotlight on our supporters" The amazing team from M&G Fresh at Dandenong Market have begun supporting Cornerstone with a fresh fruit and vegetable donation twice a week. A big thank you to Ghulam (pictured) and Miqdad! @ Dandenong Market

22.01.2022 Our community volunteers David and Cameron have been helping put together these beautiful fruit and veggie boxes, full of fresh ingredients for those in isolation.

22.01.2022 Cornerstone lunch is on tomorrow, served outside as take-aways from 12 noon. Keep your distance in the queue and we can keep serving meals!

21.01.2022 The One Voice shower truck joins us at Cornerstone this morning, until 1pm. Come down to James St for a hot shower on this cold day!

20.01.2022 So thankful for our new partnership with Crossway LifeCare, One Voice mobile shower service and Wayss, which sees the Cornerstone community have access to a lovely hot shower every Tuesday at Cornerstone, while accessing housing advice from a Wayss representative. Tuesdays, 10am - 1pm.

20.01.2022 At Cornerstone we are so pleased to announce that the One Voice shower van will be joining us every Tuesday, starting tomorrow. Providing showers for those who are sleeping rough, between 10am - 1pm.

19.01.2022 A great new food service in Lynbrook. For those who can't make it along to Cornerstone because of the 5km regulations, this is a great local alternative for Casey residents. Well done to the We Care team.

18.01.2022 Some good news! Grateful for the support of local Council who have been providing fresh produce and non-perishable food to Cornerstone each week during the COVID-19 crisis.

18.01.2022 https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au//charities-call-fo/

18.01.2022 One of the beautiful fresh veggie boxes we delivered last week to a local family in isolation. Cornerstone are continuing with our contactless food parcel service throughout Stage 4 restrictions.

17.01.2022 Cornerstone meals are operating tomorrow. The ATO breakfast will be served 7.30-9am. Lunch at 12 midday. Both meals will be served outside. We continue to ask our guests to maintain an appropriate distance from others, so that all our meals continue to apply with COVID-19 regulations. A big thank you to all of our volunteers, partners and supporters, who are crucial in enabling us to keep the meal programs going when people need them most. Stay safe and healthy!

16.01.2022 Join us at 5.30pm today for a delicious dinner provided by the Rotary Club of Greater Dandenong and Endeavour Hills! Hope to see you there.

15.01.2022 Tomorrow morning at Cornerstone there will be COVID-19 tests available for anyone who is asymptomatic; between 11.30am-12noon.Tomorrow morning at Cornerstone there will be COVID-19 tests available for anyone who is asymptomatic; between 11.30am-12noon.

15.01.2022 With the team from St James and Rotary Club of Greater Dandenong and Endeavour Hills at their Monday lunch. Great work from our good friends serving the marginalised in our community.

14.01.2022 Hope everyone is keeping well! A quick update to let you know that at this stage our Cornerstone meals are going ahead, with a few slight changes. For the forseeable future, meals will be served outside rather than inside the hall. Fridays meal will be served at midday, with toasties served in the morning. This Friday 20th Orange Sky laundry van will be joining us in the far carpark between 10am-12noon. The Avalon Centre team will join us from 11am with some new clothing f...or those who need it. On Tuesday 24th we will have the ATO breakfast between 7.30-9am (again served outside), and will be joined by the health nurses from the Monash Health team. Tuesday lunch will be served at midday. Any changes to our regular schedule will be update here on Facebook. Take care and we hope to see you soon! See more

13.01.2022 Cornerstone is open for Easter! Serving a hot take away lunch at midday this Good Friday. Have a safe and blessed Easter.

12.01.2022 Cornerstone has seen a huge increase in people seeking assistance with food parcels, particularly asylum seeker families and international students. You can support us with a donation of non-perishable groceries through Coles online shopping, following the steps below. This week we particularly need the following items; Olive oil, tea, sugar, toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet paper, shampoo, tinned soups, pasta, long-life full cream milk, cereal and green bags. ... A big thank you to those who donated items last week!

11.01.2022 The One Voice shower truck will be at Cornerstone this morning from 11am. Come down between 11-1 today for a food parcel and hot shower.

11.01.2022 Cornerstone Covid-19 update: Confirming that all Cornerstone meals will continue to operate as they did during the last round of restrictions. Meals continue to be served as take aways and social distancing measures are in place.

10.01.2022 A great article in the local paper about COVID-19 community testing taking place at Cornerstone for marginalised and rough sleepers. Any future dates for testing will be posted to our page. https://dandenong.starcommunity.com.au//covid-testing-for/

10.01.2022 A great read on how Cornerstone and other community meal programs are adapting to social distance regulations while still serving the disadvantaged in our community. https://www.heraldsun.com.au//668b4dadca40590bd03755b16197

10.01.2022 The monthly Lion's Club dinner is on at Cornerstone tomorrow night, Thursday 9th April from 5.30pm. Come along for some take away and say "hi." All our usual meals are operating over Easter. Hope you are all keeping well and healthy.

09.01.2022 At Cornerstone we have been distributing hundreds of food parcels each week, so we were very thankful to receive a big donation of dry goods from Friends of the Children Foundation, to replenish our pantry! For information on our food parcel service contact [email protected]

08.01.2022 As we move to providing contactless food parcels, our amazing friends at Ali Fresh and M & G Fresh continue to provide us with delicious produce from Dandenong Market twice each week. In this last week alone we have distributed over a hundred food parcels full of fresh fruit, vegetables, fresh bread and pantry staples.

08.01.2022 In the last month alone, Cornerstone have distributed over 750 food parcels to locals who are experiencing financial hardship. We are really excited to launch a new way you can support the work of Cornerstone, via donations of grocery items through our new Coles online donations account. Simply follow the instructions below to process an online order, and Cornerstone and Coles will look after the rest!... Items we frequently use are long life milk, tinned soup, spaghetti and baked beans, tinned tomatoes, pasta sauce, pasta, tea, coffee, muesli bars, instant noodles, dry lentils and chickpeas, flour, sugar, cereal, oats, baby food (jars and pouches), nappies and wipes. Donating groceries to Cornerstone Centre through Coles Online: 1. Visit shop.coles.com.au 2. Login or sign up for Coles Online by clicking on the Login/Signup icon on the menu on the right and follow the prompts 3. Click on the Choose a delivery time icon on the right menu 4. In the pop-out menu, click Choose another collection nearby 5. In the search bar, type in Endeavour Hills 3802 and click enter 6. In the search options, select the location Coles Cornerstone Centre Donations 7. Click Choose a collection time 8. Select the next available collection window available every Thursday 9. Once you have selected the collection window, you can start shopping and complete your order. A minimum spend of $50 is required. Coles will then pick and pack your donations, ready to be collected by Cornerstone Centre. You do not need to pick up the order. Please Note: On the day Cornerstone Centre collects the donations, you will receive an SMS notification to let you know that the order is ready to be collected and that you need to click a link to notify the store to start preparing the order. Please ignore this SMS as Cornerstone Centre will be collecting all donated orders. There is no further action required after you have checked out the order.

08.01.2022 After some COVID-19 challenges, it was wonderful to have some of our partner organisations visit Cornerstone yesterday. The team at Orange Sky mobile laundry service joined us, along with Debbie and Bill from the Avalon Centre, who distributed new clothes to our Cornerstone guests. You guys are amazing!

06.01.2022 Wonderful to have the support of the Rotary Club of Greater Dandenong and Endeavour Hills, with their inaugural Thursday night meal.

06.01.2022 This morning we have the Orange Sky mobile laundry service and One Voice shower truck joining us at Cornerstone. Great to have them back! Come along for a hot shower and bring along the laundry, here until 12.30, with lunch served at 12.

06.01.2022 The wonderful team from Friends of the Children Foundation dropping off a big donation of goods to Cornerstone. They also support us regularly with three weekly donations of fresh bread, which goes towards the many hundreds of fresh food parcels given out each week to those in need. We are so thankful for their support.

05.01.2022 Cornerstone will be open for lunch on Cup Day. Come and join us for a meal at 12 noon TuesdayCornerstone will be open for lunch on Cup Day. Come and join us for a meal at 12 noon Tuesday

05.01.2022 Thrilled to have the support of local council as we continue providing food to those most in need.

04.01.2022 Toiletries needed! As we continue to distribute food parcels, our supply of toiletry items has run out. Please consider making a donation of these essential items via our Coles online click-and-collect account. See the picture below for instructions on how to donate. Items most needed this week include: Soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, toilet paper, shampoo and conditioner, nappies (all sizes) and baby wipes.... With thanks to all of our wonderful supporters. See more

04.01.2022 Cornerstone is still operating for meals, all served outside. As the current health crisis and resultant food shortages will have a huge impact on the homeless community, people have been getting in touch to ask how they can support the work of Cornerstone at the moment. Here are some of the key donations that will help us respond to the current needs; - Disposable takeaway containers (rectangular, 750mL) - New "green" bags - Hand sanitiser for our friends who sleep rough... - Monetary donations to help us make the purchases we need in response to the changing situation. Thank you to all who have gotten in touch to see how you can help. The support of our Cornerstone friends is so valuable! Keep well and God bless. See more

04.01.2022 We have been getting a lot of queries about food parcels. The official number for foodbank food parcels is listed in the link below. Stay safe and healthy people! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2998984206830655&id=162341693828268

04.01.2022 In order to keep our community safe and healthy, all Cornerstone take-away meals are currently suspended. We are providing contactless food parcels with pantry staples, toiletries and fresh produce; pick up between 11am-1pm, Tuesdays and Fridays. Please get in touch if you need more details.

03.01.2022 Rotary Club dinner is on at Cornerstone tonight. Take aways of course, and please wear a mask! From 5.30pm

02.01.2022 The ATO breakfast is now on at Cornerstone. Pop along for a take away egg and bacon sandwich, or get in quick for some pancakes! Up until 9am this morning.

01.01.2022 Community meals done 'social distance' style! Our amazing staff, volunteers and community have got this down.