Meet our volunteers: Fiona, Victoria
Fiona is the Regional Leader for Melbourne Central, East and North East for The Nappy Collective. Fiona has been volunteering since 2019 and is a busy mum to a 6-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl. When she’s not helping us make a huge difference by leading our team of volunteers in Melbourne’s east, you’ll find her hanging with her kids, baking, reading or at Pilates.
What inspired you to join The Nappy Collective?
My son! I was 10 months deep in nappies and really couldn’t imagine having to worry if we had enough nappies to get through the week.
What has volunteering given you?
A sense of purpose and focus – I lost a bit of that moving from having a full-time career as a high school maths teacher, to being a full-time mum.
Most memorable volunteering moment?
That’s a hard one to choose! I love the moments of watching my children assist with picking up the nappies, interacting with the Collection Points and the little conversations with the Community Partners when delivering the nappies. However, I think my most memorable (big) moment is running my first Melbourne-wide Sort and Count Event where we sorted almost 48,000 nappies!
Favourite part about volunteering with The Nappy Collective?
I can share it with my family and show my children how important it is to give back to our community. Both my children have grown up with The Nappy Collective since they were babies, and I love that my 6-year-old can now help at the Sort and Count Events.
If you could have any superpower to help with your volunteering, what would it be and why?
The ability to count a box of loose nappies just by looking at them! How much easier would that be!
Share a quote or motto that inspires you to keep giving back:
“The most precious thing I have to give is my time.”
