The Yenda Rotary Club have helped provide a Batlow family with a place to call home in the short-term after bushfires destroyed their house.
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The club linked up with the Batlow Rotary Club to transfer a caravan to one family living in the town after an anonymous donor got in touch with the club to see how they could help support bushfire victims.
Yenda Rotary Club president Peter Raccanello said the contribution was from a "small town to help another small town" and the caravan would provide comfort to a family who lost so much in the fires.
"It was to provide somewhere for them to sleep because they lost their house in the fires," Mr Raccanello said.
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Mr Raccanello, who along with his wife Susan, the donor and fellow Rotary member Ross Blake transported the caravan to Batlow, said the donation was warmly received by the family.
"They just couldn't believe it," Mr Raccanello said.
"They couldn't thank us enough.... [they were] surprised at the generosity of some people."
Mr Raccanello said if people wish to help contribute items to those affected by the fires, it is recommended to get in touch directly with the Rotary Club of the affected areas.
More than 100 homes have been destroyed as a result of the Dunns Road bushfire, which is still in the process of being controlled.
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