HQ Command continues to collect reading materials by way of books and recent magazines for distribution in the local area to shelters and hospitals etc.
 

HQ Command continues to collect clothing and similar items for distribution to those in need.
 

HQ Command is looking to the potential of collecting toys for children who are in need of support and some play in places such as women's shelters and hospitals etc.
 

Work is underway designing a RHRL Recruitment flyer to be placed in with all outgoing mail out of the Principality. It is hoped that this will also help spread the fact that we are seeking recruits in order to expand the Legion worldwide.
 

The Principality is to release a new set of postage stamps in May, the stamps will feature the Cap Badge designs of the four Arms of the Royal Hutt River Defence Forces and the RHRL is included, with a $1.60 denomination stamp carrying the Cap Badge design of the Legion. We are preparing a short dedication to the Legion to feature in the information card that will be released with this upcoming issue. Watch the PHR Post and PHR-OnLine section for release details of this new set of stamps sometime in late May.
 

Two used computers have been re-vamped ready to be donated to those with children who need assistance and a large screen TV has been repaired and added to the stock-pile of items available to be donated where needed in the near future.

Assisting Injured Person -- Legionnaire Aliyah Oliver supported a single mother with three children who had suffered a serious spinal injury. Oliver took responsibility for taking the children to school and for collecting them in the afternoon. She also took them to visit their mother in hospital.
 

Busy Bee -- A ‘busy bee’ was held on Wednesday 20th March 2012 at which books and magazines collected by the platoon and supporters were sorted, library stickers and price tags were removed and RHRL stickers inserted. The platoon has begun distributing these to charities. Lt. Barton organized the event which was hosted by Pamela Searle. Legionnaire Oliver transported the books and stored them prior to distribution. Maha Abdulmunem, Amanda Casselton, Christine Jenkins, Jennifer Jenkins and Philip Tanean participated in the ‘busy bee.’
 

Collecting Rubbish on Beach -- Lt. Barton assisted by Emma Crockett collected two bags of plastic rubbish from the beach adjoining the Cottesloe Reef Marine Park.
 

Donation to Animal Protection Society -- The platoon donated three medium sized boxes of tinned and dry cat food to the Animal Protection Society WA for use in their Canning Vale shelter. Lt. Barton and Legionnaire Oliver collected the food and transported it to the shelter. Food was donated by Lt. Barton, Amanda Casselton, Gillian Hobdson and Legionnaire Oliver.
 

Donation of Clothes -- Pamela Searle donated a box of good quality second hand clothes to the McGrath Foundation.
 

Donations of Magazines to Hospitals and Bulk-billing Doctor’s Surgeries -- Donated recent copies of The Economist; Foreign Affairs; New Scientist; New Statesman; Private Eye; The Spectator and The Weekend Australian Magazine to Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital, and to the Manjimup Medical Centre. Magazines were donated by Georgy Hadwen. Maureen Barton and Ahmed Ismailjee assisted in storing and delivering the magazines donated. 
 

Easter Eggs for Women’s Refuge -- Chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies were donated to Starick Services, which assists families experiencing domestic violence, for parents and children staying at the refuge over Easter. Lt. Barton and Pamela Searle purchased the Easter confectionary.
 

Feeding Homeless People -- Lt. Barton and Pamela Searle provided food to 22 homeless people begging in inner city Perth. Lt. Barton and Legionnaire Oliver also provided food to an unemployed person.
 

Helping Seniors -- Pamela Searle weeded the garden of a housebound senior.
 

Homework Help -- Legionnaire Oliver coached three primary school children in a single parent family in English and Mathematics.
 

Information Provision -- Lt Barton and Legionnaire Oliver, with support from Jennifer Jenkins, provided information on and the contact details for the Western Australian Herbarium to an Iraqi agriculture student who is studying eucalypts.

Lt. Barton and Legionnaire Oliver also gave a woman experiencing domestic violence the contact details of Mary Smith Women’s Refuge; the Woman’s Domestic Violence Helpline and the Woman’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services and a young unemployed man who had been evicted for non-payment of rent information on emergency accommodation services.  

Lt Barton was approached by a volunteer tutor from a church based English as a second language class who was looking for information on places of interest in the vicinity of Perth to which he could take students of field trips. Lt Barton circulated the request via WAIN, an online discussion network for librarians and records managers. This generated a range of suggestions ranging from the WA Museum to Parliament House which were forwarded to the inquirer.
 

Support for Burmese Refugees -- A copy of Picnic at Hanging Rock was donated to the Tribal Refugee Welfare of WA for use as a door or raffle prize at a dinner to raise funds for refugees from Burma.
 

Support for Iraqi Refugees -- Three boxes of second hand books on Australia collected by Lt Barton and Jennifer Jenkins were donated to Benevolent Hands an association assisting Iraqi refugees. These books were prepared for distribution at the ‘busy bee’ Lt Barton also proof-read Benevolent Hands aims, objectives and strategies.
 

Transporting Cancer Patient -- Pamela Searle collected a cancer patient who needed to come to Perth for treatment from Kalgoorlie and drove her back to her home when her appointment was completed.

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