Triple M Albany urges community to donate blankets for homeless as winter arrives

Albany’s Triple M is calling on the community to donate new blankets to assist the homeless community as winter sets in.

The radio station will display a month’s worth of donated blankets before handing them to local charities during a live broadcast at the Albany town hall on Saturday.

Breakfast show announcer Atlas Cook said they were glad to be a part of “such an amazing cause”.

“I hope that everyone can come together as a community and help,” they said.

The donated blankets will be displayed from 8am to 11am at the town hall.

Blankets can be donated at the following locations until June 14:

• Triple M Albany, 171 York Street.
• Harvey Norman, 5 Brooks Garden Boulevard.
• The Empty Bobbin, 319-331 Albany Highway.