Australian cricket legend Greg Chappell has often been remembered for the controversies despite being an amazing cricketer of his era, especially because of his infamous coaching stint with the Indian cricket team and then poor attitude with national players when he was a national selector.
Well, Chappell has yet again returned to headlines, though, this time for his noble work during the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected over 6,263,901 people and claimed near 4 lakh lives globally, as well as, forced a global sporting shutdown, including cricket.
Amid the global COVID-19 crisis, the 73-year-old has been himself helping his breakfast charity to feed to needy in Brisbane with the help of 300 volunteers of The Chappell Foundation.
They have been successfully helping the homeless over the last three years, and now in this testing time caused by the pandemic, Chappell and his foundation are offering morning meals—tea/coffee, sandwiches, biscuits, soup and fruits to around 44,000 homeless people in Brisbane.
The breakfast packets have been distributed by the two trucks at Kangaroo Point and Wickham Park, where people can collect their morning meal.
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As per reports in Mid-Day, Chappell, who is a patron of the foundation, said: “Hunger is not seasonal. We co-organize breakfast for them all year round Our volunteers work tirelessly every day.”
The Aussie further revealed that the Foundation collects money which is only spent on food while the foundation's members including former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Chappell's former teammate Dennis Lillee, and tennis star Pat Rafter take care of the logistical expenses.
Noteworthy, the breakfast distribution work is inspired by Louisa Toogood (1903 to 1993), a charity worker, who served the people of Brisbane remarkably.
According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, “In October 1970, Toogood began driving her 1954 Morris Minor [car] around city streets each morning, offering coffee and snacks to needy men and women who slept rough.”
Australia has so far recorded over 7,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 103 deaths.
(With Mid-Day Inputs)
