Clinton is joined by Maureen Clark, Executive Director Customer Experience at Sydney Trains, who are working to give unclaimed lost property new life by passing on near-new items to charities in need.

Sydney Trains collects approximately 50,000 lost property items left on trains and at stations each year.  Dedicated staff try extremely hard to reunite passengers with their personal property, but sometimes items go unclaimed for months or even years.

Sydney Trains has established a new partnership with Muru Mittigar, a proud Dharug Aboriginal Social Enterprise in Western Sydney, to donate unclaimed lost property items. Muru Mittigar is passing these items on to its community partner organisations across the state.

So far this year, Sydney Trains has donated: more than 100 bikes, more than 20 scooters, body boards and a selection of clothing, handbags, wallets and sports gear like fishing rods, tennis rackets and balls. A variety of general goods were also donated like, toys, sunglasses, umbrellas as well as household appliances like a rice cooker, electric frying pan, a pedestal fan, a sandwich press and a Soda Stream.

Brand new personal items like make-up, perfume, and creams were also included.

Ms Clark says, “It is wonderful that these unclaimed items can find new life and new use with families and children across the state.”

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