Every year, 400 amazing volunteers help Mary Mags Dinners thrive through cooking, hosting, donating money/clothing & behind the scenes in email inboxes
To everyone who has volunteered their time to help, we say a big thank you
Volunteer Board Members of the Collective of St Mary Magdalene
Our board members devote their voluntary time and energy to overseeing our humble but impactful charity
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Jeremy Hayman
Chairperson
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Jessie Edwards
Secretary
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Yvonne Hu
Treasurer
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Heather Carter
St Mary Magdalene Church Representative
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Michael Forwood
General Board member
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Olivia Hayman
General Board Member
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Wendy Forwood
General Board member
Volunteer Cooks of Mary Mags Dinners
On a Saturday night, you’ll find a group of these volunteer cooks generously donating their time, energy, money and culinary skills for our 3 course dinners. Each group of cooks volunteers 1-2 times a year
CHURCHES
Hills Baptist Church Aldgate
Parish of Stirling Anglican Church
Rosefeild Uniting Church
St Andrew’s Walkerville Anglican Church
St Barney’s Croydon Anglican Church
St Bart’s Norwood Anglican Church
St David’s Burnside Anglican Church
St Mary Magdalene Adelaide City Anglican Church
St Matthew’s Kensington Anglican Church
St Michael’s Mitcham Anglican Church
St Peter’s Cathedral North Adelaide Anglican Church
St Oswalds Parkside & St Chads Highgate Anglican Church
St Theodore's Toorak Gardens Anglican Church
Trinity Anglican Church Colonel Light Gardens
SCHOOLS
Pulteney Grammar Anglican School
St John's Grammar Anglican School
St Peter’s College Anglican Boys School
St Peter’s Anglican Girls School
Walford Girls Anglican School
Woodcroft College Anglican School
WORKPLACES
Arup Engineering
Belperio Connell Lawyers
Guidera O’Connor Engineering
IQ Medical
LK Law Lawyers
Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
COMMUNITY GROUPS
Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem SA
Soroptomists International
We acknowledge all the cooks of the past, who have served 100s of meals over the past 30 years
Volunteer Coordinator Hosts of Mary Mags Dinners
Our Saturday nights are led by 2-3 of our generous volunteer host coordinators, 1 x a month
COORDINATORS:
Jeremy
Jessie
Sofia
Mick
Vanessa
Wendy
APPRENTICE COORDINATORS:
Mike
Stephen
TRAINEE APPRENTICE COORDINATORS:
Declan
Jordan
Mitchell
Theo
Volunteer Hosts of Mary Mags Dinners
There are 6-8 of our amazing rostered volunteers helping host each Saturday meal, 1 x a month
Angelina + Shanta (adult supervisor)
Anain
Cheryl
Chris
Dave
Daniel
Danielle
Emily
Esther
Jane
Jessica
Josh
Lauren
Kiana
Libby
Lisa
Lucy
Luke
Mary-Ellen
Matt
Melody
Mike N
Molly
Ria
Rosie
Sapphire + Richard (adult supervisor)
Serena
Taylor
Tim
Terista
Tori
Tracey
Victoria
We acknowledge all the coordinators and hosts of the past,
who have devoted countless Saturday nights over the past 30 years
Host Volunteer School Groups - 2025
School Groups coming regularly throughout the school term in groups of 5 with an adult supervisor
(all students must be over 16 years of age)
St Peter's Girls' Anglican School Year 11 & 12s - Term 1
Glenunga International High School Year 11 & 12s - Term 2
Seymour College Girls Uniting School Year 11 & 12s - Term 3
Prince Alfred College Boys Uniting School Year 11 & 12s - Once a Term