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Story Point

Picture this, there is a massive storm one day, beach gets covered with millions and billions of starfish. The sun starts to rise and get hot in the day and starts cooking all the starfish. They can not make it back into the ocean.

Someone comes along and sees all the millions and billions of starfish and how they will die in the sunny heat. He has compassion on the starfish and starts picking up starfish and throwing them into the ocean. Grabbing 1 and 2 at a time, sometimes 3 at a time and throwing them into the ocean. He spends 30 minutes throwing starfish into the ocean. Another man comes along and sees what the man on the beach is doing, and seeing that although he has been throwing starfish into the ocean for over 30 minutes, it is like he has not made any progress as the beach is totally covered with starfish absolutely everywhere. So he says to the man who is throwing the starfish.

Hey man, what are you doing and why are you wasting your time, look at all the millions and billions of starfish, the sun is getting hotter and they are starting to die in the heat, you are not making any difference by what you are doing. Give it up and come and rest yourself inside.

The man who was throwing the starfish  into the ocean looks at the man and then looks down at the starfish and picks up another starfish and looks back at the man who told him to stop and to come inside.

He then throws that starfish into the waters of the ocean, then he looks at the man and says, It made a difference to that starfish.

One Red Hill – Stated Goal

Do you ever wake up in the morning and feel as though the world does not care any more ?  Every one is out on their own business while nobody seems to notice or worry about the struggles of others ?  Do you feel as though you would like to do something but feel powerless to do anything to help ? 

In our community we have seen people who have a wide range of problems and issues, or they know someone who has various problems and issues.

Health Problems, Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Drunkenness, Lack of resources to gain an Education / Employment, Lack of basic life essentials such as access to water, electricity, internet, homes in disrepair or have some basic home renovations needed and unable to afford to have their home repaired, lacking transport or the opportunity to gain employment or start their own business.

We have seen people with skills and talent that could be used to gain employment and income but lack the finances and resources to start. Too far away from basic amenities, or too far away from metro city / suburbs areas, Reading and writing difficulties, and the list goes on.

Time and time again in years past we have approached many various different “humanitarian Organisations” and raised the concerns of these and other issues many people are facing, however time and time again we keep hearing, we do not do that, we do not focus on them things, or that is a really good idea to help people and will help many people but its not something we do. Time and time again different organisations do not go directly to the people who are in need and directly go and assist them in the areas they are in need of. 

This is where One Red Hill / Word On Wheels is different.

We have seen the carnage that life has thrown at many people. Seen where a little helping hand in a few different key areas could help people gain an education, gain employment / start their own businesses, give people self worth, ability to repair and improve their homes that are falling apart in different ways.

Families and children lacking basic reading and writing skills because nobody in their area has the reading / writing skills, or lack the ability / resources to educate the children.

You ever seen a family who’s water supply is a 44 gallon drum only, and only wen it rains and the rustic 44 gallon drum catchs water, then that is their drinking and washing water ? We have, and although far from town and without any funds, they do not have access to fresh water. With a few thousand dollars a water tank could be purchased for them, and a secure base where to put their water tank and a water tank and plumbing and water catchment can be given to them changing their lives for the better. 

Provide funds to create jobs and assist people who have home repair needs such as people who are always living in darkness because of a power failure in their homes they are unable to afford to get repaired. Other issues is people with homes with rotting floor boards that need repair.

One parent needing to escape with their children from their partner with nothing but the clothes they are wearing due to domestic violence and drunkenness.

Children unable to get education due to financial restraints or lack of school in their area / in the area where they live there is not anyone who has the skillset needed to give the children an education / lack the resources needed to educate their children / families.

The list goes on and on. People within our community who silently have great needs, and nobody is hearing their silent calls for help.

This is where Word On Wheels / One Red Hill is out to make a difference. Like the story of the starfish, we can not help everyone, but we can help some people with your assistance and support.

This is why we started One Red Hill . Com online store to raise funds to assist people like these and others within various communities like as mentioned above.

This is why we started the weekly markets to raise awareness of our online store and to bring various different items, Brand New items, Antiques, Toys, Tools, Books, and many many other things to bring to market to have a stall and try to raise funds to assist those people who are in need.

We do hope you like our items we have selected to bring to market and that we are able to get a fair price so that we can pay for the stall fee. Unfortunately many times we struggle to cover the cost of the stall at the market due to very low sales and our very tight margins we put on our items.

Other items are priced based on the exact same items that is being sold elsewhere by other sellers online.

Though we do hope you visit our 2 websites, and subscribe to get various updates, and decide to purchase something from our websites. Any funds raised will go towards assisting people in our community.

Question maybe asked. Isn’t your stall just a money making thing with 2nd hand items from home ? 

Answer. Many of our stall items are brand new directly from manufacturer / wholesaler, all paid for at a cost by us and to those who donated their items to our stall in the hope our stall succeeds in gaining sales.

Many items are directly from wholesalers without a middle man, so it would be directly from wholesaler to market with a little mark up in the hope to cover stall fee cost, and to raise some funds for the community outreach such as some of the things we have mentioned above, ( if we have a successful day at the market ), or by others who have donated their own personal items ( they have purchased in the past ) in the hope our stall succeeds. 

Please consider visiting both https://oneredhill.com and https://wordonwheels.com for your next online purchases, knowing your purchases would go towards helping someone in need.

Consider subscribing for latest updates, and registering so that you too can make $$ if someone should purchase something from One Red Hill . Com knowing every sale goes towards helping One Red Hill . Com / Word On Wheels . Com with its main goal of assisting others.

Who knows, maybe it would be you that One Red Hill / Word On Wheels could be assisting next.

May your day and week ahead be a wonderful blessed day full of love & joy & peace & happiness.

What if I have a need or need help ? 

Many people have various different needs, even if it is to travel interstate or over seas.

If you find that you have a special need that you would like assistance from One Red Hill / Word On Wheels, then just email us or contact us via our Contact Us page and tell us a bit about your Special Need and why you would need One Red Hill support and what we could do to support you, and we can discuss how the best way we maybe able to assist you.

Some of the ways we have assisted others in the past are, Financing start up of businesses, Sponsoring over seas travel & immigration, Transportation to and from events, Event planning, Handing out educational literature to extremely remote communities, Donation of food and toiletries, Assist event setup, Video & video editing, Home renovations, Home decluttering, Emotional support, Clothing & game donations, Public speaking, etc.

Inspiring People – Changing Lives – One Life At A Time