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Every year, 600 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

  • Jeremy Hayman

    Chairperson

  • Jessie Edwards

    Secretary

  • Yvonne Hu

    Treasurer

  • Heather Carter

    St Mary Magdalene Church Representative

  • Michael Forwood

    General Board member

  • Olivia Hayman

    General Board Member

  • 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 Mary Magdalene Adelaide City Anglican Church
St Matthew’s Kensington 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

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
Bosnian Youth Network
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:
Jessie
Jeremy
Mick
Wendy


APPRENTICE COORDINATORS:
Mike
Sofia
Vanessa

TRAINEE APPRENTICE COORDINATORS:
Declan
Jordan
Mitchell
Stephen
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


Anain
Cheryl
Chris
Danielle
Dave
Emily
Esther
Jane
Jeremy A
Josh
Lauren
Kiana
Libby
Lisa
Liza
Lucy
Luke
Mary-Ellen
Matt
Melody
Mike N
Molly
Ria
Rosie
Serena
Taylor
Tim
Terista
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

St Peter's Girls' School Year 11 & 12s - Term 1