In my electorate of Hinkler, life-saving work happens in many ways and forms.
Tina Davie and the Bayside Transformations team in Hervey Bay are changing lives for the better through a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.
Transformations operate all over Australia, and earlier this month I toured the hub in Hervey Bay, which includes common areas, leisure spaces and accommodation.
The program takes individuals from active addiction and places them by the side of those in recovery.
They call this therapeutic community.
I was very impressed to see the thriving onsite kitchen in full swing, with participants and volunteers preparing locally grown vegetables under a successful social-enterprise project called Bayside Vegies.
The kitchen supplies major outlets like the Hervey Bay RSL with potatoes, pumpkin, carrots and much more.
I wish Tina and her team every success as they help lives get back on track and give purpose to those recovering from addiction.