Community Friends are well known to Westenders because of their regular free food for homeless in Boundary Street on Wednesday night. It is often more than food: blankets, shoes, haircuts and other basic health services being provided as well.
The group sell sausages on Saturday morning to raise money for their charitable activities and their central location has brought them to the attention of aspiring politicians for the seat of Griffith.
Westender was on hand to capture these snaps of Green Geoff Ebbs, Socialist Alliance Liam Flenady and the Socialist Senate Candidate Sam Watson.
The image of Prime Minister Rudd was scanned from the Sunday Mail just days before he regained the top job.