The September 9 fundraiser, MAD JAZZ, will feature St Columba Anglican School Jazz Band, MacKillop College Big Band, Blu Hypothesis and Big Band Theory.

The family-friendly event will primarily raise money for a mobile food van to work alongside services such as Orange Sky Laundry.

The mobile food van is Make a Difference’s second project.

The group raised $110,000 to bring an Orange Sky Laundry van to the Mid-North Coast.

The Orange Sky Laundry service continues to change lives.

The mobile food van will complement the Orange Sky Laundry van and be another service to help the homeless and vulnerable.

The Make a Difference team acknowledges other organisations provide food for the disadvantaged.

The mobile nature of the food van will set it apart.

Make a Difference founder Erin Denham said the mobile food van would be able to get to locations where other services might not be able to access.

The mobile food van would provide volunteer opportunities for young people too.

Make a Difference has raised $20,000 towards the food van project.

That includes a $2000 donation from Port Macquarie Panthers Rock and Roll Club during Retrofest.

The mobile food van is expected to cost $60,000 including the fit-out.

The jazz day will help boost the fundraising kitty.

The jazz fundraiser follows the success of the 2017 sell-out jazz day which raised $10,000 for Make a Difference.

People are asked to give a “note for a note” on entry.

Four bands will entertain with their jazz repertoires.

Agostina Fine Fast Food and Catering will tempt your tastebuds.

Sovereign Hills Display Village is the event’s major corporate sponsor.

The Orange Sky Laundry van will be there on the day.

Make a Difference with jazz runs from 10am to 3pm on September 9 at Bago Vineyards.

Meanwhile, there are volunteer opportunities on the Make a Difference committee.

Anyone interested in joining the committee should email makeadifferencepmq@gmail.com

What else is making news?