Hawthorn captain Luke Hodge gets his hands dirty working for Blazeaid in Tasmania's bushfire-affected Connelly's Marsh region. Picture: Roger Lovell Source: The Mercury
HAWTHORN captain Luke Hodge led a player charge to help Tasmania's bushfire affected communities.
The Hawks were already planning to do the rounds in Tasmania during this week's community camp prior to January's devastating fires, but changed tact once the enormity of the disaster became clear.
A text from Hodge to club chief executive Stuart Fox during the players' holidays set plans in motion and on Thursday a group of Hawks got their hands dirty -- and legs bloodied -- to help repair fences in the farming community of Connelly's Marsh.
"I think everyone was pretty keen to get down and help where we can,'' Hodge said.
"We've got such a tight bond with Tasmania and as soon as you hear anything that's happened with the guys down here you automatically think you want to get down and help.
"You don't actually realise the impact the recent fires had on the people down here until you get out on the roads and see it for yourself, see all the land that's been burnt and driving past houses that are gone.
"We just want to help a little bit, clean up a bit of their property. It's only little but we do as much as we can.
"I guess it's also just to let everyone know that we are thinking of them and anything we can do we will to try and help.''
Hawthorn, in consultation with the Tasmanian government, identified the areas most in need of support throughout their three-day Tasmanian sojourn.
Players based in Hobart will also visit Sorrell, Dodges Ferry, Cambridge and Dunnalley.
While Victorians paused to reflect on the fourth anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires, Fox said it was important to keep Tasmania's recent fire victims in mind.
"This is our 11th year of coming down here for our community camp and we take it pretty seriously, Tasmania, and we're very proud of our partnership,'' Fox said.
"So when we come down we try and work hard spread our wings and get to as many people as we can but this year has been more of a focus on the bushfire effected areas, although we do have blokes in Launceston and on the east and west coasts.
"We don't come down here just to kick a few footballs around and shake some hands ... when we come down we want some genuine engagement.''
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