Ask the staff at Baptist Care how long they've been seeing Darryl Yeo during his daily sit-downs with those in need and they'll tell you anywhere from six months to a year.
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Even Darryl's not quite sure just how long he's been meeting with people at Baptist Care to hear about their problems, because the time's been flying past.
"How long have I been doing this? To be perfectly honest, I enjoy it so much that I couldn't tell you," Mr Yeo said.
He's one of the many volunteers whose efforts are being celebrated across National Volunteer Week, the annual celebration of the efforts of volunteers across Australia.
"I am part of a wonderfully committed team of volunteers at Baptist Care, on Hope street in Dubbo."
Mr Yeo volunteers three times a week, for two hours a day, alongside the team at Baptist Care, sitting down with the vulnerable who are in need of help.
"People ask me to encapsulate [what it is I do] in some kind of a condensed form and the best way I can do it is to say that I function as a conduit to meet people that are out there in society that need help to transition from where they are to where they'd like to be."
"It gives me firsthand experience in dealing with everyday happenings on the street," Mr Yeo said.
"We get people that arrive here who have come from prison who have no idea where to go, they have no money, no home, no family or friends even."
"Your clientele, if that's what you want to call them, some just want to come in for a cup of tea or a coffee, and when we do that they'll turn around at the door and they say to us, 'oh by the way, thanks for the ear'."
"It's not the food or whatever else they might be wanting, it's somebody taking the time to listen."
That connection, that can be as simple as someone taking the time to listen to their troubles, is what keeps Darryl going.
"That is why I'm doing it, it's a real joy to see them come in and see them go from where they are to where they need to be or want to be."
"There's an element of rising to the occasion and meeting a challenge, you have to see a position like this not as a job, but as a calling, I believe there's a major difference there - one's a head thing, and one's a heart thing."
Mr Yeo estimates there are about eight or nine other groups in Dubbo alone doing the same kind of work as the team at Baptist Care.
"It really is our privilege here to serve people and meet their pressing needs and we work together as a team to do that," Mr Yeo said.
"In a very real sense people from all walks of life leave Hope Street with new hope."