text: A Sydney mother has braved this week’s horror Sydney storm by hitting the streets and handing out waterproof clothing, blankets and sleeping bags to the homeless. Sacha Whitehead, 26, received donations after posting a call to action on Facebook saying she would pick up the much-needed items and drive them into Sydney CBD. The Dee Why-based financial adviser spent the night with her sister Lexi handing the generous contributions out to the homeless during what's been hailed as the storm of a century. Sacha Whitehead stands with a carload full of waterproof clothes and sleeping bags which she handed out to homeless people during Tuesday's nights severe Sydney storm . Sydney’s dispossessed have suffered the worst of the wild weather, with many popular homeless spots totally washed out. Whitehead told Daily Mail Australia she was spurred into action after reading a friend's Facebook status. ‘One of my friends wrote a message sympathising with the homeless people enduring the storm. I couldn’t get the image out of my head, and decided I had to do something to help.’ An hour after posting her plea, Whitehead was inundated with offers from people offering donations. Battered trees and power lines lie across a major road in Raymond Terrace, North of Sydney, in the midst of what has been hailed the storm of the century . Whitehead was spurred into action after reading a friends Facebook status about how the homeless would be suffering through the storm . ‘We spent the day driving and collecting from people’s houses. Once my car was filled to the brim, we spent the night handing it all out.’ The sisters delivered the clothes to locations often frequented by the homeless, such as Central Station Tunnel and Hyde Park, where they found people trying to stay out of the storm. ‘They were really suffering. The dangerous conditions meant a lot of the usual clothing vans didn’t make the rounds, so many were freezing without adequate clothing.’ Whitehead and her one-year-old daughter Liliana: The mother said she questioned her decision to leave the safety of her home at the peak of the violent storm . Whitehead is collecting more donations today and handing them this evening out at a popup shelter in Milsons Point . Whitehead admits that at the peak of the violent storm, which has since been declared a natural disaster, she questioned her decision to leave the safety of her home. ‘When we were driving back it was total bedlam, trees were flying left and right and none of the traffic lights were working. ‘I questioned whether I had made the wrong choice. But that just made me realise how much worse of a position these people were in.’ Whitehead is collecting more donations today and handing them out at a popup shelter in Milsons Point. Anyone with donations should contact sacha.whitehead1@gmail.com or call Mission Beat on 1300306461 .
target: Sacha Whitehead collected sleeping bags and clothing donations .
  She braved the storm by delivering the donations to homeless people .
  The 26-year-old mother is collecting more donations to hand out tonight .