Families in Walgett, Warren, Brewarrina and Bourke are among those receiving a pre-Christmas leg up with over 3000 hampers to be delivered across inland NSW.

The packages include tinned ham, coffee, long-life milk, tea, custard and Christmas pudding, which travelled from Sydney to Dubbo via an Australian Army Reserve convoy on 22 November.

Groups from surrounding areas have gathered at the distribution point at Apex Oval to drive them the rest of the way.

"My philosophy has always been that nobody should be too poor, or too lonely or on the outside to enjoy Christmas like everybody else," said Reverend Bill Crews, whose foundation under his name serves free meals for disadvantaged people.

"People turned up from everywhere with trucks and utes and God knows what to collect them."

Trangie, Lake Cargelligo, Murrin Bridge and Wagga Wagga are also among up to 30 towns where the hampers will be distributed.

The distribution used to happen in Peak Hill, but moved this year to Dubbo after organiser Aunty Ronda Towney passed. [IMAGE: Dubbo] 

Rev. Crews said his foundation began sending the hampers during the COVID pandemic after a tap on the shoulder from Peak Hill's Aunty Ronda Towney.

She used her personal networks throughout western NSW to identify need in towns and organise locals to collect the hampers.

Aunty Ronda passed in July this year, but her family say they will continue her legacy through the charity she founded, Yindyamarra Aboriginal Services.

"She talked on different levels to be able to get things done," Aunty Ronda's son David said.

"She's a person who culturally knows all the families, all our mobs, the last names and where they're from and what rivers they belong to. Mum could go right back to the 1800s.

"Then she was able to talk all the big business with Rev. Bill Crews and his foundation."

Rev. Crews said they expect to increase the number of hampers distributed next year.

The Army also uses the distribution as a training exercise.

Yindyamarra Aboriginal Services organiser Nicole Beaver said the drive will not hurt retailers in small-town economies.

"They're not huge hampers. They're not fresh fruit or vegetables, not anything that would take away from local businesses," she said.

"The hampers just hold a few items that bring Christmas cheer."