{"id":30768,"date":"2019-10-09T13:43:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=30768"},"modified":"2020-10-07T13:34:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T03:34:33","slug":"bagging-for-women-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/bagging-for-women-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagging for women in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the lead up to its annual Christmas campaign, Australian women\u2019s charity Share the Dignity is on the lookout for Geelong volunteers.<\/p>\n

The not-for-profit organisation\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s in the Bag\u201d initiative \u2013 set to begin next month \u2013 will see volunteers work on a shift-rotation to collect donated bags from the region\u2019s Bunnings stores.<\/p>\n

Each bag contains shampoo, conditioner, a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, deodorant and sanitary items which are then forwarded to homeless women, women at risk or women experiencing domestic violence.<\/p>\n

The volunteers \u2013 or \u201csheroes\u201d and \u201cheroes\u201d as they are informally referred to \u2013 then count, check and pass on the care bags to women and girls from the local community who are affected by unfavourable conditions.<\/p>\n

Leftover bags are packaged and distributed to other towns, as well as regional and rural communities where support services are in demand.<\/p>\n

Share the Dignity founder Rochelle Courtenay said for Share the Dignity\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s in the Bag\u201d Christmas campaign to be successful, volunteers were needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur volunteers are the backbone and heart of Share the Dignity. It is through their hard work that we can pass on to a girl or women in need a gift of a handbag filled with essential items and small luxuries at Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community are so incredibly generous at this time of year and with poverty increasing and the demand for help high, we really need a hand getting the bags to all of the charities in time for Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Geelong is home to four Bunnings stores \u2013 Waurn Ponds, Leopold, Torquay and Norlane \u2013 where Share the Dignity need volunteers to help with collecting donations from November 22 to December 7.<\/p>\n

To register, head to sharethedignity.com.au\/volunteer<\/a>. For more information on preparing a bag for this year\u2019s It\u2019s in the Bag campaign, visit sharethedignity.com.au\/christmas-charity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the lead up to its annual Christmas campaign, Australian women\u2019s charity Share the Dignity is on the lookout for Geelong volunteers. The not-for-profit organisation\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s in the Bag\u201d initiative \u2013 set to begin next month \u2013 will see volunteers work on a shift-rotation to collect donated bags from the region\u2019s Bunnings stores. Each bag […]<\/p>\n

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