500 seems like a lot and to be honest, it is a lot especially when it comes to car seats. This September, we are running our Buckle Up Baby appeal sponsored by Dr Josephine Cheung Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the hope to secure 500 car seats that we can re-home to vulnerable children in the community. Often we are asked to provide a car seat so that the family are able to take their baby home from hospital and over the past 12 months we have provided over 900 car seats to vulnerable families. A car seat is an essential safety item that many of us take for granted. For so many vulnerable families, they have no way of accessing...
What a month! March was our biggest month yet. This is a massive collective effort from our whole community. From individuals donating items and money, to our corporate supporters, from the grants we receive to our army of volunteers who will do whatever it takes to make sure we can fill each order. Just let those numbers sink in… These numbers show the huge need in our community. These numbers show just how many families are struggling. These numbers show that we show up for each and every baby, child, mum, dad and carer in our community who is doing it tough and needs a hand up. And we will continue to show up because we have a ‘whatever it takes’ culture....
One thing that we have learnt since establishing Baby Give Back is there are so many amazing organisations that align with our vision of ensuring every child has a safe and equal start to life. The ability to partner with likeminded organisations is not only exciting but also life changing for Baby Give Back and most importantly, to the lives of vulnerable children and their families. Many might be aware of the ongoing support Jae and his team at Little Scholars School of Early Learning have provided to Baby Give Back and the families from our early days at Burleigh. The support and commitment that Little Scholars have given us was instrumental in where we are today and in late...
For a lot of us, there would be a time in our past that we made a choice that did not turn out to be the best or we struggled through a tough time or even gone without. For many of us, we might have had the support of family, friends, colleagues that helped us through. We felt loved and cared for which gave us the courage to keep trying and moving forward. For many of the children and family we support, we are their support network who show them love and encouragement. We hope that our kindness gives them the courage to keep moving forward. That is why, we take such pride in what we give these families. We...
This year, Baby Give Back has defied all odds and continued to be there for vulnerable children. On one hand I am so proud and grateful to our volunteers and community but on the other hand, I am truly worried and scared for the coming weeks and months with the weekly demand on our service increasing to unprecedented levels and many families preparing to cancel Christmas. We currently have orders for 240 children that need to be filled before Christmas. These are vulnerable children who should be thinking about what they want for Christmas but in reality for most of these children, they can’t wish or ask for anything. This is why we have launched the Baby Give Back Christmas...
