By Dominique Tassell
Share the Dignity is holding their #itsinthebag event this month, where you can help women and girls spending Christmas in a domestic violence refuge, experiencing homelessness or poverty by donating a bag.
In your bag, you can include things like period products, a toothbrush, toothpaste, roll-on deodorant, soap or body wash, shampoo, and conditioner. Everything should be new and unused.
You can also add in some extra special additions and a handwritten note if you so choose.
You can drop off your bag between 19 to 28 November.
Bags can be dropped off at Bunnings in Warwick, and Country Lane in Stanthorpe will be accepting the donations on behalf of Share The Dignity.
The bags are then distributed to 3,000 Australian charities that have registered with Share the Dignity.
These charities then hand out the donated bags to people in need for Christmas.
In 2020, Share the Dignity was able to donate 93,981 #ItsInTheBag donations to women, girls and those who menstruate, bringing their four-year total to 617,517 bag donations.
If you can’t get to a Bunnings between 19-28 November, you can also mail your donation directly to Share the Dignity.
Send your packages to Share the Dignity, PO Box 345, Sandgate QLD 4017.
You can also sponsor a bag through their website, and they will pack and donate it for you.
Items you cannot include in your bag include used or open items, pharmaceutical items (including condoms, throat lozenges, medication and vitamins), food and drinks of any kind (including tea, gum, mints), aerosol sprays such as deodorant, body sprays, dry shampoo, sharp objects (including razors and scissors), loose tampons and pads (you can contact your local shelters to see if they can accept these), and used clothing (including bras).
Nail clippers and sewing kits are fine, so long as they are new, unopened and don’t include scissors.
Visit www.sharethedignity.org.au/itsinthebag to learn more.
