It all started with a few backpacks filled with the necessities for kids who needed them.
Now two years on, Bright Bags has put together more than 2000 bags (birthday, essential and hygiene) and it’s time to celebrate at a birthday morning tea event this month.
Bright Bags (which is operated by Raedel Support Group Inc.) is the brainchild of Kerri Raedel, an idea which came to fruition because all children deserve love, no matter who they are or where they are.
“We service only local organisations and deliver real needs in real time – specific to the child’s age, situation and needs,” Kerri said. “We do emergency deliveries, scheduled deliveries, birthdays and also work with organisations to have bags ready as they need them.”
Celebrating the enormous achievements Bright Bags has reached in the last two years was an easy decision for Kerri.
“I decided to have a celebration because we never get to stop and just celebrate our community as a whole,” she said. “This is the perfect chance to all come together, to meet each other – like-minded souls – and for our charity to say thank you, in person.
“I am grateful to every single person that has donated to our cause over the last two years – it has meant that we were able to fill a bag in time and with what the child needed.”
Celebrating Two Years of Supporting Local Children in Need
The event is free and open to the community, but numbers are capped so tickets need to be locked through the online portal.
Knowing the difference Bright Bags has made to so many lives is what motivates Kerri to keep going and shining a light on children in need at a local level.
“It fills my heart to know that humour and kindness is still present in a troubled world,” Kerri said. “At times we can be very disillusioned at events happening around us, but operating this organisation without grants or government assistance has shown me that our local community is truly making a difference.
“Bright Bags would not have been possible without my dedicated and hardworking team, who spend their own time and money and have the same focus as I do – that we need to help our own local children in real time and ensure the community come along for the journey.”
As we head towards the end of the year Bright Bags will be gearing up for their 2024 Christmas Appeal. More information will be available in September.
The group always welcomes donations from the community for children up to the age of 17. They are also in need of more drop-off points in Redcliffe and Strathpine. All the details are on their Facebook page – Bright Bags QLD.
Bright Bags Queensland – 2nd Birthday Morning Tea
- Saturday, 17 August, 10am
- Caboolture Memorial Hall
- 61-65 King Street, Caboolture
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Featured image supplied by Bright Bags
