Bringing joy at Christmas

The Bridge is a not-for-profit community organisation and registered charity based in Preston and Thornbury. Our mission is to empower and strengthen our community by providing them with a balanced program of social, educational and support services. We also work closely with other support agencies within our immediate area to assist with their relief efforts.

This year the goods we received from Good360 were shared with our volunteers and the disadvantaged members of our community who attend our free lunches. Many of our volunteers are on low incomes and are quite vulnerable themselves so to be able to give them a Christmas gift as a small way of saying thank you is wonderful.

The ladies at our lunch who received the cosmetics were just so excited, one participant is 93 years old and was heard to say; “Look at this, I never walk out the door without makeup, now I will be the most gorgeous girl on the bus”.

The LEGO was shared between two groups, one for aboriginal children in foster care and another local foster care agency. The organisers of these two toy drives were overwhelmed with the LEGO. One said it is rare to receive gifts of such quality and is sure that for many of these children this will be the first time they have had new Lego of their own.

Being able to provide gifts for the very disadvantaged community that we work within, makes an enormous difference to many lives. Thank you Good360 and donors.