Share the Dignity this Christmas

By Riverine Herald

Nov 18, 2022

A time for giving: Alannah Wills with Melany Curtis from Share the Dignity are running their annual 'It's in the Bag' Christmas appeal to help women in need. Photo by Steve Huntley

Charity organisation Share the Dignity is holding its annual ‘It’s in the Bag’ Christmas drive, designed to gift women with essential toiletries and sanitary products.

Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content

The charity, now in its seventh year, makes a real difference in the lives of women and girls experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence or just doing it tough.

The organisation encourages people to fill handbags with personal care items and donate them to women in need.

There are three varieties of bags involved in the campaign — teens, adults and mums and bubs.

For those wishing to donate, Share the Dignity reminds locals that while the bags themselves can be pre-loved they must be of quality and be able to be zipped or buttoned up.

Once sorted by local Share the Dignity volunteers, the bags are dropped off to local charities who distribute them to registered clients.

Donations can be made to Bunnings Echuca from Friday, November 18 until Sunday, November 27 and will be distributed across Echuca, Moama, Kyabram and Rochester.

This year Priceline and Bunnings are the major sponsors of the drive.

For more information, call Share the Dignity’s regional coordinator Alannah Wills on 0476 804 255.