Our Christmas Santa Sacks are complete and delivered to Cafs today for distribution to some very happy children in their orbit.
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This has been a tradition for SJD Foundation Ballarat Inc for many years now and we are excited to once again see it come to fruition.

100 Santa Sacks full of Christmas treats were made possible by the generous support of these businesses and volunteers!

Buxton Ballarat
Shepp Cannery Surplus
ALDI Australia
M Group
GroundUp
Spanners & Sparks Automotive
Ballarat Turf Club at Sportsbet-Ballarat
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Volunteers: Brayden, Gav, Jarrod, Tamara, Libby, Mary, Naomi, Mick, James and Clemmie.
Thank you and Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to all

SJD Foundation Ballarat pride ourselves on being able to respond to urgent situations of hardship with tangible items that will immediately help a situation. Such as groceries, clothing or bedding and toys.

This situation saw a grandmother needing to take in her grand-daughter immediately and not having any of the everyday items on hand and no money to buy them.

We quickly got a list from her and delivered the items needed pictured below including formula, bottles, clothing and dummies.

This week we had a request for some urgent items for a local Ballarat mother who was escaping Domestic Violence with her 2 young sons.

Among other items, she desperately needed clothing suitable for the summer months but didn't have the funds to buy new clothes.

SJD Foundation Ballarat were able to step in and give this local mum a hand up by buying and delivering clothing, some toys etc directly to the house.

This week we helped a grandmother take in her two grandchildren who were displaced from their parents in Ballarat. 

The grandmother had a spare room but no furniture or clothing for the grandchildren. We were able to help with clothing, toys, books, bunk beds, and bedding for the children to make their time at their grandmothers house comfortable and safe.

This was an urgent situation and we ere able to help within a few days to complete this task.
Thank you to all our donors - without whom we would not be able to complete this urgent work.

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Wednesday 11th December 2024.

Board members Brayden and Gavin today delivered some well stacked Christmas Sacks to the Yuille Park Community College Young Parent's Program. These committed young parents have worked hard to keep their studies going while being parents at the same time.

We have supported this program for over 15 years and it was a pleasure to once again deliver the goodies for the kids this Christmas.

Pictured is Teach Amelia from Yuille Park Community College accepting the sacks!