Buckets of festive joy
Gourmet focus for charity
THE humble plastic bucket holds a special Christmas significance for one Toowoomba charity.
This year YellowBridge QLD will celebrate its 4th Yellow Bucket Christmas Appeal, filling yellow buckets with special Christmas food to gift to local people who need a little festive joy.
The emphasis is on food that is gourmet or special rather than staple food items, which are covered so well by other Christmas appeal initiatives in the region.
“Christmas is meant to be a special time of the year filled with love and happiness,” YellowBridge QLD chief executive officer Penny Hamilton said.
“Sadly, this is not the case for some people who will spend Christmas alone or are unable to afford extra special food to make it a memorable day for them and their family.
“With the help of our staff and supporters, we aim to fill and deliver 300 buckets with edible joy.”
The majority of the Christmas food and products are donated by YellowBridge staff, partners and suppliers who have embraced the annual appeal and the opportunity to give back to others in their local community.
Recipients are chosen based on their need.
YellowBridge staff then deliver the hampers prior to Christmas Day to people who either live alone, have a disability or are in need of care.
They are also distributed to people nominated by YellowBridge’s peer organisations in the housing, disability, youth and aged services sectors.
Toowoomba accounting firm, McConachie Stedman, is the appeal’s major sponsor for the third year.
“It gives me great pride to see the generosity of our staff and clients who embraced the appeal last year, filling over 30 buckets. Fingers crossed we can match or better that again this year,” director Amanda Roberts said.
Donations are accepted and can be delivered to the YellowBridge and McConachie Stedman offices before December 14.