NOTHING PUTS A SPOKE IN THE CHRISTMAS WRAPPING WHEEL
THE countdown to Christmas is on, and if you’re dreading having to wrap the bike your kids have asked for – fear not.
No gift is too oddly shaped for the team at Robina Town Centre who will be wrapping presents throughout December.
Whether it’s a bike or another unusually shaped gift, Penny Parsons, of Act for Kids, said the volunteers could do it all, and it would only set you back a gold coin donation. “This is the first time we’ve worked with Robina Town Centre ... you can get anything at all wrapped for a gold coin donation,” she said.
“We’re all volunteers and we’ll be here every day until Christmas Eve ... all the money will go straight to abused and neglected kids. At Act For Kids we help these children get their childhoods back after they’ve been abused.”
Ms Parsons said the festive season was a difficult time for the kids she worked with.
“It’s particularly hard for them because they aren’t always able to verbalise their feelings,” she said.
“This money will be spent on therapy, psychologists and occupational therapists. A lot of these kids have had really traumatic experiences.”
Ms Parsons said no gift was too big, or too small, to be wrapped professionally.
“Nothing is unusual,” she said. “We’ve been wrapping some tiny little boxes and also some bigger gifts like bikes.
“We’ve been seeing a lot of parents coming through with robotics and virtual reality gifts.”