We only require 25 newborns and 11 large preemies in hats and matching booties.
Once the NT packs are completed we have 200 sets for Careflight NSW + a crew care pack of goodies to make up; 300 full baby sets for Goulburn Hospital; 5 sets + one large midwives care pack for Broken Hill Hospital and we still have 349 teddy bears to collect for NSW ambulance to try and complete asap.
Unfortunately we had to cancel our Teddy Bear Party on October 12 because of many reasons. The Lions Club and Rotary were booked out and couldn't do the barbecue; we couldn't find a face painter; one of our volunteers had to work and we rang over 60 insurance agencies to try and get public and product liability insurance and all said they couldn't help. Considering other charities have it from the same companies we tried; something is definitely amiss some where! Probably incompetent staff more likely!
To date we have found no soap donors so we will have to purchase it from our own pockets for 300 soap (about $80.00).
We received 100 nappies donated so far to Boobums for us and if anyone wishes to purchase some more; you can get them for $3.60 off our website link to boobums. You don't have to pay postage at all and the business sends them on to us per every hundred donated.
We have also decided to adopt a couple of koalas in January as a mascot for our charity in a way. I will be donating the $70 out of my own money to help two very ill koalas at the Koala Hospital at Port Macquarie to help save their lives.
We donate tons of Australian animal soft toys in our packs to babies delivered in the hospitals as well as larger second hand Aussie soft toys to the women and children's refuge. It takes NOTHING away from helping our babies and children and their families and it gives us a wider interest from the business community.
Our charity wants to be completely Australiana in feel from our website to our packs, to toys we use, the colours we use, our fundraisers etc. It doesn't mean we only want Aussies to help us......it just means we are branding our charity to look and feel Australian. Everyone from around the world is extremely welcome to volunteer with us!