Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, right? That is precisely what ‘Charity Begins with Me’ is doing this festive season; they use sturdy bags to hold festive gifts for children in need.
Johannesburg, South Africa (19 October 2021) – ‘Charity Begins with Me’ founder Stephen Ferreira needs to collect 1500 sturdy bags to hand out festive gifts to Gauteng’s most vulnerable children. He took to social media asking for people to please save their bags from services like Checkers60, Food Lover’s paper bags and other sturdy bags.
Stephen Ferreira started ‘Charity Begins With Me‘ shortly after he was first diagnosed with cancer in 2016. He realised he could do so much more with the life he had left and quickly set up the charity as a way to give back.
He has run the charity throughout his chemotherapy treatments, remission and sadly, his relapse. Whatever battles he faces in his own life, it is those of others that give him the strength to push through.
We have shared many of Stephen’s projects here on Good Things Guy and are always in awe of what he comes up with. Each month he is doing something new and empowering for disadvantaged people.
“We are struggling to get enough gift bags for Christmas so our Plan B is to use these sturdy Checkers delivery bags. Please keep your next time you receive a delivery and send it my way.
Drop off in Fairland.
Please WhatsApp if you can help. Stephan – 072 5933 866″
Not only are Stephen and his team collecting bags, but they also need a few nice things to fill the bags, so if you would like to support them in that way too, they are asking for sweets and lightly used toys, including puzzles, teddies, lego, toy cars, Happy Meal toys, action figures, dolls, etc.
So if you have a pile of bags you have been collecting, this is the perfect way to give back. You can find out more via the Facebook page here.
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