There are many ways a families can run into difficulty and not be able to provide for their children's well-being. This Christmas, you can help us at Dandelion work through our waitlist of families that desperately need some support to find their feet and meet the needs of their children.
It might be a brand new item that we can source at wholesale prices, it might be covering our costs to recycle and deliver quality second hand items, or you can buy support for a whole family at the average price it costs us to provide $580 worth of support.
For every family you support (donations of $140 or more), we'll provide you with a short, anonymous report of the family you helped and how much value they received. Note, it's not without our control to ensure the goods are received before Christmas, but we'll try our darn hardest.
And if we manage to raise enough to clear our waitlist - don't wait until next Christmas to help us out - click the donate button now to support a family in 2019: Every $150 we raise provides a family $580 worth of support.
All "purchases" of support greater than $2 are tax deductible.
For purchases over $30, you can optionally have a personalised gift voucher sent to you for your purchase
We'll update our purchase quantities weekly to reflect the current waitlist
It costs on average $150 for Dandelion to provide on average $580 worth of tangible and social value to a family in need. This might include a safe sleeping environment for their child, a pram to get out of the house, or large clothes or toy packs.
Through our wholesale buying power, we can more quickly supply a cot for a newborn baby who might otherwise not have one. This represents a combined tangible and social value of $650 to that family.
By providing a family with a pram or car seat, you buy them the ability to leave the house, visit the shops or the doctor, or access a park - things that improve the well being of the parent and the child. Can you imagine not having these? How much money would someone have to give you to agree that you'd never have a pram or a car seat for your child? We'll that's the $$ value you can buy for a family for just $150.
We turn over tonnes of quality second hand goods at our warehouse every year, helping families in desperate need, and diverting these goods from landfill. Just $30, on average, covers all our costs to collect, house, clean and safety check items that we can send out, with values ranging from $75 - $650.