What's In My Bag: Sharing The Dignity Teen Bags Donation For #ItsInTheBag 2024

Christmas is coming, and Share the Dignity are doing their It's In The Bag donation drive again. I've participated in this the last few years as I think it's a great way to make a difference at Christmas time.

This year I packed two bags for some teens in need. Here's what I put inside each:

How You Can Participate

If you're in Australia, you can fill a new or gently used bag with some essential items for a woman or teen in need over Christmas. Share the Dignity partner with many charities to make sure the bags are available for those doing it tough. They could be in poverty, homeless, or feeling domestic violence and your donation can help bring some comfort.

Bags can be dropped off at all Bunnings stores in Australia from the 15th November to the 1st December. (Starts today!)

What To Include In Your Bag

Once you have a new or gently used bag to donate, you can buy some things to fill it with. I'm always looking for things on sale or on special near the end of the year to include in my bags.

While there is a list of essentials needed in every bag, you can always add a little extra or two to your bag. The basics are:

• shampoo and conditioner
• toothbrush and toothpaste
• body wash or soap
• roll on deodorant
• pads or tampons.

Ideas for extras you may want to include are listed on the Share the Dignity Website. This year I added gel pens, a colouring book, hairbrush, sanitiser and tissues as my little extras. I was so proud of scoring the colouring books at Kmart for just $4 each, and I picked up both bags on clearance too. I really hope the bags make someone smile this Christmas!

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Other bags I have donated in the past:

• Adult and a teen bag in 2023
• Adult bag in 2022
• Adult bag in 2021
• Mum and Bub bag in 2020
• Mum and Bub bag in 2019
• Adult bag in 2018

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Share The Dignity #ItsInTheBag 2023: What's In My Bags To Donate

It's that time of year! While shopping for Christmas presents, I always include a couple extra items on my list to add to my donation as part of my bag for the Share The Dignity #ItsInTheBag campaign.

This year I decided to pack a bag for a teen as well as a bag for an adult. They may be homeless, they may have fled domestic violence, they may just be really struggling at Christmas time. The bags are filled with the essentials everyone deserves and a few extras to make them feel special.

What I Will Be Donating This Year:

How You Can Participate:

From the 10th to the 26th November, you can drop off a new or gently used handbag filled with some essentials for a person in need at Christmas time and drop it off at your local Bunnings. Share The Dignity volunteers collect the bags and then distribute them to local charities so they can make a difference.

To find out more about the different kinds of bags you can donate, who benefits from your bags, and what you can/can't include in your donation, check out the It's In The Bag website.

What You Need to Include In Your Bag:

And that's it! Of course, you can always include a few optional extras if you have space in your bag and room in the budget this Christmas - there are more suggestions on the It's In The Bag website. This year my extras were little toiletry bags, lipstick and lip balm, mascara, hand sanitiser, tissues, face masks, journals and pens, hairbrushes and scrunchies.

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Other bags I have donated in the past:

• Adult bag in 2022
• Adult bag in 2021
• Mum and Bub bag in 2020
• Mum and Bub bag in 2019
• Adult bag in 2018

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What's In My Bag: #ItsInTheBag Woman's Bag Donation For Share The Dignity

It's that time of year again! Share The Dignity are running their #ItsInTheBag campaign, encouraging you to put together a new or gently used bag with a few essentials and some special treats for a woman in need at Christmas time.

While Share The Dignity collect bags to distribute to teens as well as bags for mums and new babies, this year I picked again to do a standard bag for a woman in need.

What's In My Bag For #It'sInTheBag

A big bag, but it needed to be to fit everything inside! I packed all of the essentials - pads and tampons, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, tooth brush and tooth paste. So that a woman in need at Christmas time has all the essentials everyone deserves. When times are tough sometimes even the basics are out of reach.

With the use of some Clinique items I got free as a gift with repurchase of my current moisturiser, I added in a few luxury items as well, to make whoever receives this feel special. Face wash, moisturiser, lipstick, and mascara. I added in some sunscreen too, and makeup remover wipes and a couple of face masks, along with a pretty necklace and of course a little Christmas card. Because everyone deserves to feel a bit of joy on Christmas, and to feel loved.

I've donated these bags for the past few years and it's become a staple on my Christmas shopping list, to look out for things someone might like to receive in a bag like this. If you're in Australia, you can donate your own bag at any Bunnings between 18th and 27th November.

You can find a list of the items required and suggested for each bag on the Share the Dignity website. And if you want any further inspiration, you can see some of the bags I put together in previous years below.

Mum and Bub Bags:

• 2020 Mum and Bub It's In The Bag Donation
• 2019 Mum and Bub It's In The Bag Donation

If you are outside of Australia, you can donate online to sponsor a bag, or you can find a similar charity in your country to support. Food banks are always grateful for donations too!

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