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Give a gift that makes a real difference to a disadvantaged South Australian child this Christmas by packing your very own Treasure Box of essential items.
In 2020 Treasure Boxes supported Luse and her family with clothes and toys for their youngest daughter, after they relocated from Fiji to Adelaide. 2 years later we received a lovely message from Luse!
Looking for a new volunteer opportunity? Our volunteer team is growing and we’d love you to join us!
We have run out of cots! We currently have a waitlist of vulnerable, newborn babies who desperately need a safe place to sleep – and we need your help.
Treasure Boxes on ABC News Adelaide: “We want to ensure that new arrival families have everything they need to safely care for their babies and children, especially after the horrors that they have been through over the last few weeks.”
Treasure Boxes is humbled to be supporting Adelaide’s Ukrainian community, ensuring our new arrivals receive childcare essentials. Here are some ways you can help Ukraine refugees in Adelaide.
Your generosity has been so tremendous since opening the doors again in 2022, that we are packed to the rafters. We will be temporarily pausing item donations so our team can conduct a full stocktake and prepare for the year ahead.
We will reopen our doors Tuesday 5 April 2022.
Members of Aboriginal communities who attended funerals in South Australia’s far west have found themselves in an Adelaide medi-hotel after contracting COVID-19. Rikki Cooke is from Treasure Boxes, and told Sonya Feldhoff how she’s keeping spirits up with boxes of supplies.
Almost everything the family now owns was donated to them.
One of the not-for-profit organisations that helped the Hussainy family start their new life is Treasure Boxes.
Looking for a Christmas charity to support this year? Support South Australian kids and pack your very own Treasure Box!
There are many situations that lead to poverty, one of those being domestic or family violence and child protection issues – situations that Rikki Cooke, Treasure Boxes Founder & CEO, sees all too often.
Last week Treasure Boxes joined with the Adelaide Football Club and Adelaide Crows Foundation on their Wakarlas Journey to build upon and strengthen our relationship
Treasure Boxes is pleased to be hosting a Knit a Care Square knitting group in our Edwardstown volunteer hub, allowing people to come together to create social connections whilst knitting blankets that will be distributed by Treasure Boxes to vulnerable SA babies, kids and teens.
Your generosity has been so tremendous that we are now faced with the opposite problem — our warehouse has been overwhelmed with kindness, and we need to take a moment to pause and properly sort through what has come in. From today, please hold on to your donations. We will reopen our doors Tuesday 21 September.
Treasure Boxes is humbled to have been able to support the process of ensuring our newest South Australian arrivals from Afghanistan have received childcare and toiletry essentials. This has been a huge, coordinated effort from the South Australian community – specifically AMES, The Welcoming Centre and our local Afghanistan community members. As well as packing additional boxes this week, we’re now preparing for when these families leave medi-hotels and on to their new lives in Australia.
Earlier this year Treasure Boxes was contacted by a member of the Borroloola community.
We set out to provide these kids with a pair of soccer boots they could call their own, so they can not only play with the comfort of fitting shoes, but also feel a sense of pride and self-worth.
Supporting First Nations new mothers – and ensuring they have access to essential childcare items such as cots, car seats, nappies, breast pumps and baby
We’re expanding our volunteer team — do you have the skills we’re looking for?
We thank our friends at The Hospital Research Foundation (THRF) Group who are continuing their support of disadvantaged mothers and babies by becoming a Gold
We couldn’t do the work we do without our amazing donors, volunteers and sponsors.
Whether it’s dropping off your child’s pre-loved clothing that no longer fits, making a financial donation or hosting a fundraiser, every bit counts.
