20/10/2026
🎄Ive got a personal call out today, for those of us who are going into the Christmas period with the ability to buy gifts for our children and family members, please spare a thought for WA children who are in foster care.
This is something very close to my heart, i truly believe that every single child should be able to experience the magic of Christmas. I know this looks different for different families, and even more so for foster families and children, however we have the collective power to ensure that all children receive a gift.
Operation Sunshine is a non-profit WA organisation who distributes presents for WA children in foster care at Christmas. Most of the teenagers ask for a gift card, whilst there are babies through to children of 10/12 years old who ask Santa for specific gifts.
This fundraiser is solely for the teenagers asking for gift cards, however next month, Operation Sunshine start releasing forms that show each child in foster care & what they’re asking Santa for, for Christmas. Our family chooses one child each and we go shopping together to purchase ‘our children’ their gifts. However its often the teenagers asking for gift cards who are not chosen, hence this fundraiser.
We have personally donated $5000 to this particular fundraiser and i reach out to you today to help.
If you can spare $20, $50, $100, please consider donating as anything is appreciated. 🖤
Thank you
Maddie @ HOA
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🎄2026 CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD APPEAL🎄
This year, our Christmas Gift Card Appeal is bigger than ever!
We have received requests for 290 teens in care to receive a gift card this Christmas. ❤️
That’s the largest number we have ever had requested through our Christmas Appeal, and we would love our amazing community to help us make sure every young person receives a gift they can choose for themselves.
🎁 Our goal: 290 x $30 Ultimate Teen Gift Cards
💰 That’s $8,700 needed to make Christmas a little brighter for 290 young people.
For a young person in care, receiving a gift card can mean so much. It provides the opportunity to choose something they really want, something they need, or simply something that makes them feel remembered and included at Christmas.
✨ HOW YOU CAN HELP ✨
❤️ Donate — every contribution, big or small, helps us get closer to our goal.
🎁 Purchase a $30 Ultimate Teen Gift Card and send it to:
PO Box 206
CANNINGTON WA 6987
📅 Gift cards are needed by 20 November.
🌟Please share this appeal. Every share helps us reach another person who might be able to help