Backpack Campaign
$200,000.00
Funding Goal-
$102,070.80
Funds Raised -
Campaign Never Ends
Campaign End Method
Campaign Story
Free backpacks to the homeless and families suffering from Domestic Violence.
Creating backpacks
We pack our backpacks carefully and donate them to people who do not have a permanent home.
Emergency backpacks
We pack and donate emergency backpacks to women, babies and children. Family violence forces them to leave their homes at short notice.
The items inside the bags include toiletries, sanitary products, books, toys and clothing.
Eighty-five thousand homeless women need your help. Many have fled domestic violence or experienced extreme poverty. We want to make them feel special. By donating just $150, you can help. It’s simple, making a big difference in someone’s life. We offer a variety of ways for you to donate. You can donate products, cash, trade and crypto.
Backpacks for children
Most children who escape domestic violence relationships are scared and vulnerable. Sometimes, they have to leave their belongings behind. In the children’s bags, we include toys, activities and clothes. Receiving a backpack gives them a sense of belonging. They don’t have to give it away.
We hope the bags will make it easier for women to leave violent homes. Please read our blog about why a good education is essential to change and heal our World.
Backpacks for children
Backpacks for the street
Building a backpack
Our Charity carefully selects items and pack emergency backpacks for men, women, babies and children who probably don’t have a permanent home.
- It means they are not able to prepare food regularly.
- Don’t sleep in the same place for very long.
- They don’t have any safe place to store their belongings because they may live and sleep outside.
- We consider that they may have to carry all or most of their belongings on their back.
- These conditions and the seasons define the items which are helpful to them and things that generally are not.
- So we personalise male and female backpacks and choose age-appropriate items for babies, toddlers and older children.
Our story:
Recently we handed out a few backpacks at a community feed. Read more about us and the causes that we support.
It was very humbling to experience the gratitude and to see how faces lit up when rough sleepers received a backpack. Unfortunately, we were unable to gift everyone on that night with a backpack. But we committed that the backpack Campaign will not stop and that we will continue to change lives, one bag at a time.
Someone cares
Getting a backpack gives a little encouragement. It sends a message that someone cares. A small gift that can make a big difference to someone who is going through a rough patch.
The backpacks themselves are one of the most valued items of the gift to our fellow travellers. They become homes for people who are constantly on the move.
$150 cash = 1 Backpack
Top needs of the homeless
Former homeless people have opened up about those things, and we have shared some of the standout ways to help below.
- Footwear Socks.
- Sanitary products Tampons/pads are expensive and often overlooked in donations.
- Bathroom products such as shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and deodorant are toiletries many of us take for granted.
- Dental hygiene essentials.
- Packs of everyday underwear.
- All-weather blankets, or blankets made of wool or fleece.
- Notebooks, pencils, erasers and pencil case.
"Thanks the One Light Charity Foundation - their backpack gifts made a difference this week to some of our clientele"
Sharyn WatsonThe Movement
Items for homeless backpacks.
Self-respect is probably the most important gift we can give. This means no junk in our packs. While they have to be inexpensive, it’s essential to take time to find and choose the best quality items we can afford, things which will not break, which will do their job and not disappoint.
- There are a few specific clothing items: watch caps, gloves, socks, etc.
- Survival gear: duct tape, emergency ‘space’ blankets, hand warmers, etc.
- Hygiene items: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, hairbrush, etc.
- Food: eating utensils, cans of food, power bars, bottled water, etc.
Thank You We Are Grateful For Your Support.
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29-10-2019
Summer Backpack Campaign
Christmas Backpacks
⭐️A small gift that can make a big difference to someone who is going through a rough patch.
We pack our backpacks carefully and donate it to people who do not have a permanent home.
It’s simple. By donating just $75, you can help. -
31-10-2019
Seasonal Backpacks
We ❣️ our colourful Summer Backpacks!
The conditions and the seasons define the items when we pack our backpacks. Our Christmas Backpacks include items such as:- Towels
- Towels
- Sun caps
- Sun protection cream
- Footwear
- Products such as shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and
deodorant, toiletries many of us take for granted. - Dental hygiene essentials.
- Personalised Christmas gift and encouraging
message from Uplifting Books.
Toiletries
Towels
Socks
Christmas gifts with personalised messages donated by Uplifting Books
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2019 (25-Winter and 50-Summer Backpacks donated)
The Movement Gold Coast Homeless Outreach
December 7 at 6:57 PM ·
“We are so humbled by the donation of 50 backpacks from One Light Charity Foundation. These are waterproof and are filled with a towel, socks, cap, care pack, a Bible and an energy bar. 25 of these backpacks were gratefully received by rough sleepers in Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach. Inside the Bible, a warm, handwritten note. Can you imagine the smiles on their beautiful faces?”
Ru Taylor – The Movement Gold Coast Homeless Outreach
Tony Wiese and Ru Taylor
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2020 (100-Winter Backpacks donated)
We pack our backpacks carefully and donate it to people who do not have a permanent home.
2020 Winter Backpacks
One Light’s Cara with Ru Taylor from The Movement Homeless Outreach
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17-06-21
(Winter Backpack donation)
Mono Strand and the excellent team at the Salvation Army’s Still Waters. They offer specialist Homelessness and Domestic Violence services, which includes the provision of crisis and short term supported accommodation and associated services for single women over 18 years and women with children under the age of 12 years.
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24-08-21
100 Winter Backpack Deliveries Juice 107.3
One Light volunteer helping to deliver Winter Backpacks to NewLife Care in Coolangatta and Brisbane. See video
Bartercard’s Hein and Wendy with Juice 1073 CEO Ken Pridmore
50 Winter Backpacks donated to Agape
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13-09-21
35 Backpacks donated
Murray Smith 3rdspace Brisbane
Able Australia staff
Please read more: Homelessness is a complex issue.
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16-04-22
Set Free Care
Tony Wiese helped us to deliver backpacks to Set Free Care Community Hub.
We salute this servant-hearted charity which provides basic needs such as meals, showers, connection and a caring heart to the most vulnerable.
They asked us to thank our donors for their kind contribution that made so many of their visitors feel loved.
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Unpacking a backpack
𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲
One Light’s Cara unpacks a backpack for Sue Serge, Salvation Army welfare coordinator.
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01-06-2022
20 Backpacks How Foundation
We accept and make donations with products.
Thank you, Lee Geldenhuys from How Foundation, who donated hand wipes and sanitisers to our Backpack Campaign.
In return, we donated packed backpacks back to How Foundation, which will distribute the packs to the homeless.
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20-09-22
Set Free Care
We delivered the first batch of summer backpacks to Director and Operations Manager at Set Free Care.
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05-12-22
10 Backpacks Nightlight Outreach Street Van
Another batch of summer backpacks delivered to the homeless community of Beenleigh.
We added a Christmas gift box, clothing and a special handwritten inspirational message.
Christmas 2022 backpacks
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11-04-2023
20 Backpacks The Well Community Cafe
We recently collaborated with Russell McClue from The Well Sails Inc. whose charity provides counselling for addictions and runs fun community events for the homeless.
| Name | Donate Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Wilde | $75.00 | June 30, 2023 |
| Mark Boden | $40,000.00 | May 31, 2023 |
| Chris Dietz Bartercard | $5,000.00 | June 17, 2022 |
| Hill's Restaurant James&Elizabeth Garland | $22,502.80 | March 14, 2022 |
| Bartercard Australia Small business donors | $4,800.00 | October 08, 2021 |
| Sharon Brown | $7,998.16 | January 29, 2021 |
| mo zhou | $75.00 | August 01, 2020 |
| Bartercard Member Donations | $13,653.59 | May 23, 2020 |
| Revolution Consulting | $500.00 | May 19, 2020 |
| EARP Distillery | $960.00 | May 19, 2020 |
| Sweet Corn and Mango Place | $500.00 | December 18, 2019 |
| Henry - Petersen | $2,030.00 | December 18, 2019 |
| One Light Charity Foundation | $1,987.71 | December 18, 2019 |
| Clothing Line | $70.00 | December 09, 2019 |
| Andrew Frazer | $150.00 | December 09, 2019 |
| Ross and Justine Oakhill | $100.00 | December 09, 2019 |
| Tyre Plus | $200.00 | December 09, 2019 |
| Frank Varapodio | $204.69 | August 25, 2019 |
| Imilian Wiese | $213.85 | July 03, 2019 |
| wiehan test | $50.00 | June 27, 2019 |
| $1,000.00 | June 22, 2019 |