By YASEMIN TALAT
AS the season of giving wraps up, the Red Cross has encouraged the community to re-wrap unwanted Christmas gifts and donate them to a Red Cross shop.
National Retail Marketing manager for Red Cross, Jayne-Anne Power, said re-gifting unwanted presents to the Red Cross was a good way to recycle the gifts that might otherwise be thrown away or forgotten.
“Most of us know only too well that not all our gifts will have hit the mark this year,” Ms Power said.
“And research shows us that each Christmas Australians spend over $1 billion on unwanted gifts,” she said.
“Instead of throwing unusable presents into the rubbish and adding to our landfill problem, why not re-gift them to any one of our Red Cross shops?”
Ms Power said Red Cross retail shops were desperately looking for donations of unwanted clothing, home wares, toys and bric-a-brac to provide good quality stock for the New Year.
Stores cannot however accept donation of electrical items and large furniture or mattresses.
“The proceeds from all shops go towards helping improve the lives of vulnerable people all around Australia and overseas,” she said.
Donations can be delivered to any Red Cross store during opening hours.
To find the location of your nearest Red Cross shop, visit www.redcross.org.au/shops or call 1800 339 888.
