Hope In A Suitcase Australia- Tamworth

17/07/2023

💗 Every good thing, must come to an end! 💗

It is with very heavy hearts that we make this post to advise that Hope in a Suitcase Tamworth will cease operation next Friday 28th July 2023. 😔😔😔

It has been a very hard decision to make, but due to lack of use from local agencies we have had to make this heart breaking decision for the charity and for ourselves.

We can no longer pour our hearts into this worthy cause and continue to push against a solid brick wall in attempts to get agencies and case workers to use a service being offered to them.

We would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to every single person who has supported us, shared the word and donated to the cause! What we did do for the children we helped would not have been possible without you!! We truly are so appreciative and grateful to you from the bottom of our hearts 💕

A big thank you to those angel case workers who did utilise the service. You are a god send to those children! Thank you for supporting and working with us to bring a tiny piece of happiness to those children in some of their darkest days.

A special shout out to PRD Tamworth and Top States Office Supplies Pty LTD for supporting the cause and being donation drop off points for our time here in Tamworth. A special thank you also goes out to the amazing people who loaned us some storage space for the last nine months! You have been amazing!!

To everyone from the Tamworth community and surrounding regions, thank you again for the support you have given us!!
Tamworth Hope in a Suitcase Coordinators 💜💜

19/05/2023

These two suitcases are off to brighten two cherubs day! A girl who loves arts and crafts and a boy who enjoys soccer and games! 💜💜💜

30/04/2023

We are very lucky to have a community member who donates handmade blankets to us regularly.

We reached out to her recently when we were packing a Suitcase for a child who loves Thomas. We were struggling to find Thomas in the shops so asked if she could help us out with a custom made blanket.

She agreed straight away and less than 48 hours later we were picking up the blanket on the way to deliver the suitcase.

A huge and very heartfelt thank you to this beautiful Angel 💕💕💕 we are so lucky to have you on board and one very lucky boy was beyond excited to receive this blanket made with love ❤️

30/04/2023

😊💕😳💕😊 Holy moley!! 😊💕😳💕😊

So late last year, HIAS Tamworth moved to its new location, as through the AMAZING support of our community and surrounds, we had OUTGROWN the space we were operating out of 💗💗

This happened at the same time as one of us were moving house, which also happened to be where we were operating out of at the time. So things that weren't in tubs just got put in tubs, recent donations from our two Tamworth drop points, a big load from a group of foster care parents who donated back to the cause, additional extras from Calrossy Junior School, Muswellbrook DCJ office and a beautiful soul from Glenn Innes, which we had looked at but not unpacked, were moved as they were and our additional tubs we had just purchased just got packed with everything and anything to move safely.

As a result, we had a whole lot of sorting to do at the other end. So drink bottles and snacks packed, speaker pumping, active wear on and let the sorting begin!!

This is what it looked like for two days while we went through everything!! Donations unpacked, existing tubs having to be split up to fit all the extras, more tubs purchased, labels being made and muscles working out lifting tubs.

We did it!! It's now all sorted and stacked up neat and tidy again, ready for when we go in to pack the next suitcase.

We cannot say it enough, but thank you to everyone that supports this cause!! We are going to continue the pause of donations for now, but will let you know when that changes. 🌻

14/04/2023

Hey everyone,

Just a quick message to say we are
PAUSING DONATIONS AT BOTH DROP OFF POINTS PLEASE.

It's been a quiet start to the year as far as moving suitcases out and we have quite a stockpile of goods at the moment. After the move to a bigger premises late last year and end of year craziness/silly season, we haven't had a chance to stocktake so we are now taking the opportunity to do so.

We are eternally grateful for the local support though and sending a HUGE thank you out to everyone who continues to support us ❤️

Thank you for your understanding.

22/12/2022

14/12/2022

How amazing are these little superstars and their wonderful school community!!!! 🥰🌟🥰

Last month we had the absolute honour and pleasure of attending Calrossy Junior School to accept their MASSIVE donation of 21, yes you read that correctly, 21, fully packed suitcases and four boxes of left over addition products!!!!! We were absolutely speechless (which was awkward when asked to speak at the assembly), overwhelmed with happiness and full appreciation for their generosity!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the Calrossy Junior SRC, Summa, Claire and the entire Junior school community for your heartfelt donations and the HUGE amount of effort you put into organising and packing your donation. We honestly cannot express our gratitude enough. 💜💜💜💜

28/11/2022

For many of us, Christmas is a time of celebration, a time shared with family, of giving and receiving, wrapping paper flying around and Christmas lunch followed by a food coma nap!! It's a time of joy, laughter and memories.

Unfortunately though, this isn't what Christmas day looks like for everyone. Sometimes, in some very sad and unfortunate circumstances, children are removed from their family and enter into the out-of-home care system around the Christmas period.

We would love to be able to bring a little bit of Christmas magic to these kiddos or young adults in this hard time. To be able to provide carers with a gift for a child in emergency placement at short notice.

We current area of need is presents for children aged 12 to 18 years. Please see the picture below for suggestions. Gift cards to shops that teenagers enjoy is also a viable option.

We hope there are some Santa's little elves out there that may be able to help us bring some Christmas spirit!

12/10/2022

A huge thank you to each and every single person who donated to this collection of love and hope 💜 we were absolutely blown away by the love and support that greeted us last week when we popped in to check on our baskets! On top of what you can see here, has also been gift vouchers and monetry donations that will help us purchase missing bits and pieces when required. 💗

📣📣 📣📣📣 EXCITING NEWS!!!!! 📣📣📣📣📣
Hope In A Suitcase Australia- Tamworth is growing in size and we are possibly looking to move to a bigger space soon! Thank you, thank you, thank you for aiding us get our name out there, for spreading the word and for helping us outgrow our current space!