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Bags of Joy

Bags of Joy is back for 2025!

Wowzers, another year nearly over! Bags of Joy is back for its 11th year! Another incredible effort has seen us create 243 Bags of Joy for local young people this Christmas.

Special thanks to:

  • E.D. BLACK Charitable Trust, The Doug Sarah Charitable Giving Initiative and Cody Joy
  • Ballarat Aquatic & Lifestyle Centre
  • MARS.

In 2014 an amazing young person named Jessy approached Y Ballarat with an idea to provide presents to local young people who might otherwise go without at Christmas time. Since then, Jessy and Y Ballarat has run Bags of Joy annually, strengthening the program each year. Jessy leads the charge on Bags of Joy for young people in the Maryborough area.

Interested in donating to Bags of Joy?
Bags of Joy donations are open, donations of $2+ are tax deductible. Just $30 will brighten a young person’s Christmas in 2025.

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