Did you know that 45,000 Australian children are in an out of home care placement such as foster care? There are around 4500 new placements each year in Victoria alone. Often children are placed quickly into foster care, kinship care or emergency accommodation without much more than what they are wearing at the time. We provide them with a few essential items to ease feelings of loss and to help with their relocation. Our programs also provide school essentials and gifts at Christmas time to children and youth in out of home care, emergency accommodation and secure facilities.