{"id":2036,"date":"2018-09-04T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T10:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/?page_id=2036"},"modified":"2018-09-05T03:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T03:35:04","slug":"parcels-of-hope-project-by-five-year-old-from-bardon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bardonnews.com.au\/index.php\/parcels-of-hope-project-by-five-year-old-from-bardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Parcels of Hope: A Project by a Five-Year-Old From Bardon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sabre, a five-year-old child with a heart of gold, recently started a project named<\/span> Parcels of Hope. <\/b>The project is an invitation to Brisbane kids to put together a parcel for children in the drought-affected areas. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy son is called Sabre and he attends prep at St Joseph’s Bardon<\/a>, where they are taught from the words of Mary Mackillop \u2018Never see a need without doing something about it.\u2019 The children from grade 3 in St Joseph’s Bardon have compiled wonderful letters and the preps are finalising their parcels. The children of St Peter Chanel in The Gap were one of<\/span> the first<\/span> schools to jump on board and have done an amazing job decorating their lovely parcels of hope,\u201d Sarah Yip, Sabre\u2019s mother said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sabre\u2019s vision is to let the children of farmers\u00a0of drought-affected areas \u201cknow that we care.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Parcels of Hope <\/b>is a chance for children to reach out to other children in need, through a letter of inspiration and a gift. The intended recipients of the collected parcels are the children attending The School of Distance Education in Charleville, Longreach, Mt Isa, and St Mary’s Charleville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe had been watching the news and asking about the drought and commented that there was lots of money being raised, but what about the children? \u00a0Is anyone looking after the children? He came to me the next day and asked to write a letter to let the children know that he cared about them and he was hoping for rain for them. He wanted to give them something special too,\u201d Sarah said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sabre then asked his mum to help him invite other children to do the same. He said there are too many letters to write and he can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Parcels
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Sarah decided to set up an Eventbrite page<\/a> where the children who want to help can register. \u201cWe have had an amazing response so far with close to 70 parcels collected and ongoing collections between now and the 14th of September,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Four Steps to Putting Together a Parcel of Hope: <\/span><\/h2>\n