Double Your Impact: Every Donation Matched to Help Kids in Care
In the spirit of the season, our amazing Christmas Matching Partners have united to create a donation pool totaling $35,000. For a limited time, every donation will be doubled, up to the sum of $35,000.
Made possible thanks to our Matching Partners:
Melinda Pratt just donated $250
Anonymous just donated $52.75
Christine Blackeby just donated $110.78
Christine Elliott just donated $105
Anonymous just donated $211
Brian Ireland just donated $1,000- Anonymous just donated $31.65
Halina Bambach just donated $52.75- Julie Dickson just donated $35.87
Vipin Kannampuzha just donated $110.78
Anonymous just donated $110.78- Anonymous just donated $52.75
- Anonymous just donated $120
hey dee ho Cranbourne Arbourlea & Blind Bight families just donated $97- David Holman just donated $263.75
- Anna just donated $52.75
MATCHED DONATION just donated $6,000
QMS Media just donated $6,000
Maralisa Cosoleto just donated $105.50
Maximillian Griguol just donated $52.75
Make a difference for kids like Molly – give the gift of hope
Molly entered foster care as a toddler. Too young to understand why she couldn’t stay with her birth mother and too young to grasp why she kept moving from one home to the next.
Each move made it harder for Molly to trust, each new place a reminder that nothing felt permanent. “It felt like I was always packing up my heart, just in case I had to leave again,” she recalls.
For Molly, foster care was a road of uncertainty. She felt like she was constantly playing “catch up” with her peers, and didn’t think much of her own future.
But through The Pyjama Foundation’s Teen Life Skills program, Molly found hope. Her volunteer Pyjama Angel mentor became her friend, her confidant, her steady source of encouragement. With that one-on-one support, Molly began to believe in herself. She’s now building the skills and confidence that open doors to a brighter future.
This Christmas, your gift can give young people like Molly the chance to rewrite their stories and step toward a life filled with hope and endless possibility. Give the gift to last a lifetime this Christmas.
YOUR DONATIONS MATCHED AND DOUBLED TODAY!
You can brighten these young people's world by gifting them their very own special Pyjama Angel mentor.
For every $1500 raised a child will be gifted their own Angel this Christmas.
Thank you to our generous and kind supporters!
Melinda Pratt
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Anonymous
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Christine Blackeby
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Christine Elliott
Anonymous
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Brian Ireland
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Anonymous
I hope this donation supports your important work for children.
Halina Bambach
Julie Dickson
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Vipin Kannampuzha
I hope this small gesture can help bring learning to all. It should be a right not a privilege to learn.
MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Anonymous
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MATCHED DONATION
Donation matched by CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
Proudly supported by our Matching Day Partners
In the spirit of the season, our amazing Christmas Matching Partners have united to create a donation pool totaling $35,000. For a limited time, every donation will be doubled, up to the sum of $35,000, unless this cap is reached before the deadline (13 December 2024, by 11:59PM AEDT).
CGC is a civil engineering company based in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast that specialises in geotechnical services for transport and civil infrastructure. CGC is Australia’s only certified engineering social enterprise, with a mission to improve learning opportunities for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Office National is your local, community-focused source for business supplies. Independently owned, they unite for great prices and variety, supporting The Pyjama Foundation for a positive impact beyond office needs.
UnLtd is a social purpose organisation connecting the media, marketing and creative industry with charities working with at-risk children and young people. UnLtd creates purposeful partnerships that generate shared value for our corporate partners and charity partners like The Pyjama Foundation.
Direct Connect is one of the largest moving service companies in Australia, helping move renters and homeowners across the country. Since 2004 they have helped move over 1 million households. Their expert team can help you move from just about anywhere – whether it’s to the next suburb or interstate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Funds raised from our Christmas Appeal will go towards the screening, recruiting and matching of volunteer mentor 'Pyjama Angels' with a child or young person in care. We support kids in out-of-home care aged 0 all the way through 24 years old.
Pyjama Angels support children in care by reading aloud with them, playing educational games, focusing on literacy, numeracy, life skills and so much more.
Money raised also goes towards providing kids in care with new learning resources including books, games, and puzzles.
Every hour, 2 vulnerable children enter the foster care system in Australia.
Many of these children have experienced trauma, neglect and instability at a young age. It impacts their confidence, their ability to trust others, and their core foundation for learning.
Without early intervention and a strong support system, children in care are at a greater risk of following the cycle of disadvantage.
By donating this Christmas, The Pyjama Foundation is hoping to gift at least 80 children their own special Pyjama Angel mentor to support them through the new year.
You can learn more about the kids and young people we support here.
As part of our impact reporting we collect postcodes to track which areas support is coming from.
You will not receive anything in the mail from us.
All tax receipts will be emailed to you automatically.
When you donate to our Christmas Appeal on our Matching Day, your donation is given the chance to make DOUBLE the impact thanks to our generous Christmas Partners, CGC, Direct Connect, UnLtd and Office National.
For example, when you donate $5 to The Pyjama Foundation, every $1 will be matched by $1 – meaning your $5 donation becomes $10.
You are given the opportunity to do TWICE as much to help kids in foster care - thanks to these amazing Christmas Partners.
The Pyjama Foundation was created to provide children in care with a world full of unlimited opportunity, to create positive relationships, and instil a love of learning.
At The Pyjama Foundation, we provide children in foster care the opportunity to change the direction of their lives with learning, life skills and confidence.
Through our Love of Learning Program, volunteer mentors called ‘Pyjama Angels’ are recruited, screened, trained and then matched with a child in care and spend time with them once a week, focusing on learning-based activities.
Pyjama Angels read books aloud with their child, play educational games and help children with their homework. Most importantly, the volunteers give foster children a chance to reach their life potential, despite a fragile start.
Children in care have the lowest education outcomes nationally. By improving their learning skills, The Pyjama Foundation is making a positive, life-long impact.
Yes, it sure is! All donations over the amount of $2 is tax deductible.
When you donate, you will automically receive a tax receipt. If you haven't received one, please contact our team via donate@thepyjamafoundation.com
Sending our best wishes to all the pajama angels and children who read with them. Keep up the great work.