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BoBs & Sunrisers Swimathon

Campaign by Bags of Blessings

On 21st March, our team, Tom, Costa and Tori will be swimming to raise cash towards filling bags of gifts for underprivileged children. 70% will go directly to our charity and 30% goes to Rotary Sherwood Sunrisers to support their other charities.

Closes 04/04/2026

Bringing hope and joy to underprivileged children through the generosity of strangers. We appeal for public donations of gifts and toys for children from birth to 16 years. At Easter we pack craft kits, a reading book, stationery and an Easter egg; to keep children active during the summer holidays we send two outdoor toys, a reading book and stationery and at Christmas they receive three toys, a reading book, stationery, a personally signed Christmas card, so that the children feel seen and cared for, and some Christmas chocolate. All donations are examined and sorted into age and gender groups before being packed into bags and distributed through food banks, homeless families units and childrens’ charities. Most of the contents of the bags are donated through our drop-off points, but we will buy extras where needed to make sure that each bag will bring joy to a child. We also run a Hygiene Hub, providing monthly deliveries of hygiene products to four food banks. Our charity is run entirely by volunteers, who take no expenses, so every penny raised will benefit children.

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These heroes are swimming to raise funds so that we can put presents into bags for underprivileged children three times a year, at Easter, Summer Holidays and Christmas. Every bag that goes out to food banks and children's charities contains toys or gifts, age appropriate stationery and reading books and, at Easter and Christmas, chocolate. Summer packs contain outdoor toys to encourage kids to play together in the fresh air. Since we opened our doors in 2018 we have sent out 25,885 bags, including 6,000 from our Hygiene Hub. £1 will buy a bag to pack, £5 will buy a box to go into our collection points and £10 will fill a bag. However much or little you can give will go towards putting a smile on a disadvantaged child's face.

Donation summary

Total
£366.00
Online
£366.00
Offline
£0.00
Direct
£366.00
Fundraisers
£0.00

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