Brisbane Basket Brigade Corporate Volunteer Program - Wishing Tree Signup

Since 1995, throughout the Christmas season, the Basket Brigade of the Magic Moments Foundation have worked with grassroot organisations to anonymously deliver food, clothing, toys and hope to those who need it most!  The Brisbane Basket Brigade is part of a not-for-profit national charity run entirely by volunteers through the Magic Moments Foundation of Australia.

The concept of Basket Brigades exist all around the world however each brigade is run independently of the other.   We are a non-religious, non-political organisation, bringing together like-minded people who make a difference to others’ lives.

We are proud to say that in Brisbane we support over 70 local grassroot charities who nominate our recipients and that all donations, gifts and funds raised by the Brisbane Basket Brigade are returned back to our very own local Brisbane community.

The Brisbane Basket Brigade is all about giving back at Christmas.  It’s about volunteers helping those who have fallen on hard times or those who might need to be reminded that someone cares.  It’s about making sure that Christmas is full of love and the spirit of giving for everyone.

Our Committee of volunteers deliberately seek out recipients, via our grassroot charities, who might otherwise fall through the cracks and not seek help – children, women, families, the elderly, the hungry, refugees and the homeless.

Full details of our Corporate Program can be found on our website here.

We have many different ways that you can support BBB as a corporate supporter.  Whether you’re a small office of just a couple of people wanting to run your own internal gifting program or a large  company/retail chain/gym/factory that wants to collaborate with your clients and customers, we have a program that is sure to fit. 

This event is for our Corporates wanting to sign up specifically for our wishing tree programs.  

Our Christmas Wishing Tree and Book Drives are the backbone of the Brisbane Basket Brigade and one of the main ways that we collect gifts to be delivered with our baskets.  They are incredibly important to BBB as without donations, there could not possibly be baskets!

With every basket we deliver BBB also provide a gift for each and every member of the family, including the family cat or dog.  That’s approximately 7,000 gifts we need to collect for our recipients in 2020.  This total includes an additional book for every child between the ages of 1 and 11 years of age.  This is a huge goal and we can’t do it alone, we need your help!

Upon signup you’ll be able to nominate your own targets for each nominated age group so we can make sure that none of our recipients are missed.  Each ticket purchased is for 5 separate gifts in your nominated category.

Each category has a limited number of tickets and we remind you to be realistic in your targets.  Whilst noble to set ambitious targets, BBB use their annual fundraising and donations to purchase last minute gifts for the shortfalls in any categories to ensure that nobody misses out.  Whilst it’s understandable that commitments or circumstances change, the more notice we have of any shortfalls the better planning we can do to ensure that each recipient’s gift is purchased with thought and compassion rather than last minute.  If for some reason you realise that you won't be able to meet your ticket targets please let us know as soon as possible so we can amend your order and place the tickets back into the listings to be reallocated. We will check in with you close to program closing date to obtain your approximate final numbers .

Following sign up you’ll be provided with a link to our resources library that contains some useful tip sheets and template emails that you can use to launch and close your programs.

If you require assistance please contact the organiser at brisbanebasketbrigadecorporate@gmail.com.