STAR’s Annual Secret Santa appeal brings the entire community together to spread joy and bring smiles to the faces of those who need it most. It is a cherished tradition where we rally support to provide gifts and essentials to the elderly who would spend the festive season alone.
Since it’s launch in 2019, the program has delivered Christmas hampers to 4292 socially isolated seniors!
Want to join the Secret Santa Appeal in 2025?
Your generosity and kindness can brighten the holidays for socially isolated seniors who will spend Christmas alone.
You can help spread holiday cheer in your local community by
1. Dropping a gift or non-perishable food items to a participating locations (See list below)
2. Making a donation online
3. Become a volunteer to wrap and deliver hampers. To submit your expression of interest to volunteer for 2025 Secret Santa appeal please email info@volunteeringredlands.org.au
4. If you are a business in Redlands, Logan or Ipswich, you can participate as a drop off point. For more information call STAR Business Development on 07 3821 6699 or email fundraising@starct.org.au
Participating Drop off Locations
Ipswich
City Cave 5/260 Brisbane St, West Ipswich
City Cave, Spring Lake Metro Shopping Centre, Shop 4, 1 Springfield Lakes Blvd
Ipswich Central Library , Nicholas St, Ipswich
Jennifer Howard MP, 125 Brisbane Rd, Booval
Karana Pharmacy, 10 College Road, Karana Downs
Luke Gregory Hair, 1C Glebe Rd, Newtown
Mounties Care 4/160 Brisbane Road, Booval
Redbank Plains Library, Moreton Ave, Redbank Plains
Redbank Plaza Library, 1 Collingwood Dr, Redbank
Ripley Chempro Chemist, T19, 20 Main Street, Ripley
Rosewood Library – 15 Railway St, Rosewood
Springfield Central Library, Cnr Main St and, Sirius Dr, Springfield Central
STAR office 5 Jacaranda Street, East Ipswich
Y Jamboree Heights Fitness and Recreation, 76 Andaman St, Jamboree Heights
Logan
Bendigo Bank, Shop 1-2, 54 Bryants Road , Shailer Park
Bendigo Bank, Shop 42 Springwood Mall, 34 Fitzgerald Ave, Springwood
Bendigo Bank, 106 City Road , Beenleigh
Bendigo Bank, 111-121 Grand Plaza Drive, Browns Plains
Bendigo Bank, Shop 6A, Sir John Overall Drive, Helensvale
Fidelity Hearing Birkdale, Shop11, Springwood Mall, 34 Fitzgerald Ave, Springwood
Jim Chalmers MP, Unit 2A, Logan Central Plaza, 38-74 Wembley Rd, Logan Central
King & Company Property Group, Shop 5, 3-5 University Drive (cnr Loganlea Rd), Meadowbrook
Logan Physio, 2 Mallee St, Crestmead
Moore Australia, 71 York Street, Beenleigh
SKC Lawyers, 14/50-56 Kellar St, Berrinba
Snap Fitness, Shop 5, 123 Browns Plains Rd, Browns Plains
The Quirky Quilting Co., Shop 1 / 3-15 Dennis Road, Springwood
Redlands
Aussie, Shop 18, Cleveland Central, 91 Middle Street, Cleveland
City Cave, Shop 8/42 Shore St, Cleveland
City Cave, Rededge Shopping Centre, 30/32 Cypress St., Redland Bay
Capalaba Library, 14 Noeleen St, Capalaba
Cleveland Library, Middle Sts, Cleveland
Fidelity Hearing Centre, 9b/120 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale
GWH Dental, 36 Middle Street, Cleveland
Grill’d Victoria Point, Lake Side Shopping Centre
IGA on Bloomfield, 207 Bloomfield St, Cleveland
McGrath Estate Agents, Shop 2, 152 Shore St West, Cleveland
Pat Barrett Realty, 380 Main Rd, Wellington Point
Redlands Sporting Club, 20 Anson Road, Wellington Point
Shoreline Sales & Centre, 9 Jingeri Street, Redland Bay
STAR Community Services, Level 1, 152 Shore St West,
The Park Social, Unit 1A/5-11 Daintree Drive, Redland Bay
Victoria Point Library, 7-15 Bunker Rd, Victoria Point
Gold Coast
Bendigo Bank, Helensvale Plaza Shopping Centre, Helensaale
Secret Santa 2024
A huge thank you for your Christmas spirit with Secret Santa for Seniors 2024.
Donating gifts, wrapping gifts, creating hampers, and delivering hampers to seniors who are on their own this Christmas, could not happen without your support.
Across Darling Downs, Gold Coast, Redlands, Ipswich and Logan, 1,017 hampers were delivered to seniors who spent Christmas on their own.
We have also been able to support other community groups with additional 2,330 gifts/toiletries and 2,400 food items.
Volunteers who delivered hampers came back with so many heartfelt stories from recipients of surprise, tears of joy and happiness that someone had thought of them.
We have received many, many, many emotional calls and messages from recipients. These are just a few:
- Carol: “I have not been able to afford coffee for so long. I am going to sit down with a coffee and a mince pie.”
- Mark: “You have made my Christmas. I recently lost my wife am feeling the loneliness.”
- Betty: “It is lovely and such a pleasant surprise.". “
- Helen: “My warm appreciation for this wonderful Christmas hamper. Sincerely, thank you.”
- Fay: “I truly appreciated the lovely hamper. Thank you.”
- Sandra: While wiping away tears, “Thank you.”
- Lyn: Through tears of joy, “I can’t say how grateful I am that someone has thought of me.”
- Sheila: “I am absolutely thrilled. Thank you, Thank you.”
Make a donation online
Make a donation online anytime at www.givenow.com.au/starsecretsanta. Check this page for more information.
Secret Santa Supporters
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