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Suitcases bring hope to children

Caloundra businesswoman Vicki Barry is calling on the community for help. WORDS: Caitlin Zerafa.

Along-standing Caloundra hairdressing salon is doing its part to make a difference to the lives of children in the foster system.

Frangipani Cutting Crew has been servicing and styling the needs of its clients for more than 20 years.

Managing director Vicki Barry has always wanted to do something to help children less fortunate and after hearing about charity Hope in a Suitcase she realised there was a simple yet meaningful way to do her part.

Hope in a Suitcase Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that partners with child safety service centres and foster care agencies to bring every child that enters care a new suitcase filled with items of their own. When children enter the system, they often have nothing more than the clothes on their backs. The suitcases cater to specific age groups, from newborn to early teenagers and include e essential items such as as toiletries, underwear/ / nappies, pyjamas and d clothing. They also include toys, activity packs and books.

Ms Barry has registered her salon as collection point for donation items where residents can drop off items that go directly to the charity. “I always wanted to help children in foster care but always had children of my own or worked full-time,” she says.

“These children are so in need. They get pulled out of homes, often without warning or if they are in danger. Knowing sometimes (children) arrive at a foster carer’s home and they have nothing, it’s a lovely thing to do to be able to fill up a suitcase for them.”

Ms Barry says the generosity of the Vicki Barry

Caloundra community is overwhelming.

“We’ve had people bring whole suitcases in. They’ve gone and bought a suitcase and filled it up for a particular age group. It is so amazing how generous people are. We’ve got a list of what is needed and if people want to help, we can give them the list.”

Monetary donations can be made direct to the charity and a list of suitable donation items to drop into Frangipani Cutting Crew can be found at hopeinasuitcase.com.au.

Frangipani Cutting Crew is at 4/115 Bulcock Street, Caloundra.

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‘Yes, not Noosa!’ campaign sparks interest in Caloundra

An innovative ad campaign for a new Caloundra hotel has hit the spot with southern visitors eyeing off the Coast.

Interest in Caloundra as an alternative lifestyle destination to Noosa has been sparked by a new $250-million boutique development’s marketing campaign. The team behind the proposed Paloma

Paloma on Bulcock Street say a suite of cheeky billboards that went up in Melbourne proclaiming ‘Not Noosa’ had drawn massive southern interest. The bright and bold billboards will now be rolled out in Byron Bay and Sydney to promote the southern end of the

Sunshine Coast. “There were almost 100 enquiries in the four days following the billboards going up,” says Colliers director, Daniel Hirst. “The billboards sparked lots of questions and supportive comments through enquiries, along the lines of ‘Yes, not Noosa!’. “Our feedback was that people believe Caloundra’s a hidden gem and its natural beauty, diversity and safe beaches have been greatly under recognised for years and it’s time this changes.”

A billboard promoted the Caloundra development on a busy highway at Tullamarine in Melbourne.

“The message we have received from potential buyers is ‘Noosa is great but we love Caloundra and the southern Sunshine Coast’.

“The billboards combined with the articles and radio ads produced a groundswell of awareness about Paloma Paloma and what it is bringing to Caloundra.”

Paloma Paloma has been described as a world-class development unlike anything seen before in the region, with a boutique hotel and 84 residences.

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