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Kids in Care Christmas Gift Donation Drive Every Drop Counts in SEQ Households as Community
Christmas can be a difficult time of year for children Water Awareness Starts at Home
and young people who can’t live with their own South East Queenslanders are getting a timely
families. reminder that “every drop counts” in a five-week
The Queensland Government’s annual Kids in Care extensive advertising campaign.
Gift Donation Drive encourages all Queenslanders to donate a The initiative is being rolled-out after the latest
gift so that every child living in care receives an extra Christmas Seqwater survey showed 35 per cent of people reported they
present under the tree. were unaware of just how much water they used. And even more
In addition to gifts purchased by our wonderful foster and said they didn’t get enough information on how to save water.
kinship carers, we too can show children and young people how Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said once again the community
much we care. had a vital role to play in helping manage the region’s drinking
More than 9500 gifts are needed. water supply.
Would you like to donate a gift, but you’re not sure what to “We are reaching out to everyone in the south east to ease back
get? Think about what you might buy for your own child, niece on their water usage with the “every drop counts’ campaign,” Ms
or nephew? Gift vouchers make a great gift, particularly for Palaszczuk said.
teenagers. “Two thirds of our state is in drought and over the past few
For more gift ideas to the value of about $20, for boy and girls of years we have seen below-average inflows into the 40 dams and
different ages, go to www.qld.gov.au/bringasmiletoachild reservoirs that make up the SEQ water grid.
The Queensland Government has partnered with GIVIT to “There are simple things we can all do now that don’t impact on
support the gift donation drive. If you can’t deliver a gift in our lifestyle but can make a big difference in conserving water.
person, you can make a donation from the GIVIT website. “For example, checking household plumbing for leaks, not
Donations will be accepted at Child Safety Service Centres across watering in the heat of the day and remembering to put your
the state until Friday 6 December 2019. pool cover on when the pool’s not being used.”
Donate now and bring a smile to a child this Christmas! The Bureau of Meteorology is currently forecasting a hot, dry
For more information, go to www.qld.gov.au/bringasmiletoachild summer over 2019/20 with below average rainfall.
Natural Resources Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said with SEQ
dam levels below 60 per cent capacity it is time for everyone to
do their bit to preserve our drinking water supply.
“After the Millennium Drought people said they wanted to be
warned early about the potential for another big dry so that they
could respond early.”
Seqwater will continue to monitor the region’s dams and operate
the water grid to best manage the region’s water supply.

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