Coles has raised more than $5 million since June 2018 to help schools, sporting clubs, disadvantaged people and the environment through the sale of reusable bags designed by Aussie kids.
When single use plastic bags were removed at its supermarkets in mid-2018, Coles offered a colourful range of reusable shopping bags designed by Australian school kids.
These specially-marked bags - known as Community Bags – have since raised much-needed funds for Clean Up Australia, Little Athletics, SecondBite, Guide Dogs Australia, Aspect schools and the Collingwood Football Club Community Foundation, with 10% of sales directed to their causes.
Specifically, these funds raised at Coles have enabled:
10c from every bag will be donated to Guide Dogs Australia.
Huiling Dong
15 years old
Cumberland High School New South Wales
Ella Burke
16 years old
Moruya High School New South Wales
Hiro Kojo
16 years old
Baulkham Hills High School New South Wales
Kassidy Jewell
9 years old
Ross Creek Woady Yaloak Primary School Victoria
20c from every bag will be donated to SecondBite.
Emily Fry
11 years old
Aspect Northern Rivers School New South Wales
Brandi Li
10 years old
Epsom Primary School Victoria
Remmi King
16 years old
Kaniva College Victoria
Wenya Gao
8 years old
Blackburn Lake Primary School Victoria
25c from every bag will be donated to Little Athletics Australia.
Lachie Macdonald
8 years old
Blackburn Lake Primary School Victoria
Charlie De Bruyn
11 years old
Caralee Community School Western Australia
Su Yen
17 years old
Swinburne Secondary College Victoria
Veranika Yarshevich
13 years old
Suzanne Cory High School Victoria
30c from every bag will be donated to Clean Up Australia.
Reem El Daouk
15 years old
Sirius College Victoria
Lily Aldridge
17 years old
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Victoria