McDonald’s raises funds for a program, launched in 2009 and run by WA Police, in which comfort bags containing pyjamas, underwear, toiletries, a book and a teddy bear are given to children.
Last Thursday, McDonald’s Butler licensee Shanti Sivaraj gave bags for the north-west metropolitan area to First Class Constable Katie Vos from the police Child Assessment and Interview team.
Constable Vos said the comfort bags provided children comforting items to help them through an exceptionally tough period.
‘The program has the support of the Commissioner of Police, the Director General of the Department for Child Protection and the Director of Crisis Care,’ she said.
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READ NOW‘Officers from the Child Assessment and Interview team are regularly involved with children in crisis who are removed or estranged from their homes.’
‘It is often not possible for the children to take any personal possessions with them and this can add to the distress.
‘In such a stressful situation, just having a teddy bear to cling on to, or a book to read can be a big help.’