Ballan brothers Jhett, Judd and Jordi Bower are on a fundraising mission to hit a $600 target to purchase an iPad for a child with a disability.
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The eight, seven and five-year-old have signed up as Super Raises for Ballan charity Keeley's Cause, a membership campaign to encourage children to become fundraisers.
Mum Lori Conroy said her sons found out about the charity through connections with director Sharon Murphy and her daughter Keeley in Ballan and wanted to contribute.
"The boys have been pretty excited," she said.
"Jhett asked family and friends for donations and Judd is selling Jolly Soles socks for his fundraiser.
"Jordy goes to the local kinder and was wearing the socks to kinder. One of the teachers found out and she offered to do a Crazy Sock Day."
I think it is really good for them to start young and get them into the spirit of helping other people out.
- Lori Conroy
The brothers are close to raising $500 and are hoping sock sales will continue.
"I think it is really good for them to start young and get them into the spirit of helping other people out," Ms Conroy said.
"It is a good way to teach them there are other people around that need help and it gets them involved in the community."
Ms Conroy said being a part of the fundraising campaign also helped them understand other children with disabilities.
"There are kids at the boys' school and a couple of family friends have children with special needs so it has helped them become more aware about children with disabilities," she said.
Keeley's Cause was founded by Ballan teenager Keeley Murphy in 2017 with a dream to provide iPads for children with autism or an intellectual disability.
Keeley, now 17, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and an intellectual disability and found an iPad helped improve her learning experience.
The charity has now distributed 134 iPads to children with a disability across Australia.
Keeley's Cause director Sharon Murphy said the Super Raisers campaign for fundraisers aged five to 17 was started this year to help empower children to contribute to change.
"The concept behind it was to create more awareness for children who attend schools where there are other children with disabilities to make it a more inclusive world," she said.
"But to also empower the kids, to boost their sense of self esteem and self worth by helping others."
More than 30 children have signed up to be Keeley's Cause Super Raisers so far this year.
Children who sign up receive a membership certificate, a lanyard and a fundraising sheet.
"They can dress up as superheroes to take on that superhero role, they can wear a cape or they can purchase a Keeley's Cause super raiser t-shirt," Ms Murphy said.
Four children have already donated money as part of the Super Raises campaign.
"We had a little girl in Woodend who raised $270 from selling her toys at a garage sale," Ms Murphy said.
"She is going to do another one as well because the local church heard about what she is doing and they are creating a bigger event."
Keeley's Cause is hoping to be able to boost its iPad donations with a big fundraising campaign underway at 10 Officeworks stores in Victoria.
The 10 stores are aiming to raise $81,000 over a period of four weeks.
Socks are still available through Judd's Jolly Soles fundraiser for $5 a pair. Contact Ms Conroy on lori023@bigpond.com or 0408 932 092.
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