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Brittany Harrison, left, and Ashlee Cosman deliver purses to the Samaritan
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Brittany Harrison, an
old friend from high
school reached out to
Cosman.
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I made a comment,”
Harrison said. “Then
I shared the post and
then we both kind
of got our friends
together.”
Harrison, who happens to be involved
with Brownies in
Nanaimo, decided to
join in Cosman’s philanthropic adventure.
Harrison and the
Brownies managed to
collect an additional
40 purses through
donations.
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encouraged others
to follow in their
footsteps and created
a hastag, #fillabag,
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which according to
Cosman has caught
on.
By the time all was
said and done, Cosman – who managed
to collect 40 purses
herself – and Harrison and the Brownies donated a total
of 80 pursues to the
Samaritan House last
month.
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A few weeks ago,
Ashlee Cosman was
scrolling through
Facebook when she
a saw a photo that
showed a lady giving
a purse to a homeless
woman.
“She had filled a
purse with basic
everyday needs and
gave it to a homeless
woman,” Cosman
said.
That’s when Cosman decided she
needed to do something for her community. She decided
to fill 20 purses with
basic essentials such
as tooth brushes,
deodorant and female
hygiene products
and donate them to
the Samaritan House
Emergency Women’s
Shelter, a Nanaimobased organization
that offers housing
options for women.
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