Ray White and Loan Market's Concierge team donates $5000 to Orange Sky Australia
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Sep 3, 2019
Ray White and Loan Market's Concierge team donates $5000 to Orange Sky Australia
A Brisbane-based charity which helps the homeless with free mobile laundries and hot showers is the beneficiary of a $5,000 donation from Ray White and Loan Market.
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Ray WhiteFrom left are Orange Sky’s finance officer Anna McLean, Concierge's performance manager Jenee Bilsborough, Orange Sky co-founder Nic Marchesi, Concierge CEO Kelly Tatlow, Orange Sky co-founder Lucas Patchett and Concierge communications and administration manager Katie Giles.
Ray White & Loan Market’s Concierge team has presented a $5000 donation to Orange Sky Australia, a Brisbane-based charity which helps the homeless with free mobile laundries and hot showers.
Orange Sky Australia provides a free mobile laundry service for people experiencing homelessness in Australia and has just expanded to Auckland.
The idea was born five years ago in a Brisbane cafe by two 20-year-old school mates, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett.
In late 2014, the duo installed a couple of washing machines and dryers in the back of their old van and visited parks around Brisbane to wash and dry clothes for free.
Mr Patchett said what started as an idea to improve hygiene standards and restore dignity to people doing it tough has evolved to spread through a range of communities.
“Having clean clothes is part of maintaining self-confidence and dignity and people can spiral down quite quickly if they don’t have a support network," he said.
“This $5000 donation will run 18 shifts out on the streets, which will help up to 200 people gain access to our service for clean clothes, hot showers and above all conversation.
“The most important thing in our vans are these six orange chairs which bring people from all walks of life together to chat in the street.”
Concierge CEO Kelly Tatlow said she was inspired to donate to the charity after hearing about the impact of homelessness during a recent real estate conference in the US.
“As a family-owned and led business at Concierge, we are conscious of helping people in need, as homelessness is a universal problem,” she said.
“There’s no doubt that clean clothes make all of us feel better about ourselves and we applaud the work that Orange Sky is doing and encourage others to dig deep as they are self-funded.”
Concierge’s $5000 donation was the result of the team's recent customer competition with insurer Allianz and Concierge pledged to donate $5000 to a charity of their choice.
The 85-strong Concierge team has previously lended its support to such causes as the CEO SleepOut and local food vans helping to feed the homeless.
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