Posted by Rohan WILLIAMS
 
 

Over the last four years, Caprice Australia Pty Ltd (Caprice), a large Melbourne based wholesale distributor of household/children’s goods, have donated tens of thousands of dollars worth of new  children’s items for distribution by our Club. We recently received their largest donation yet, 35 cartons of mainly shoes, 900 pairs with a retail value well in excess of $10,000.

After 2 weeks of sorting in Peter and Sue Duras’s apartment, and acting on the suggestions of Club members (particularly Frank and Pauline O’Brien ), this very generous donation was able to reach hundreds of disadvantaged  families in need via the following Charities:

  • Caroline Chisholm Society Essendon via RC Essendon

  • Macauley House via RC Essendon

  • Cambodia  via PDG Bronwyn Stephens

  • ASRC Footscray

  • St Vincent de Paul Footscray

  • St Kilda Mums

  • Berry St Babies Home Richmond

  • Big Group Hugs

  • Good Samaritan Inn  Preston (picture above left)

  • Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project Albert Park (picture above right)

  • Exodus Community, Olympic Village, West Heidelberg

  • Kara House Burwood

  • Youth Projects Melbourne