A HUGE thank you from us to our wonderful patron Michael Pilbrow for sponsoring the $167 fee to apply. Without his help and Leanne's, we would be waiting a very long time for this to happen!
A gigantic thank you to Cowra Freight owners and employees who work hard to get us our many boxes of donations to us for free from wonderful donors. They make a remarkable difference to our charity and our lives.
As we are now incorporated, we can now do a follow up on emails to Estee Lauder in New York, MAC Cosmetics Australia, Swisse Australia who have all had interest in the past and now Australia Post. Not to mention Aldi & Coles who want to hear from us asap.
We don't have major costs, we just need a lot of items to help people and it's the little things we need the most that become annoying when they run out quickly - ink, soap for our packs, postage of fabric around Australia to our smock makers (circa $24 a bag full); freight boxes, large clip lock bags; labels; follow on freight and freight to towns where Cowra Freight doesn't go. The trauma toys, the food for care boxes, the miscellaneous items we must pay for when that item isn't donated etc.
Internet usage, phone calls intra state, many refuge items, fuel, postage, black pens for the boxes, wide sticky tape and most other insignificant items comes out of our own pockets. We can't claim it on tax but we are ok with that because we love this charity so much!
Maree