September 22, 2015
St Mary’s Catholic College students and staff took part in a casual clothes day recently to raise money for a new concept called the OrangeSky Laundry.
This initiative was founded in July 2014 by friends Lucas Patchett and Nicholas Marchesi, past Brisbane Catholic Education students.
The mobile laundry provides practical help for the homeless by providing a service to wash their clothes.
The business’s main aims are to raise health standards, restore respect and reduce the strain for homeless people.
It’s expensive work. Each OrangeSky laundry van, fully equipped with washers and dryers, costs more than $70,000 to buy and fit out.
At present, they have vans operating in Brisbane, at the Gold Coast and in Melbourne and they plan to roll out vans across the nation in the next couple of months.
The colour scheme for the day at St Mary’s was obviously orange, and students needed little encouragement to get into the theme.
Several staff also went out of their way to also support the cause.
In total, $763 was collected.
The school’s effort will be added to the other 137 schools across the Brisbane Catholic Archdiocese with the aim of raising enough for at least one van or possibly two.
- External link: OrangeSky Laundry
