OPEC is pleased to have recently been able to support our local, national and international community through donations to a variety of organisations. With a community that offers so much to us, OPEC feels that it is within our corporate responsibility to give back to organisations that are valued to our employees, customers and suppliers. This year OPEC has made or approved donations to the following organisations:
World Vision: Donation to support their Indigenous Development Program
http://trans.worldvision.com.au
Barnardos: Donation to their general fund
http://www.barnardos.org.au
Cancer Council of Australia: Donation to the general fund of NSW
www.cancer.org.au/home.htm
Aust. Blacksmiths Ass.: Donation to support their local community Waterside forge
http://www.abavic.org.au/
Flying Doctor: Donation to their WA operations
http://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/
Destiny Rescue: Donation to stop the exploitation of children as sex slaves
http://www.destinyrescueshop.org.au/
Righteous Pups: Donation to buy three puppies for their Autistic kids program
http://www.righteouspups.org.au/Services/AutismAssistanceDogs/tabid/162/Default.aspx
Live Connection: Donation to buy a tractor for one of the orphanages they support
http://www.liveconnection.org/
Africa Project: Donation to support John Sculls trip to Africa to build school buildings in underprivileged areas
CDH Australia: Donation to buy computer equipment including a new server
www.cdh.org.au/
ACT Fire Service Museum: Thank you to ACT Fire who hosted our Canberra demo day
http://canberrafiremuseum.com.au/
Diabetes Australia: Donation to their general fund
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/
OTS Community Day: OTS was involved in a community day last Friday at their local wetlands cleaning up litter (10 huge bags of rubbish collected) and will be involved in planting later in the year
Beyond Blue: Donation to their general fund
www.beyondblue.org.au
Get Up: Donation to their general fund
www.getup.org.au
Stop the Cane Toads: Donation to one of the universities researching how to restrict the damage these creatures cause our native wildlife
2012 Ascent for Alzheimer's: Sponsorship of a previous employee’s mother who is climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in support of this cause
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1367068&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.e2rm.com%2fregistrant%2fStatus.aspx%3fEventID%3d89327%26LangPref%3den-CA%26RegistrationID%3d1367068
Whiti Te Ra Hou Trust: The Trust has been set up to promote and encourage programmes and projects whose aim is to improve the mental health of New Zealanders, in particular by raising their self-esteem through: