Officeworks Pinpoint magazine 29 | Page 22

National Partnerships Biggest Back to School Appeal ever! This year we achieved our highest fundraiser ever, something that truly speaks to Our Purpose and shows when each of us does our bit, together we can really help make bigger things happen for those in the community who need help and through education we can make a huge difference to their futures. This year highlighted the individual achievements around our stores and with our customers, whether that was Pam (Team Member) from Officeworks Nowra (NSW) – the highest fundraising team member or a customer making a $2000 donation at Officeworks Bendigo (Vic) because he wanted students to have access to the education he missed out on. It shows that by supporting education, we have an impact on people’s lives beyond the students we sponsor. You may not ever get the opportunity to meet the students who have been sponsored by Officeworks, but during those times when they are having a tough time or not sure if someone believes in them, they will think of us and know that there people out that supporting them and wanting them to achieve amazing things. For most of the Appeal, Officeworks Lewisham (NSW) led the way but was overtaken by Officeworks Highett (Vic) at the last moments. Watch out Highett — your status as the highest fundraising store is being challenged by Lewisham with Officeworks Punchbowl (NSW) not far behind. Looking forward to seeing which other teams challenge these teams next year. Sponsoring a Smith Family classroom Seeing the incredible support from customers during the Back to School Appeal, the OLT decided that as an organisation, we should do our bit to help make bigger things for disadvantaged students. In 2019, we will sponsor 25 Smith Family students to help them make bigger things happen, bringing the total number of students sponsored to 1142 students. Highest fundraising store Officeworks Highett (Vic) Highest percentage of transactions resulting in a donation Officeworks Loganholme (Qld) Most improved store Officeworks Lewisham (NSW) 22 Highest fundraising team members Pamela Ryan (Nowra) $6674 Lilly Sernaggia (Launceston) $5051 Debbie Taylor (Lewisham) $4516 More than $104k raised by NSW 1 overall fundraising increase of 54%