Sydney, 18 March 2008

On Tuesday, March 18th, the ANZ Services team took the afternoon to help out at the Wayside Chapel. The Wayside Chapel provides non-judgmental support for all people in their community; young people, the homeless, the elderly, victims of domestic violence, abuse and substance addictions and people with mental health issues. They are also a recipient of the Foundation's 1% Product Donation programme which they are planning to use it to manage their contact database and fundraising campaigns.

The Wayside Chapel is located in the heart of Kings Cross and we arrived right on lunchtime to get straight to work setting up, preparing and serving a BBQ lunch to the Wayside community. It was a beautiful day for a BBQ and it was a great experience for us all to work together and get to interact with this community and learn a little more about what they face each day.

After the BBQ, we cleaned up and spent some time learning a little bit more about Wayside and then took an hour long tour around the Kings Cross area to show us some of the facilities and shelters available for those in need. It was an eye opening day for us all and we were glad to have given our time to give something back to those less fortunate.

If you would like to learn more about The Wayside Chapel please visit http://www.thewaysidechapel.com.

- Written by Megan Turner, Customer Sucess Manager, ANZ

Foundation After Note: In line with our integrated philanthropy model, the Foundation is actively planning future opportunities where employees can continue to take part in the BBQ serving and provide assistance towards Wayside Chapel's Thrift shop as well as volunteer to provide ad-hoc consultation sessions on their use of salesforce technology. Keep your eyes peeled on the updates coming your way soon!