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This year Stewart House will commemorate 80 years of making a difference in the lives of some 140,000 public school children from across NSW and the ACT. In 2010, over 800 NSW public schools sent 1,700 children to Stewart House to participate in a wide range of rewarding experiences, to be inspired to see beyond their present circumstances and to have real hope and positive aspirations for their future.
Michael Coutts-Trotter and Bob Lipscombe under separate cover have re-affirmed their respective portfolio’s support for Stewart House as NSW Public Education’s Charity of Choice.
In this milestone year, I ask that you promote our program throughout your school community. Stewart House must raise $2.5million annually to cover operating costs. Staff from within the NSW public education sector have always made charitable tax deductible contributions to Stewart House. I regret that these donations have fallen to less than 32% of what is actually needed to make Stewart House’s 12 day programs work. I commend the 7,500 public education staff who currently contribute through fortnightly payroll deductions. |
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I ask that you discuss the salary contribution scheme with your staff placing emphasis on the ‘Charity of Choice’ status now afforded to this iconic and well respected NSW charity. Our ongoing ‘Would you miss $4 per pay’ strategy is tax deductible and in real terms, over a 12-month pay cycle, funds all boarding costs associated with one day of a child’s stay.
Please provide the attached marketing material to your staff. This year, we need to boost staff salary contributions to that of over 50% of our operating costs and we are increasing the profile of our annual donation drive by allowing all those associated with NSW public education access to the competition.
$2 in the donation drive envelope, $2 per week ($4 a pay) through salary sacrifice, $2 to purchase a key ring or $2 spent on three commemorative temporary tattoos will make the difference between operating at capacity or turning away the most needy of our children.
Yours sincerely,
Graeme Philpotts
Chief Executive
Telephone: 02 9938 3100
graeme@stewarthouse.org.au
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