A partnership between a Hilton Hotel in Australia and the SVDP might well be something others could explore.
The CM website in Australia points to a story about how the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Sydney Hilton have entered into a three-year partnership worth more than $100,000 which will provide support for Vinnies homeless services. The partnership came about as a result of participation in last year’s CEO Sleepout.
The Hilton’s commitment will provide food and volunteering for Sydney’s Night Patrol, a monthly supply of meat to the Matthew Talbot Hostel in Woolloomooloo, and event support for the Hotels Have Hearts gala dinner that has raised more than $2.1 million to support Vinnies homeless services.
To mark the launch of the partnership, 12 of Hilton’s international vice-presidents stocked up the Sydney Night Patrol van with nutritious meals prepared by Hilton executive chef Gary Johnson which were handed out to the homeless community on June 30.
Since taking part in last year’s Vinnies CEO Sleepout, Ashley Spencer, Hilton’s vice-president of operations, Australasia, has been committed to doing more to help the homeless.
Julie McDonald, Vinnies manager of community and corporate relations, said it was encouraging to see how the CEO Sleepout has “inspired the team at Hilton to do that little bit more to address homelessness”.
Tags: Australia, CEO Sleepout, Homelessness, Hunger
