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me-too Foundation: Support an important cause simply by doing your weekly shopping
“When it comes to being charitable, one of the most prominent misconceptions in Australia is that you have to be rich to support a charity,” me-too Foundation founder and managing director, Andrew Curnow said.
me-too Foundation is registered in Australia as a not-for-profit social enterprise. It is a Melbourne based organisation that manufactures high quality personal care items, such as body wash, hand soap and scented candles, and donates 100 percent of the profits back to Australian survivors of domestic violence.
“You can absolutely find ways to give to a cause that is close to your heart, even on a tight budget. In the middle of these exceptional times, many Australians are facing financial strain and are pulling back on their spending to cut costs. While unfortunately charitable donations do fall under the spending category and have felt the pinch of this overall cut in spending, there a number of Aussies who are rolling up their sleeves to give back to the community in other ways,” Curnow said.
“If you have felt the weight of COVID-19 on your earnings but you still want to help people who are less fortunate than you there are non-monetary or small monetary things you can do to make a big difference. Giving to charity does not need to require a huge…