Domestic violence doesn’t take a break for the holidays, in fact, it often gets worse.
Being able to support vulnerable women and children in need year-round is the aim of Broken Ballerina Inc. who were the recipients of 10 hampers and a $5,000USD grant from Cummins earlier this week.
Broken Ballerina Inc. Founder Jules Thompson said they are so grateful to have received these donations from the team at Cummins as it will enable them to help many people.
“As we don't receive government funding, the majority of the money received will be going to Rebecca Snell, Managing Director of Breakthrough Counselling and Support Services, to enable us to continue to provide free counselling to those in need, including children,” Ms Thompson said.
To date, Broken Ballerina Inc. has donated more than 100 hours of free counselling to its clients.
“We would like to give a special thank you to Heather McCurry for putting us forward for the grant and for supporting what we do in the community,” Ms Thompson added.
Mackay Branch Manager of Cummins South Pacific, Glen Jones, said the business is delighted to support Broken Ballerina with a grant and hampers to support survivors of domestic and family violence.
“Cummins globally has a long-standing strategy to support the communities in which we operate,” Mr Jones said.
“This is typically through donating employee hours back to local not-for-profit organisations, something we encourage all our employees to do each year.
“In this instance, Broken Ballerina stood out for the outstanding work they were doing in the Mackay community, and we were able to secure a grant from the Cummins Foundation,” Mr Jones added.
“Our local Cummins CIT (Community Involvement Team) couldn’t have been prouder to be handing over the goods this week.
“We’d like to again thank Jules and all those involved for their outstanding support to this critically important cause.”
Jules and Pete Thompson from Broken Ballerina Inc. received 10 hampers and a cash grant from Cummins, with the Community Involvement Team from Cummins sourcing goods for the hampers. Photos supplied
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