Cancer, mental health, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, youth at risk and a community ambassador role. Eight commitments, all of them the kind that get the team out of the dealership. None of it for the brochure.
Same dates, same team, same cause. Repeat is the point.
An annual event the dealership has supported for years. Cancer Council Australia coordinates the campaign nationally. The floor runs an in-house fundraiser and the team commits a portion of the day’s sales to the cause.
A second annual contribution to Cancer Council Australia. Smaller in profile than Pink Ribbon, equal in commitment.
A FightMND event kicked off by Neale Daniher. The team supports the seasonal push and has run cars at related events.
MS Plus runs the event in Melbourne each year. The dealership backs participants and contributes to the fundraising target.
Long-running commitments rather than one-off events.
Nick Theodossi has served as an Australia Day Ambassador since 2013, attending community events around Victoria each January. The role is unpaid and undertaken alongside running the floor.
The VFL brings retired football players together and raises money for causes including the Royal Women’s Hospital, Port Phillip Specialist School and the Lighthouse Foundation. Nick holds life member status with the club.
Whitelion supports young people leaving the youth justice system and at risk of homelessness. The dealership backs the organisation’s annual fundraisers and contributes to the network of small businesses that mentor placements.
Founded by Wayne Schwass. The foundation focuses on mental health, emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention. The dealership supports its public events and quietly underwrites a portion of its operating cost each year.
Every cause we back gets a person from the floor at the event before any money moves. A team member runs the day, sells the cars, swings the hammer.
Eight years on the same fundraiser builds a different relationship to one big-ticket donation and a press release. The people running the cause know the people on the floor.
The dealership doesn’t talk about the work in advertising. This page exists because customers ask. The work isn’t for the brand.