Darshini Dave (TBS Murray Street, Perth Store) loved her Community Project experience at Princess Margaret Hospital working with sick kids.
If you work at The Body Shop you need to find and complete a Community Project.
This means volunteering for a charity in your local community for one or two days a year. There are hundreds of fantastic stories from a wide variety of projects we get involved in from cleaning up local environments to helping people or even animals through tough times. We feel privileged to be active in our communities... to be helping. We recently received a a great email about one of our staff's Community Projects in Western Australia. As Deb (Our awesome Values Coordinator) said: "Never underestimate the difference we can make through Community Projects."
Dear Body Shop,
A few days ago when my wife and I visited our 15 year old daughter in Princess Margaret Hospital we noticed that she had a real glow to her. She had been visited by someone from The Body Shop who applied gentle make up to her face and gave her frail little hands a massage. She has anorexia nervosa and suffers from very low self esteem and severe depression. She was looking beautiful and was really happy.
We do not know which store these very kind people came from, but we would sincerely like to thank you for what you have done for our daughter.
Thanks
Darren - Shelley, Western Australia
This 'thank you' belongs to Celina, Cara and Darshni from The Body Shop - Murray Street store! If you'd like to volunteer in this area contact your local children's hospital or eating disorder charity.
Websites for information that can help, if you or a friend are experiencing low self esteem as a result of body image issues...The Butterfly Foundation
Eating Disorders Foundation (of Victoria)
Reach Out
Anorexia Nervosa (Wikipedia)
Adam Valvasori - Values Manager
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This is Darshni from the Murray St store. I was notified today about the positive impact we had on the sweet girl and her parents. It truly warmed my heart that the parents were so grateful, that they emailed BodyShop Australia.
Everyone had alot of fun! From nurses to young girls and even a teenaged boy...
I remember how my intial opinion about working at The Body Shop as a casual retail assistant was thought nothing more than a cash inflow for a uni student. But as soon as I walked in for the interview, my prejudices of a cosmetics store faded; and I felt as though I didn't care whether I had 'sold" you as potential - but you most definately had 'sold" me :-)
Here's a toast to Anita Roddick's wonderful idea of a business with a conscience, and a sense of gratitude for Graeme Wise for introducing it to Australian shores.
Regards
Darshni
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