Over 116,000 Australians will be homeless tonight

Orange Sky Australia, the world’s first free mobile laundry service for the homeless, travels to 22 locations Australia-wide to wash and dry clothes, provide shower facilities, and engage in positive conversations with those less fortunate.

A donation of just $6

provides clean laundry or a shower for someone experiencing homelessness, including those affected by major disasters like the Victoria bushfires and Townsville flooding.
We believe being positively reconnected to the community is incredibly important for our homeless friends, many of whom are shunned or ignored by much of the community. So, one year ago, participating Harcourts Real Estate offices committed to raise funds for Orange Sky Australia with each property sold, and to celebrate this anniversary, we want to spread the word about their mission as far and wide as possible.

The Harcourts Laundry Challenge is using the power of social media to share Orange Sky’s achievements while raising funds to expand their services.

You'll need -

a credit/debit card
six items of clothing
a laundry basket, washing machine or box
a Facebook or Instagram account
a printed fact sheet (download at end of this page)
someone to video your challenge on your phone

Five Easy Steps!

1) Make a donation on this page of $6, $12, $24, or more to fund clean laundry and showers
2) Ask a friend or family member to video your challenge.  Share a fact about Australian homelessness and what Orange Sky are doing to help. Even better, print & display one of our handy fact pages so everyone can quickly see what your video is all about

3) State the challenge - “My challenge is to throw these 6 pieces of laundry, backwards, into this basket (or washing machine, or even an empty box)”. Practice as little or as much as you like beforehand.

4) Nominate 2 others to complete the challenge

5) Post your video on social media and tag your nominees. Include a link back to this page to drive donations, and add the tags #HarcourtsLaundryChallenge and #BetterWithOrange in your original post so we can share your challenge too!
 

Full details, including a suggested script and Orange Sky and Homelessness facts, are available for download below.

Take the Harcourts Laundry Challenge and restore some dignity for those less fortunate!