I just discovered this fundraising activity for Travellers' Aid, an organisation that provides assistance to people needing extra help when using public transport. (Thanks Daniel Bowen.) You can order a funky holder for your myki card and help support a good cause at the same time. Covers are free and you pay $2.50 postage and handling.
I walk past the Travellers' Aid centre at Flinders Street station most days, on my way to platform 10 and have often wondered what they do. After reading their website, I was very happy to also make a donation to support their work. As well as providing physical facilities in four Victorian locations, they also provide people - carers and medical companions for people who need assistance to attend medical appointments. I imagine that this service is appreciated and valuable for many people.
One of the benefits of having my myki is a special cover is that it will help me avoid the embarrassment of accidentally using something like my library card and wondering why the gates won't open!
They'd be a cute stocking stuffer for the public transport user in your life at Christmas time too.
Which one/s do you like?
Thanks for the heads up. I ordered two. Ok I'm a Queenslander and we have GoCards not Myki but I seemed to have lost my not so lovely supplied orange wallet so the opportunity to replace it with something a little funkier plus I made a donation.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! What designs did you go for?
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