Think local
One thing that distinguishes CSS member stores around the country— from the Northern Territory, to Western Australia to New South Wales—is that they understand the power of community, in goodtimes and bad.
Local businesses are the lifeblood of small and regional towns and cities. Along with providing important goods and services, they often engage in activities that help to build and support the communities around them, through donations to charity and involvement in local sporting and not-for-profit organisations. NT Fasteners has been operating in Darwin for 20 years, supplying a wide range of construction, engineering and mining products such as power tools, hand tools, ladders, wheelbarrows, safety equipment and clothing, pre-cast materials, nuts and bolts and, of course, a wide range of fasteners. The company supports a number of local charities, schools and sporting clubs in the local community. “We love to help out where we can—we donate goods for raffles at schools and contribute materials to help not-for-profit organisations rebuild for those who have been struck by unexpected losses,” says NT Fasteners manager Mick Cunningham. No1 Roofing has been supporting the metal roofing industry in the greater Sydney area since 1990. It’s a family owned business, started by father and son team Tony and David Scali, which now boasts seven stores. The flagship store in Narrabeen is where the business began, and David is proud of the contributions this family owned and operated business has made to a wide range of organisations. No1 Roofing recently made a $32,000 donation to the children’s cancer charity, Canteen, at the CSS conference in May 2018, which, combined with CSS’s commitment, took the total to $68,650.
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