In the Macarthur there are fortunately still many wonderful compassionate and caring community minded corporate citizens willing to support worthwhile causes including ours. REPLENISH Day Spa in Camden is one such business. A couple of years ago I met Tony and Catriona as they talked about their ideas to open Replenish Day Spa in Camden, well before I worked at MDS and before they even had opened the doors they told me of their charter as an organisation to have community spirit and their wish to be involved in supporting the community including people with a disability. Their bold and exciting business plan from the start envisioned Giving as part of their philosophy and mission statement. Giving back to a community, giving alms to the poor, giving a helping hand! I love the idea of personal and corporate giving.

Today the staff at REPLENISH opened the doors to our clients for a beautiful day of sharing and pampering. The shared experiences break down barriers and educate. The smiles and excitement generated during this shared experience truly was infectious and amazing. “This has been so exciting, I just can’t believe how much I’ve enjoyed this” came not from the guys getting the pampering but from Tony Clayton the guy giving us the pampering! REPLENISH gave a whole day of massages and treatments and special gifts to many of our service participants, and gift vouchers for many carers and MDS staff to enjoy some massage or relaxation at a later date. This was a day of learning and disability awareness training and a day of pampering for our clients.

I’d just like to mention the guys at Replenish did not request any of this write up or newspapers or website stuff but I believe when you give and don’t ask to receive, or give without contemplating what you’ll get in return you really deserve to receive a big fat lot of love or a heap of justifiably good promotion! If you get a chance please support this small business that has lavished thousands of dollars worth of support on our people and thank them again and again.

Steve Wisbey

P.S Replenish is fully Wheelchair accessible and staff have embraced disability awareness training!!