Dick Smith Foods donates $1 mill annual profit to Aussie Helpers

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The company gave $1 million – the biggest donation in their 13-year history – to Aussie Helpers founder Brian Egan in Sydney on Monday morning.

“Honestly, I’m a bit gobsmacked at what to say because it’s such a massive gesture of generosity,” Mr Egan said.

 Volunteers from the Queensland-based charity visited 1100 sheep and cattle stations in the past 12 months, offering support to 1300 families across Australia.

“You think of farmers as tough, brawny people but … they’re just stressed out to the limit, I have never seen people so battered and worn out,” he said.

“To get a bit of good news like this is really going to put energy back into the bush again.

 “It means that somebody gives a bugger about them.”

Company founder Dick Smith said he chose the charity, which only has one full-time employee, because “just about every dollar that is donated is given to farmers”.

“I flew out recently to Longreach and I just couldn’t believe the drought there and I met a farming family who were in absolute dire straits,” Mr Smith said.

He added the money would help Mr Egan hire another employee and encouraged Australians to donate.

AAP.