about us
Treasure Boxes is a South Australian children's not-for-profit. We provide vital essentials to babies, children and teens living in disadvantage in our community.
WHO WE ARE
When poverty, homelessness and domestic violence create an uncertain, sometimes dangerous home environment, many South Australian families struggle to provide their kids with the essentials of life; bedding, clothes, toys, even regular meals.
From this troubling reality, Treasure Boxes came to be – a team of caring, like-minded people, dedicated to preventing hardship and trauma by providing kids in need with critical items many of us take for granted. From our bustling warehouse headquarters, Treasure Boxes arranges the donation, collection and delivery of those childhood essentials, including cots, prams, highchairs and clothes. Driven by this profound purpose, our friendly, professional organisation seeks to empower others, creating positive change within the community – at the same time ensuring valuable, high quality resources don’t go to waste.
Agile and innovative, we’re unburdened by formalities and conventions. And like our team of volunteers and the children we advocate passionately for, our kind donors feel valued and included as together, we ‘give back’ in practical, life-changing ways, helping those with, help those without.
WHAT WE DO
Every baby, child and parent deserves to have access to good quality nursery equipment and essential items, to allow them to thrive and help keep them safe during times of severe disadvantage.
Treasure Boxes opened in May 2015 and is a South Australian based not-for-profit children’s charity. We provide vital essentials to newborns, babies and children living in disadvantage within our community.
Through gifting essential children’s goods to families at risk of poverty, homelessness and domestic violence, we alleviate severe hardship, financial burden, reduce the risk of poverty and homelessness, ease trauma and provide hope to those most vulnerable.
We are an environmentally conscious organisation that actively promotes sustainability ensuring valuable, high-quality resources don’t go to waste.
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OUR MISSION
Treasure Boxes aims to ease the anxiety, stress and trauma placed on young children and their families affected by hardship.
OUR VALUES
Sustainability
Inclusivity
Collaboration
Innovation
OUR BOARD
Justin Sharman
Chairperson
Justin is a Principal at DMAW Lawyers, where he practices in commercial disputes and risk management. He acts primarily on complex commercial litigation, contractual and property disputes, insolvency, bankruptcy and shareholder disputes.
Justin also advises boards on governance and organisational risk management.
Justin’s interest in Treasure Boxes is to grow the reach of the organisation to help more vulnerable women, children and families in South Australia.
Justin Sharman
Chairperson
Rikki Cooke
CEO/Founder
Rikki is the Founder and CEO of Treasure Boxes Incorporated. Borne from her qualifications and experiences with children from all areas of disadvantage, she recognised the need for vital, basic essentials to be provided to parents and caregivers that are at high risk of poverty and homelessness, and women fleeing from Domestic Violence situations.
Coupled with a strong environmental focus to rehome preloved baby and children essentials, Treasure Boxes is now one of the fasted growing children’s charities in South Australia.
Rikki Cooke is a registered social worker who holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Science degree and a Masters in Social Work, works as an Emergency Carer with DCP children in residential care facilities across Adelaide and is a registered foster carer.
Rikki Cooke
CEO/Founder
Ben Preston
Treasurer
Ben is the CFO for the successful restaurant chain ‘Fasta Pasta’ in South Australia. Ben holds a Bach. Commerce from Uni SA, a Graduate Diploma (CA Program) completed through Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand Australia (“CAANZ”) and is a current member of the CAANZ. Ben has a combination of diverse experience in the Public Sector, Public Practice and more recently in Commerce, with professional qualifications that provide a well-rounded and practical set of skills and knowledge that are readily transferable.
Ben Preston
General Member
Tracy Schulze
Board Member
Tracy is a passionate HR/Recruitment generalist working across several industries over the past 20 years including the food industry, retail, investment management, a global consulting company and currently works in the defense industry. Tracy specialises in general HR, recruitment, training, WHS & HRIS systems.
Tracy is driven to contributeand give back to society wherever possible, to help others and provide knowledge and experience to enable Treasure Boxes to grow and deliver their services to the broader community.
In this way, she can provide assistance and support many more SouthAustralian children and families in need.
Tracy Schulze
Board Member
Alexi Fey
Board Member
Alexi Fey is the CEO of tech company ‘Comunet’ with a focus on driving collaborative experimentation with teams and clients to create new and better outcomes. His key specialties are experimentation to help drive strategy, creating elegant solution designs and provide exceptional people care (staff and clients) philosophies.
Alexi is a stand-out leader in senior management, with exceptional insights and business understanding, combined with technical expertise.
Alexei Fey
Board Member
Levi Holdsworth
Board Member
Levi Holdworth is a Manager at Adelaide based finance company ‘Pitcher Partners’. His specialty is in tax and compliance, is a CPA and holds a Bach Accounting from La Trobe University.
Levi Holdsworth
Treasurer
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