Cultural Choice - Office Supplies Catalogue 2021

Office an S Cultural Choice Office and Workplace Supplies 1300 784 214 www.culturalchoice.com.au Our Story Cultural ChoiceOffice Supplies is the creation of Mark and JodieWatson. Mark is aGamilaroi man fromWalgett in northernNSWandworked for many years as an Aboriginal EducationWorker in local high schools and a local school for disengaged young adults. Jodie is a business woman, entrepreneur and community advocatewho sharesMark’s passion for a stronger future forAboriginal children and communities. Mark and his wife Jodie have 2 sons Connor &Fletcher who, through theAustralian Indigenous Education Foundationwere granted education scholarships that the family could have only dreamed about. Immensely grateful, the family often reflected on the significance of ‘opportunity’ on a young person’s perception of what might be possible in life. Inspired by their experienceMark, Jodie and their boys had a vision to link business and corporate capacity with programs that, through education and employment, would create opportunities and inspired futures for other aboriginal children and young people. In turn, Cultural ChoiceOffice Supplies was born. After becomingmembers of theNSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce and gaining Supply NationCertification, Mark and Jodieworked tirelessly for many years to build relationships with global suppliers and community partners to create a purpose driven, state of the art, market leading stationary and office supplies company. Cultural ChoiceOffice Supplies has since grown to secure contracts withNSWEducation and is a preferred supplier of NSWGovernmentAgencies and socially responsible corporate organisation’s acrossAustralia; all thewhile supporting indigenous employment and awareness raising initiatives. More recentlyMark and Jodie’s family was tragically impacted by suicidewhen their nephew took his own life. It was at this point that the focus and passion tomake a difference in the lives of young aboriginal people gained impetus and theCultural ChoiceAssociation (CCA) was established. As aDeductableGift Recipient (DGR) charity, theAssociation is the vehicle by whichCultural ChoiceOffice Supplies will enable its purpose and achieve its dream. With a strong evidence base in support of the impact of primordial preventions (interventions that reduce the risk factors for suicide) the focus on education, employment andwellbeing remain central to theCultural Choice commitment to the prevention ofAboriginal Youth suicide and its related causes inAustralia.