Market Line - Opteon throws its weight behind Menzies Inc

Menzies Inc - a local, not-for-profit organisation that has provided services for young disadvantaged people in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area for more than 100 years - is Market Line - Opteon’s nominated charity for 2007. Market Line - Opteon will raise funds through its social committee as well as providing mentoring and support for Menzies. “Menzies does superb work and our involvement with them enables us to make a tangible contribution to the community we operate in.” Market Line - Opteon CEO Bret Butler said. Menzies developed from an inner-Melbourne mission which provided residential care for children from 1895. In the early 1900s the mission relocated to Frankston and operated out of premises located on Oliver’s Hill. It was subsequently named The Menzies Home, after James Menzies the father of Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies. The Oliver’s Hill property was sold and a series of family group homes were established in Frankston and throughout the Mornington Peninsula. Today Menzies Inc still provides accommodation for young disadvantaged children but it has also introduced specialist programs such as animal assisted therapy and aggression replacement training designed to assist young people with the most difficult emotional and behavioural problems.

For further information on Menzies please go to their website:

www.menzies.org.au