Businesses keep HACT warm this winter
With a hearty donation of 200 square metres of insulation and free installation, the staff at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust will feel the warmth this winter.
JUST in time for winter, two local businesses joined forces in an effort to warm up the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust building.
Isotherm donated 200 square metres of their insulation product, Green Blanket, and Home Insulations installed the product free of charge.
The HACT admin building is home to 20 staff members and volunteers who work across various departments and at times there are up to 30 people in the building, with volunteer teams and visitors. Olivia Myeza, CEO at HACT, added that insulation has been badly needed since HACT first moved into the property at 26 Old Main Road Hillcrest in 2006. “The original house was built sometime in the early 1950s and it doesn’t have any insulation at all. It is absolutely freezing in winter and boiling in summer. We have had staff members walking around in slippers, hot water bottles and blankets wrapped around them in winter, and in summer we have had staff members feeling light headed,” she said.
Olivia said both Isotherm and Home Insulations came to the party quickly and generously. “I picked up the phone and contacted Isotherm and within a few days they had communicated their commitment to donating 200 square metres of Green Blanket free of charge. I then phoned Home Insulations, who work closely with Isotherm, and had a commitment for free installation immediately,” she said.
“Isotherm and Home Insulations have really made our working environment so much more comfortable, and we are deeply grateful. They have also insulated our geysers – meaning we are now more energy efficient and should save electricity and money.”
Isotherm regional representative, Nicole Govender, said the company was only too happy to help. “We understand that in order for staff to be productive and to operate at their best level, they need to be comfortable, not freezing cold or boiling hot. HACT do such great work and we are thrilled that we have been able to help them in this way,” she said.
Contact Olivia Myeza, CEO at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust on 031 765 5866, 083 981 8583 or email olivia@hillaids.org.za.
