OPTUS ROCKCORPS COLLECTIVE ARMY DESCENDS ON SALISBURY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

Volunteers descended on Salisbury Park Primary School in Adelaide today, for the Optus RockCorps Collective, an initiative that celebrates volunteering activity across the country and rewards volunteers who dedicate four hours to their community with music related prizes.

40 Adelaide residents joined forces to brighten up the playground by painting murals and building planter boxes to create sensory gardens.

The Optus RockCorps Collective continues the journey from the inaugural Optus RockCorps campaign which launched in February of this year and saw 5,000 volunteers attend over 65 projects across Sydney in a bid to secure a ticket to a gig featuring The Script, Tinie Tempah, Guy Sebastian & The Potbelleez.

The Collective event in Adelaide follows last week’s successful Optus RockCorps Collective kick-off, transforming Melbourne’s Yarra Bend parkland with native plants and public seating. In the next stage of this movement, volunteers can either give four hours to their community and submit their story to the Optus RockCorps Collective via www.optusrockcorps.com.au or take part in an Optus RockCorps hosted volunteer event in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Guy Sebastian, Optus RockCorps ambassador said “It’s fantastic to see the Optus RockCorps Collective come to Adelaide, my home town. It’s clear The Collective has been a huge success in bringing young people together to volunteer and get involved, and it’s really inspiring to see the results that benefit the entire community.”

Nathan Rosenburg, Head of Brand & Communications at Optus, said, “Volunteering is in our DNA and the Optus RockCorps launch was just the beginning as we look to get more Australians volunteering. Today it was Adelaide’s turn and the volunteers were amazing, proving again that the young people of this country can truly make a difference. Their dedication and enthusiasm in transforming the Salisbury Park Primary School is invaluable to the community.”

The global RockCorps initiative has seen more than 130,000 volunteers attend over 40 live concert events across the world including the USA, UK and Europe. Stephen Greene, RockCorps CEO said, “We are thrilled to see the next stage of Optus RockCorps come to life with The Collective. Optus RockCorps uses the power of music to inspire youth to engage in their communities and we are just at the beginning of this journey in Australia. We look forward to seeing the difference just four hours can make to communities across Australia.”

For more information or to register for your own community project visit:https://www.optusrockcorps.com.au/collective/opportunities

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Notes to editors:

About RockCorps
RockCorps was dreamed up by a group of young American friends in Los Angeles, California, who saw it as a way of getting people to know each other, build neighbourhoods and have fun while doing it. By channeling the power of music and celebrity, RockCorps’ mission is to make volunteering as much a part of youth lifestyle as sports, music, fashion and gaming. Entertainers and politicians have sung the praises of RockCorps alike. It was recently given an award by the UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron. To date volunteers have given over 500,000 hours to local communities across the world including the US, UK, France, Israel, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. RockCorps’ first concert took place in New York in 2005. Since then RockCorps has produced spectacular celebration concerts around the world. Artists such as Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, Maroon 5, Rihanna, David Guetta, Diddy, Akon, Kelly Rowland, and Kanye West, have all joined the RockCorps movement.

About The Optus RockCorps Collective:
The Optus RockCorps Collective celebrates volunteering activity in Australia.
Participants give 4 hours of time to volunteer to an Optus RockCorps recognised charity partner or charity of their choice, and share their volunteering story online. Once validated to ensure their story meets the Eligibility Criteria, they will be given 1 TicketMaster concert voucher.

Budding volunteers who can’t make it on the day can still sign up to volunteer at a separate time and redeem their Ticketmaster voucher.