Ecove and Parkview construction workers raising funds for HCU charity

Ecove and Parkview construction workers raising funds for HCU charity
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

Developer Ecove and builder Parkview are seeking funds for medical research into the disease called homocystinuria (HCU).

The disease affects the body's ability to break down protein properly. 

Their charity effort is taking part in the Dick Smith Foundation '$1 million to charity' promotion.

This involves buying a Dick Smith product from a Coles or Woolworths supermarket and photographing it with up to 10 people.

By emailing the photo to charity@dicksmith foods.com.au and adding HCU in the subject line, points will be awarded to the charity.

If HCU is in the top 10 charities at the end of December it will receive a donation from the Dick Smith Foundation.

Australia Towers developer Ecove jumped at the chance to help sick kids within their community.

“We build communities for families and when we heard about HCU and what families are going through it really touched our hearts,” said Michael Azar, project director from Ecove

Following Ecove’s involvement, the builder company, Parkview alerted their 400 workers on the Australia Towers site and photos are now flooding in before the 31 December deadline when the Dick Smith Foundation will award winners their share of the $1 million.

HCU is a genetic disease where the body lacks the enzyme used to process an essential amino acid from food containing protein. 

When left untreated, toxic levels of homocysteine and, in some cases, methionine build up in the body and cause serious health problems. 

This progressive disease leads to permanent intellectual disability, developmental delay, premature stroke and heart attack, psychiatric disturbances, seizures, lens dislocation of the eye, and skeletal abnormalities.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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