More than 680 business executives and CEOs from across Australia wore silk pyjamas on a winter night last Thursday to take part in the inaugural National Vinnies CEO sleepout. These executives exchanged their formal suits to silk pyjamas for a good cause.

The initiative was said to have taken place in all of the country’s capital cities in exception of Hobart. The activity raised more than $2 million and the proceeds will help the needy and homeless.

In Sydney alone, nearly 200 hundred CEOs slept at Luna Park in their silk pyjamas despite the weather nearly reaching zero degrees.

For their dinner, the CEOs lined up for a simple meal composed of a bread roll and a cup of soup.

Vinnies CEO John Picot said that more than a hundred thousand people are homeless in Australia and thousands go to Vinnies to look for a bed to sleep in for the night.