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Staff Recognition Of Excellence AwardTHE following staff memberswere nominated for the quarterly‘Recognition of Excellence Award’for the period July - September2007.Colleen McCarthy Wells is theLeague’s most recent recipent of the‘Recognition of Excellence Award’.Colleen is a Holiday ProgrammeKey Worker from the In Home andCommunity Support service atChermside.“Young people’s faces light up whenthey see Colleen is coordinatingthe team on community activities,confi dent in the knowledge that fun,interactive communication, jokesand light heartedness will be part oftheir holiday time. Colleen’s abilityto welcome a variety of youngpeople and their families whilstoverseeing a wide array of activitiesis awesome”, said Coordinator KerryRing, who nominated Colleen.Current League practice aroundrecognition of staff excellenceinvolves:• Inclusion in the League News‘Recognition of Excellence’section• Letter of Commendation fromthe CEO• Inclusion in a draw to receive anaward/voucher.Other nomies include...Adele BucktonRockhamptonCasey PheenyIn Home ChermsideCheryl CohenGold CoastDavid SwiftPathwayzDeb CronanService, Development and PolicyDebbie TrumperMarketing and FundraisingDorothy McIntyreAdult Services Gold CoastEdwina ThorneMarketing and FundraisingFrank OschmanCapalaba Day ServiceHelen FoulkesIn Home ChermsideJo LowryAccess NorthJoyitta SteeleAdults Services Gold CoastJulie FerrisAdults SouthKatrina MarshallLAAS Gold CoastKirsten PiresIn Home ChermsideKirsty KeyworthWide BayLeisa KirkeguardIn Home ChermsideLouise HuLAAS SouthMichael ArmstrongCapalaba Day ServicePat PolleyketMarketing and FundraisingRaewyn OwenPrintabout StrathpineRebecca DaniloffAT and SWS SouthRos ScholefieldCapalaba Day ServiceRoz FullagarLAAS Sunshine CoastSam LodderIn Home ChermsideStuart PiltonHuman ResourcesWendy LavelleService, Development and Policy$20 ticket wins Donna a new carCHAPEL Hill resident, DonnaGaffney is the recipient of a brandnew $37,000 car from Bryan ByrtFord in Upper Mt Gravatt, thanks toa kind hearted gesture.Donna paid just $20 to purchaseArt Union tickets in the Leaguefundraiser.Bryan Byrt Ford and the CerebralPalsy League presented Donnawith her new car on Monday 22October.The League applauds Donna forher participation in the art Union.“The League runs up to seven drawsper year raising up to $350,000,”Business Development ManagerBrett Lucas said.“These funds are used toprovide vital services to supportQueenslanders with cerebral palsyand other related disabilities.”To purchase Art Union tickets,phone 1800 819 086.Pictured: Art Union Winners theGaffery Family, Peter Solomanof Bryan Byrt Ford and JulieInglis from the League.Page 10 - League News Volume 31 Edition 4, 2007
Sheree challenges Gold Coast Kids to get“on their bikes” for charityNORTHCLIFFE Surf Lifesaver and ironwoman competitor, Sheree Merryfull, lenther support to students at The SouthportSchool in a bike riding challenge to helpraise funds for League.Barely taking time to recover from theepic “Coolangatta Gold”, in which sheplaced in the top ten, Sheree helped outby lap counting the 30 minute bike-athonat The Southport School on Friday19 October.Sheree cheered on some 60 prepstudents - some of them with trainingwheels – as they attempted to beat lastyear’s bike-a-thon record of 27 laps.The bike-a-thon helped raise over$3,500, which The Southport Schoolpledged to the Cerebral Palsy Leagueof Queensland.Sheree, whose sister has cerebralpalsy, was earlier this year named anAmbassador for the Cerebral PalsyLeague.Dugong Backpack wins Memento AwardAN innovative idea, team work and a local obsession with dugongs has won Redcliffe’s Cascade Services theprestigious ‘Retail Memento of Queensland Award’ for its ‘Dugong Backpack Kit’.The ‘Dugong Backpack Kit’ includes a drawstring backpack with a dugong design, comes in a pencil case witha selection of coloured fabric pastels, which are used to colour in the backpack.“It has the vibe of a colouring-book on a backpack - so it’s an activity as well as a useful item”, driving force andBee Spokes Project Coordinator, Samantha Jockel said.“We are big fans of the dugong that is a native of Moreton Bay. It is hoped that through sales we can not onlyraise funds for the League but also create awareness of the plightof the dugong”, Samantha says.The ‘Dugong Backpack Kit’ was a collaborative effort; designed,screen printed and compiled by staff and clients of CascadeServices, who worked on the Bee Spokes project.“Winning is affi rmation of the talents of the clients/workers(at Cascade Services) and an indication that they have asignifi cant and valuable contribution to make. It shows thatthere is potential within all of us to create and innovate ina commercial environment”, Samantha said.The Queensland Memento Awards recogniseorganisations that display innovation and excellence inAustralian art and design.For information on how to purchase a‘Dugong Backpack Kit’ contact CascadeServices on 07 3284 6787.Picture: Bike-a-thon fundraisers Ben Kelly (left), Sharon Joss,Lachlan McInnis, Sheree Merryfull, Rhys Jones, ElizabethPluimers and Will Booth.League News Volume 31 Edition 4, 2007 - Page 11
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