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COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS
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Recently three DSA Business Services employees were recognised publically for their individual excellence in the workplace. At a special presentation ceremony held at the Revesby Workers’ Club and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra, Justin Scott, Michelle Brown and Anne McCabe were presented with Pride of Workmanship plaques and certificates.
The Pride of Workmanship program is a Rotary initiative which has gained wide recognition both in Australia and overseas for its acknowledgement of individuals’ effort and exemplary contributions to their vocations.
DSA (Disability Services of Australia) is one of Australia’s largest and most respected providers of employment and community support services to people with a disability. From its early beginnings in 1956, employing seven people with a disability, it currently provides support for more than 2,000 people. It is committed to a person centred approach and with its philosophy of enhancing the lives of people with a disability, programs and opportunities include Transition to Work, community participation programs for school leavers, support in the home, assistance to find employment in an open employment environment. It also provides employment for over 500 people with a disability through DSA Business Services, supplying contract packaging and assembly and labour hire.
DSA had no hesitation in recommending local employees, Justin, Michelle and Anne to receive the Pride of Workmanship Awards for their excellent work practices. All three work at the Condell Park factory and have been working there for many years. Justin is a valued member of the team with an amazing eye for detail and can remember configurations of pallets for jobs and has a good grasp of the correct order of jobs he has completed. He is able to identify mistakes in production and will help others to learn how to do the jobs to a high standard. One of his favourite tasks is the stacking and taping of boxes. He was very excited and happy to receive his award.
Anne is very aware of others around her. She is very thoughtful and kind and always there to support people when they are sad. Anne will always try new jobs no matter how complex they may seem at first. She takes great pride in the work she does at the DSA. One of her favourite jobs is assembly work as it is more varied than other jobs. Anne too, was very excited on receiving her award.
The Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra was very proud to acknowledge their achievements and present them with their Pride of Workmanship Awards.
The Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra is made up of community committed volunteers aged between 22 and 65. The club meets at 7pm every Wednesday at the Revesby Workers’ Club. To find out more information about the club and events visit http://revesbywirrimbirrarotary.org or phone 0406 185 404 2010-2011 Community Service Projects and Charities: Give Poverty the Boot is a project set up by the Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra in 2009 to collect quality used school shoes which can be sorted and distributed to Australian Indigenous Communities and countries in the Pacific Region.
 The following schools participate in "Give Poverty the Boot": Bankstown Grammar School Condell Park High School Condell Park Public School Milperra Public School Padstow Park Public School Wattawa Heights Public School Yagoona Public School
"SS Starter Packs" Revesby Wirrimbirra Club Member, Andrew Duclos, came up with the fantastic idea to make some starter packs for a local Mental Health facility that helps people move into their own independent accommodation. This is an ongoing project and every week Club Members bring specific items (such as tea, coffee, soap, shampoo, washing powder, pegs, etc) for the packs to our Club meetings. The Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra recently had the pleasure of donating five completed "Starter Kits" to Liverpool-Fairfield Mental Health Residential Support Service. Our Club is so proud to be involved in a project that gives people living with a major mental health illness, assistance to develop community living skills and enables them to rediscover some independence. See the article published in the Canterbury-Bankstown Torch Newspaper on this project: "BASKETS EASE MOVE: Rotary project to boost mental health" "ADVENTURE before DEMENTIA"
To celebrate To celebrate 2011 Seniors Week the Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra, in conjunction with the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, organised and ran a free event for anyone over 60 years of age "Adventure before Dementia". The purpose of the event was to promote and educate Seniors on the importance of nutrition and physical activity and the Revesby Wirrimbirra "Adventure B4 dementia" event certainly achieved this!
Padstow Bowling Club's generous donation of their dance floor and bowling green, complete with free lawn bowling lessons after each program, enabled our Rotary Club to provide this great event for local Seniors. Seniors were able to attend a morning or afternoon program which both included fun and dynamic activities such as zumba, pilates, and Thai Chi. Both programs also contained an informative session on nutrition which was facilitated by a local 2nd year university student and, along with some of the Revesby Wirrimbirra Rotary Club's younger members who participated in everything all day, provided an opportunity for intergenerational understanding and connections. The morning program was also fortunate enough to have a qualified chemist from Bankstown Hospital facilitate a very enlightening and beneficial session on taking medication. After each session the Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra provided a free BBQ to revitalise the "Adventure B4 Dementia" participants. We hope to make the event an even bigger success in 2012.
The Rotary Club of Revesby-Wirrimbirra sponsored one of our members Daniel Petsalis to abseil the 87 metres from the top of the AMP Building in the adventure charity fundraiser - Urban Descent, for the Sir David Martin Foundation (SDMF). The Rotary Club of Revesby Wirrimbirra donated $1500.00 to Daniel's abseil, all of which will assist the Sir David Martin Foundation fund their youth in crisis projects. One of the Sir David Martin Foundation’s key programs is the Triple Care Farm, which provides an environment of peace and healing for emotionally hurt and troubled young people aged 16 to 24. For more information on the Sir David Martin Foundation and their fantastic programs please click on the link to the website. See the article published in the Canterbury-Bankstown Torch Newspaper on this project: "REACHING HEIGHTS: Building climb for troubled youth" |
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Michelle has been working for DSA since 1985 and is well liked by her colleagues and is very caring and thoughtful towards them. 
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