BUSHkids Annual Report 2011-2012

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Bec and Emily attended the dinner on 1 September and accepted the award on behalf of the team, the prize including $300 worth of radio advertising on radio station 4WK which was put to good use for the Warwick Golf Day promotions. Congratulations on a great achievement for our Warwick team! Commonwealth Bank contribution to sustainability – solar power use As part of the Commonwealth Bank Centenary Celebrations the bank asked its staff to submit ideas for contributing to local communities for improving sustainability. The bank received an overwhelming response, many ideas based on offering long-term support to rural community centres. BUSHkids was selected as the Commonwealth Bank’s staff’s recipient for their solar power funding and solar panels were installed in our five centres across Queensland. The solar panels will significantly reduce our energy bills and allow us to focus on providing needed equipment and resources. Thank you to the Commonwealth Bank and its staff . DONORAPPEALS Over the year we have also conducted two donor appeals: one pre-Christmas and one pre-tax time. The appeal letters are printed by our supporters at PurePrint at no cost to BUSHkids and have proved to be very effective, with a 30% donor return across both appeals. Thank you sincerely to all who have donated to BUSHkids and to the PurePrint team. REBRANDINGAND MEDIA The new BUSHkids logo was launched at our 75th AGM Celebrations on 6 December 2011 and was received with great enthusiasm by all who attended and applauded by those who have since seen it. The new BUSHkids car fleet was also updated with the new ‘wordmark’ decals which has certainly been effective, catching the eye of Thiess Community and Stakeholder Relations Manager Kyle Roggenkamp. Kyle contacted our Dalby centre in early March, looking to support a local organisation over the life of the QCLNG project in the Dalby area. Pre-Christmas 2011 letters mailed out 1265 Number of donations received Pre-Tax 2012 letters mailed out Number of donations received 340 1374 474

Warwick Golf Day 134 players turned out for a 4 ball Ambrose at the Warwick Golf Club and to raise funds for BUSHkids. Domino’s sponsored the prize for a hole-in-one on the 13th (a year’s supply of pizza) and provided free pizza to all the players on the day! The BUSHkids Warwick team ran a golf buggy bar selling drinks to thirsty players; Apex Life Member Peter Hardwick ran a fundraising sausage sizzle at the halfway house.

Further fundraising took the form of a sporting memorabilia auction, including a Bart Cummings signed photograph, Don Bradman signed bat, and Laura Geitz signed netball outfit, and much more. A successful multi-draw raffle with amazing prizes donated from the community and a major raffle for a Kangaroos jersey signed by the full 2011 team, which was kindly donated by Mark and Hilary Wilde of Brisbane, raised an amazing $1,180. Thank you to the Warwick Golf Club and Condamine Sports Club teams for helping our day run smoothly. Community Service Award –Warwick team winners of the 2012 Heritage BankWarwick Business Excellence Award Nominated by the local community in recognition of the services BUSHkids provides, our Warwick team was announced Winner of the Community Service Award at the Warwick Business Excellence Awards. The award recognises the significant contribution of community organisations to the community in relation to projects that have positively impacted the community and generated long term benefits.

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