The Internal Business team helps
TAD put smiles on Children’s faces
The Internal Business team has an ongoing
relationship with TAD (Technical Aid to the
Disabled) to provide some volunteer work,
specifically the Freedom Wheels project.
TAD is run by a multitude of volunteers that
custom build bikes for children with disabilities.
Most of the children are in wheelchairs and
cannot walk, but thanks to the amazing work
of these volunteers, they can ride a bike ‘like
normal children’ as they say.
As highlighted in the Autumn 2018 edition
of Pinpoint, the Internal Business (BSI) team
helped redecorate TAD’s facilities by paining a
30 meter mural spanning 5 walls, and a track
for the kids to ride around for their assessment.
The result was “like walking into a cartoon”, as
one of TAD’s volunteers put it.
The BSI team also hosted a BBQ, a raffle and
a bake sale to raise funds for the project
resulting in a $1100 donation thanks to the CSC
and CFC at the North Rocks Support Office.
On 12 June, the Minister for Disability Services,
the Honourable Ray Williams officially opened
a new Assistive Technology Centre at TAD in
Northmead, and the BSI team was invited
to attend. Matt Payne, Pree Moodley and
Manika Sharma represented the team at
the opening and presented the check for the
funds raised.
“It was an amazing morning attending the
opening ceremony, and it has been an
extremely humbling experience for the team
to be part of this project and work with such
a fantastic organisation,” says Matt Payne,
Business Specialist (Internal).
Officeworks Shepparton (Vic) supports
students volunteering in remote community
Using the generous donation of a range of
art and educational materials by Officeworks
Shepparton, teachers and students from Notre
Dame College in Shepparton volunteered
their time over the June School holiday to
engage the children from the Djarindjin/
Lombadina community north of Broom in WA,
in a fun holiday program.
While these communities are known to be
rich in culture, they lack in resources and
would benefit from resources to hold holiday
programs and more. Officework Shepparton
donated drawing pads and colouring books,
textas, crayons, pencils, oil pastels, glitters,
feathers, glue, paint and Jigsaw puzzles,
chalks and more.
The activities the Notre Dame teachers and
students were able to engage the local
children in with the materials donated by
Officeworks Shepparton, brought a great deal
of fun, laughter and connectedness to the
community.
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