PeakCare’s AGM and end-of-year celebrations were, yet again, a grand affair. Our sincere thanks are extended to our guest speakers, Ms Vanessa Fowler, Chair of the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation who was accompanied by her mother, Ms Priscilla Dickie, and the Honourable Di Farmer MP, Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence. After being presented with around $4,200 worth of pledged donations to the Foundation that had been collected by PeakCare over the past few weeks, Ms Fowler thanked all in attendance for their support and, in keeping with the theme of the symposium that preceded the AGM, poignantly spoke about the importance of speaking out about the impact of domestic and family violence.
An inspiring address was then delivered by Minister Farmer who similarly referred to the many important topics addressed during the symposium and noted her appreciation of the honest and open dialogue established with PeakCare and our Members in continually seeking improved outcomes for Queensland children, young people and families.
There was no-one left standing during the exhilarating performance by the With One Voice Brisbane Choir when everyone sang and danced along to their music and, thanks to the generosity of many Queensland businesses and retailers, many people left the event with some truly stupendous raffle prizes. It was a truly magic moment when a $200 jewellery voucher prize donated by Stephen Dibb Jewellery was presented to the raffle winner, Ms Vanessa Fowler. If you won a prize, please make sure you join PeakCare in visiting and liking the Facebook page of the donor and leaving them a message letting them know how much you appreciate their generosity. Thank you also to De Luca Floral Designs for the exquisite floral arrangements presented to our symposium and AGM guests.
Our one note of regret was that PeakCare was again compelled to run a Trivia with a Twist competition (albeit an abbreviated version) due to the numerous complaints we received after announcing that this terribly uncouth competition would not be held this year. Most if not all of these complaints came from QATSICPP. In what seemed to be a truly bizarre twist, a team from the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women tied for first place with a consortium of non-government organisations. This became much less bizarre when it was discovered that the Department had recruited some ‘ring-ins’. QATSICPP has lodged an appeal. So alas, it appears that the controversy that has plagued this completion for four years continues…
Click here to view the photos of this event that have been posted on our Facebook page. There are more yet to be posted.