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GG News: Edition 4 1.04 Mb GGEnews Edition #4 MESSAGE FROM THE TRUSTEE CONTENT At GreaterGood we rely upon individuals and corporations to support identified charitable need. We are a close-knit community, well-known for our generosity and giving has Message from the Trustee 1 always been central to that. Many of our city’s proud services have been built Welcome Angus Houston 1 on the backs of hard working members of that community. Canberra is often recognised as a privileged society, with higher average Focus On 2 incomes, strong economic performance and great opportunities for our Snapshots 3 children. In this important Centenary year, GreaterGood proudly stands as a permanent source of income to satisfy ongoing charitable need. Our Achievements/Announcements 5 government cannot do everything and our citizens play a crucial role in making Down2Business 8 our community a more caring place. Distributions 9 As Canberra , the region and our nation turned their attention to Canberra’s th Centenary we proudly stepped into our 10 year of giving. Upcoming Events 10 At GreaterGood, on behalf of our account holders, we close our tenth year with MEET THE PATRON, TRUSTEE AND BOARD a sense of pride and achievement. In ten short years we have collectively Andramassedew Taylor capital of $12.175M, resulting in total distributions of $2.476M, TRUSTEElargely/ benefitting charitable causes within the ACT and Region. MEET OUR BOARD PUBLICDuring TRUSTEE the last perio d, we welcomed three new accounts to GreaterGood - PATRON: Lady Helen Deane Footprints Forever Foundation, The Canberra Hospital Foundation and the Ralf Mr Larry King (Chair) Ianuzzi Memorial Fund bringing the number of accounts in GreaterGood to 68. Mrs Maureen Cane I extend my gratitude and appreciation to my Board and staff at GreaterGood. Justice Richard Refshauge It is my great pleasure to welcome Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC Ms Renee Le Grande (Ret’d) as a new member. Angus will bring significant influence and acumen to Mr Laurie Wilson the Board of GreaterGood. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston I wish all of our account holders, supporters, our board members and staff a AC, AFC (Ret’d) happy holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2014. Mr Doug Gillespie AIR CHIEF MARSHAL ANGUS HOUSTON AC,AFC (Ret’d) We welcome Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC (Ret’d) to the GreaterGood Board. Angus was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2005 until 2011. Angus is currently Chair of the Anzac Centenary Advisory Board, Airservices Australia, the Council for the Order of Australia and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. He is a Board Member of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and the Defence South Australia Advisory Board. He is also a patron of numerous charitable organisations. In 2012, Angus led the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers. In 2011, Angus was named the Australian Father of the Year and in 2012, the ACT Australian of the Year. FOCUS ON Footprints Forever Foundation –remembering Jamie Leigh Lynch Jamie Leigh was born in New York City on 18 June 1986 to parents Sheila and Mark Lynch, and loving sister Sally May who was just 14 months old when Jamie was born. From an early age Jamie’s fun and mischievous personality was evident and she quickly stole the hearts of those around her, readily making people laugh with her antics. Overseas diplomatic postings with her family, moving from one school to another and experiencing diverse cultures was a normal way of life for Jamie and she embraced all and everything that came with this lifestyle. From New York in 1988 to postings in London, Harare and Papua New Guinea, in addition to stints back in Canberra. From the age of 4 years at school in Kent, England, Jamie developed a liking and talent for music, singing and drama and she won leading parts in various dramatic productions. Her drama skills continued whilst on posting in Harare from 1995 to 1998 where she joined the Reps Theatre group. Described as “an outstanding young talent” by local theatre critics, Jamie scored major parts in several stage productions including: The Darling Buds of May, The Sound of Music and Oliver the musical. She also took up playing the guitar during this time, and having a natural ear for music she quickly passed through the various levels of learning. Jamie had an innate love and respect of animals and she was delighted when we got our first dog Annie, from the RSPCA in Harare in 1995, quickly follo wed by another canine friend Peggy early in 1996. Our connection with the RSPCA in Harare grew as Jamie and her sister Sally went on to raise much needed funds for the care of the animals by hosting their own regular stall laden with homemade cakes and biscuits during recess at school. Jamie loved all types of animals, wild, domestic, large and small, but there was little doubt that dogs and pigs were her favourites and she would always have a plentiful supply of pictures of both. Indeed if there was a dog in need of a home Jamie would always ask us – in the hope that we might take in another canine friend. Life in Africa opened up a plethora of opportunity for exciting travel, and Jamie travelled to many places including safaris in Zimbabwe and Botswana, houseboat holidays and fishing at Lake Kariba, Victoria Falls and aid visits to remote villages to name but a few. Jamie also participated in a ‘buddy’ visiting programme at the Harare Orphanage where she was very popular with the children. Frequent trips and residence in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea afforded Jamie the opportunity to perform voluntary work at the local branch of the RSPCA. Again Jamie befriended many of the local children, and an army of little folk would wait eagerly at the gates to the house when they knew Jamie was about to arrive. During high school at Girls Grammar in Canberra, Jamie performed work experience at a veterinary clinic. Despite her usual squeamishness at needles she watched and later retold with great interest the many surgical procedures she witnessed. Following high school Jamie was undecided what to do and completed a 2 year diploma of beauty therapy. After working in that field for some time she then commenced a diploma in animal studies. Jamie went on to work in various areas and also did some voluntary work at the RSPCA. Jamie was very popular, and her fun (some would say mad!) sense of humour, caring and easy going personality resulted in her having a wealth of friends all around the world. Tragically Jamie died in a car accident in March this year, aged just 26 years. At the celebration of her life more than 700 people attended and thousands of dollars was donated for her chosen cause – the RSPCA. In addition to her proper name Jamie was also known as Jam, Jim, Jimmy, James, Jamo, Jame, Jim-Jim and even Reg by her many friends and family members. From these names, in May 2013 ‘Team Jim Jam’ was born and became the biggest ever fundraiser nationwide in the 21 year history of the RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk event. A combined effort of 2 teams, based in Canberra and the Gold Coast, donned in Team Jim Jam tee shirts raised in excess of $20,000.00 for the benefit of the RSPCA. This amazing result was made possible through the dedication and love of Jamie’s many friends and family members. A kennel and an area in the Cattery in Canberra have been dedicated to Jamie, with plaques bearing her name and an inscription. Team Jim Jam’s participation in the Million Paws Walk will become an annual event through which Jamie’s legacy for the love and care of all animals, great and small will continue. The creation of the ‘Footprints Forever Foundation’ with GreaterGood will continue to provide perpetual funding for the RSPCA, and more importantly the animals Jamie loved. Information supplied by Jamie’s family SNAPSHOTS JACS4GreaterGood Work Place Giving Scheme. A survey was completed by all contributors of the Jacs4GreaterGood workplace giving scheme in July. The survey outlined 10 causes with 3 charities listed under each cause. Staff voted and there was overwhelming support to have the income distribution from their workplace giving scheme donated to Boundless Canberra. This project is to build and maintain an all abilities playground for children and their families. On the 23 August, the Justice and Community Safety Directorate held their annual Trivia Night where a cheque for $2,350 was presented to Natalie Howson, Board Member of Boundless Canberra. Raffle tickets were sold for 6 prizes, including a gold watch set, photographic session, motorbike rides, $500 gift voucher at JB-Hi Fi, $100 meal voucher at Mr Wei’s and accommodation for 2 in a spa suite with Breakfast at the Tradies, Dickson. With the raffle ticket sales and bidding for bonus points on the evening of the event, a further $5,000 was raised and deposited back into the Jacs4GreaterGood workplace giving scheme. Pictured. Andrew Taylor, Public Trustee for the ACT, presents the cheque to Natalie Howson. GreaterGood is proud to continue the association with the Australian Catholic University (ACU) through its association with the Francis Carroll Scholarship Fund. This $2,500.00 annual scholarship allows a student from the regional areas of NSW the opportunity to study at the University in the field of nursing, para-medicine or social-work. Students can be selected from any year. In 2013 the recipient of the Scholarship is Catherine Anderson.
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