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November 4, 2016- Issue 78 Week 18

Party On Board With Afford

In this Issue Page 1 • Party On Board With Afford

Page 2 • Staff Profile • Belmore Blitz Workout • Guildford Awarded Best At Bocce

Page 3 • Affords Got Your Back ... Neck And Shoulders • Campbelltown Have The Right Tools

Page 4 On Saturday 29th October Afford held the long awaited HMAS Choules Cocktail party and was a resounding success.

Packed with over 150 people comprising of Afford staff, sponsors, guests and Navy personnel, the evening featured a range of fun filled entertainment including Brazilian dancers, professional cocktail maker, DJ and of course the main spectacle being onboard the HMAS Choules Navy ship itself!

Everyone who attended thoroughly enjoyed their night socializing with new faces, hearing stories about the ship and its travels from Navy personnel and having a boogie on the dancefloor.

Thanks to Rhiannon O’Brien, Toni Preston, the Navy crew onboard the HMAS Choules and all staff who worked tirelessly to put together such a great night, we are very blessed to have you here at Afford and are excited for an even bigger and better cocktail party next year!

T 02 8805 3700 E info@afford.com.au 12 Marieanne Place, Minchinbury 2770 afford.com.au

• Sky’s The Limit For Chipping Norton • Afford Selfies • Have A Laugh

Reminder Don’t forget to send your/clients achievements and good news stories & photo’s to CELEBRATE@afford.com.au

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Staff Profile

Belmore Blitz Workout

Frank Koroma

Every Friday a group of clients at Belmore Lifestyle Centre participate in a fitness session with a professional Fitness/Nutrition Instructor.

Lifestyle Assistant Ashfield Lifestyle Centre Favourite Song: One Love Bob Marley.

Favourite Movie: Fast and Furious (1-8) Favourite Hobbies: Soccer and Basketball Favourite Foods: Chicken and fried rice If you could be an animal what would you be: A lion

The fitness session starts with a warm up, then includes high intensity exercises such as boxing and running drills.

After the workout clients make a healthy fruit shake with support from the fitness instructor as a reward for their hard work. This helps to have a better relationship with healthy eating after exercising and gives them vital energy to keep them going throughout the day after a tiring but fun workout.

The clients really enjoy the program and always ask when he will be back again.

Guildford Awarded Best At Bocce

What is your dream holiday destination: Las Vegas If you had the power what would you change about the world: Equality for all What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: Appreciate me If you had to teach something what would you teach: Love is the key Something no one knows about me: Guns are my passion

On 29 October Guildford Lifestyle Centre were presented with the Sports Achievement award for bocce held at Club Marconi.

Club Marconi supports Guildford’s bocce program every week and thinks highly of all our clients and staff at Guildford, giving them a special announcement before receiving their awards.

Everyone who attended had a great night enjoying a four course meal with great entertainment including music and dancing.

Well done to the staff and clients at Guildford on your sporting achievements, well deserving of the awards, keep up the great work you’ll be professional bocce players in no time!

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Affords Got Your Back... Neck And Shoulders

As an Employer of Choice, Afford is introducing Health and Wellness Neck and Shoulder massages to all staff free of charge to reward the hard work staff do day by day.

Corporate Bodies, Professional Office and Event Massage provide a top quality service that consists of experienced, qualified and insured massage therapists giving employees a fully clothed neck and shoulder massage and to create the best experience possible.

This service includes a specially designed massage chair, headphones with relaxing music and an optional essential oil facial spritz to revitalise after the treatment.

The first round will be organised by Nikita Gupta in HR, please express your interest to receive a massage with your manager and a day will be organised over the next few weeks. Going forward this service (3 hours minimum) can be booked directly with Corporate Bodies by the site managers as per staff requirements (monthly or quarterly).

Our lovely Call Centre staff are having their massages on Tuesday, so express your interest with the manager now!

Campbelltown Have The Right Tools Campbelltown Lifestyle Centre clients have been attending the Wood Shop at our Guildford Lifestyle Centre.

The clients have been fine tuning their skills using hand held power tools, learning techniques for sanding, timber stain and most importantly learning about work health & safety.

They have made many items including chopping boards, ladder shelf, paper towel rack & a blanket box. Clients have enjoyed this program immensely and always come back with a sense of pride and achievement to tell others what they are making and their progress.

All of the clients also love going to visit Guildford to see all of their friends at the site, staff and Mirela.

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Sky’s The Limit For Chipping Norton Recently Chipping Norton Clients attended the Sky’s the Limit Mini Olympics in Wollongong.

George, Georgina, Mina, Peter and Brooke all got buddied up with students from local high schools who assisted them through their events.

George who is usually not a sporting person, competed in the 50 metre running race, running for the entire race!

Brooke was entered into the 50metre wheelchair race with the assistance of staff member Raymond. They were off to a flying start, with Brooke smiling the whole way down the track, finishing fourth.

Peter enjoyed learning shotput for the first time, throwing a very impressive 7 metres! While Georgina and Mina assisted each other in the running race, starting and finishing together, before spending some time with their buddies getting their faces painted and going on a tuk-tuk ride.

All clients had a fantastic day, and spent the whole drive back to site talking about how much fun they had and asking when they can go again!

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In this Selfie Above: Staff Members, Nikita Gupta and Anastasia Arthandi having a great time at the HMAS Choules Cocktail party last Saturday night.

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