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Awards aplenty for Walkers
Maggie Travers
WALK ORGANISER
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CONGRATULATIONS to six of our Heart Foundation Walkers, who achieved the following awards:
Hilda T, Linda Fewtrell, Lorraine Goode, and Ralph receive a certificate and a $10 discount voucher from the National Heart Foundation Online Shop for their first 50 walks. Sylvie receives her 100 Walks badge, plus certificate and a $15 voucher, while Dixie receives her second badge to pin on her red cap: 200 Walks, certificate and a $20 voucher.
It’s great to have your company as we enjoy walking along the Tin Can Bay foreshore and boardwalk, Cooloola Cove streets and creekside ‘with our Wheelies out in front’, before our coffee afterwards.
Unbeknownst to me, one or more Walkers nominated me for the
2023 Golden Shoe Awards, which “recognise the incredible contribution our volunteer Walk Organisers make to their walking groups. As true community champions, they often go above and beyond to ensure their group is welcoming, motivating and supportive to each and every walker, each and every walk.
“The theme for this year’s awards aligned with the national Volunteer Week theme of ‘The Changemakers’. Over 400 nominations were received, sharing the various ways in which Walk Organisers were creating positive change for their groups.”
Well, thank you very much. The reality is it’s a TEAM EFFORT. Huge thank you from me to our Walk Organisers: Beverley Jones, Denise McKean, Judy Kiddle, Kate Gregory, and Kristine Pack, and to each and every member of our Heart Foundation Walking groups: ‘One
Fourteen CCWWalkers setting off, with Val and Albert best dressed for the State of Origin, and elegant Rosalie up front.
Step at a Time Tin Can Bay’ and the ‘Cooloola Cove Wheelie Walkers’.
There’s lots of support for me and for each other in our two HFW groups on the Cooloola Coast. My biggest supporter is the man at home, doing the cooking and the gardening, while I am out walking and socialising.
Looking forward to supporting the Cooloola Medical Transport ‘Christmas In July’ fundraiser lunch on Wednesday 19 July at the Cooloola
