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Salvos appeal for help
Group appeal: Collecting for this year’s Red Shield appeal are, from left, James Matthews (Mornington Football Club), Amy Day (Mornington Netball Club), Lieutenant Sean Mapleback, Laura Noonan (Mornington Netball Club), Nat Fyfe (Mornington Footy Club) and Deb Taylor (Mornington Salvation Army). Picture: Yanni
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being urged to help raise much-need funds for social services during this month’s Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. Mornington Salvation Army officer Lieutenant Sean Mapleback said the Salvos fed 50,000 hungry people, provided more than 100,000 meals, supplied 2000 beds for the homeless and assisted up to 500 people addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling every week across Australia. He said people could help the appeal by being involved in collecting, or simply by donating when collectors came calling on the peninsula later this month. “Every year we look to raise funds in order to enable the Salvos to do what they do best, and all the local support we can get makes a huge difference, ” Lieutenant Mapleback said. “So if you see us collecting at any location, please stop and say hello and consider donating generously.” Collectors will be at Bentons Square on Saturday 28 May while Mt Martha CFA will collect at Mt Martha Shops on the same day and Mornington Primary School will hold a Red Day to raise awareness of the work of the Salvos on Thursday 26 May. Lieutenant Mapleback said it was not too late to help with the year’s Red Shield Appeal. To be involved, contact him at sean.mapleback@aus.salvationarmy.org
Crashes down, but trauma stays Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au
Greene is only too aware of. Mr Greene didn’t even see the driver coming up behind him on Point Nepean Rd, Rosebud in September, 2013, so wasn’t able to anticipate the impact. By the time his shunted car came to a halt and he was able to turn his head, the driver who caused the rear-end collision had disappeared. Although badly shaken and suffering severe bruising and a bleeding head injury, Mr Greene didn’t feel the full effects of the accident until about one week later, when his ileac artery rup-
ALTHOUGH statistics show motorists have just recorded the lowest number of collisions for five years, the trauma for those involved in an accident can seem endless. Court cases get settled and insurance claims paid out, but the memories and pain linger. The ongoing impacts of road trauma is something Rye resident Geoff
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hers, it just didn’t occur to her that the driver might not stop. But what happened next on that day in December changed her life and left the 33-year-old Langwarrin mother-ofthree with lasting injuries, chronic pain and a terrifying vision that haunts her every day. Ms Sheridan’s car was struck from behind by another vehicle on the Cranbourne-Frankston Rd, Langwarrin, as she was on the way to pick up her child from primary school. The impact instantly crushed her Ni-
ssan seven-seater vehicle and pushed it into the path of oncoming traffic. Despite being knocked out momentarily and injured, she regained consciouness just in time to escape from her vehicle before it was struck again. Ms Sheridan was studying nursing at the time, but today she is unable “to function on a day-to-day basis”, and is plagued by headaches, ongoing pain and muscle weakness. Worse still are the psychological effects of the accident. Continued Page 7
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