Vinnies Social Justice Awards Patron: Monsignor David Cappo AO, Commissioner for Social Inclusion Thursday, July 23, 2009 This letter was posted to all awardees with their invitations Dear Name of Awardee It is only a few weeks before our inaugural Vinnies Social Justice Awards. Attached is your official invitation which includes key details about the format of the evening. We are delighted that His Excellency, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia, will be attending on the evening. This letter has a number of attachments: A formal invitation. A map showing the layout of the venue Information regarding the PowerPoint slide to be used during the presentation. The Invitation is your ticket for yourself and your guests. Please RSVP to Samantha Coope as indicated on the invitation. This is important because awardees will have seats reserved and will have to sit in the order of presentation of awards. Your guests will have general seating. o RSVP by Monday 10th August o Samantha will wish to know how many guests are coming (each awardee may invite 2 other guests) Your principal has been invited. o Please let Samantha know if you have any dietary requirements o Please also advise if you have any special seating needs – for example wheelchair/frame access for your guests. The Ceremony (presentation of Certificates) Everything will be explained by volunteers on the night. Awardees will simply walk across the stage, shake hands with the person presenting their certificate, pause for a photograph and move to the back of stage with the group. When the whole group of awards is complete, we will give a final congratulations to you all. You will then return to your seat. There are four award groups. Expo An Expo will run before and after the awards presentation, from 6.15pm to 6:45pm and from 8:30pm - 9.30pm. This is an opportunity for you to meet like-minded people who need your Good Works. Volunteer organisations including Cara, YMCA, Eddie Rice camps, Vinnies Youth, MAGiS, YACSA and Adelaide Uni Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be present. We encourage you all to network with the representatives from these organisations before and after the ceremony and discover the many fantastic volunteer opportunities available. Members of these organisations are looking forward to meeting with you and hearing about the Good Works you have demonstrated.
Other Supporters This is a major event and we are delighted to have the support of the Office for Youth, Government of South Australia and the ANZ Bank VERY IMPORTANT- Event details Although the invitation reads 7pm start – for Awardees, it begins earlier!
∗ Doors open 6:00pm for Expo, live entertainment and finding seating. ∗ On arrival you will be directed to your seating area by volunteers. All awardees must be seated by 6.45pm
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Dress Neat casual dress is required. If you are a student, it is a school decision whether or not you are required to wear uniform. Light supper is provided after the ceremony with the Expo. Stefan Lipa is our professional photographer for the evening. No other photographs may be taken during the ceremony. His photos will be available free on his Internet site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-shihai23/ and he will offer the same service for family shots afterwards. If you give verbal consent to an informal photo being taken by Stefan after the Awards Ceremony, it will also be taken as consent to be posted on his website and in our own media. Stefan is doing this to support our event. Please consider him when you need a professional photographer. Parking (shown on the map) will be available on the oval unless the weather is wet, and then parking will be on surrounding streets. Please allow time for this. People from country/catching bus – please advise your needs. Cloak room available with gold coin donation to support charity. For your safety, wet items will not be allowed in the auditorium.
The Governor will enter the Auditorium at 7 pm. We will stand as the official party enters and part of the National Anthem is played. Therefore it is very important that everyone is to be seated by 6:45pm. We look forward to receiving your PowerPoint slide and hearing news of your RSVP. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Ph 8112 8725. Email ttaylor@svdpsa.org.au Important – Media Consent. You have not yet completed the media consent section of your nomination form. If this is not done, no official photographs will be available via the photographer's website. Please sign this and return as a matter of urgency. If you have mislaid your nomination form, you may download a media consent form from the web address below. Much of this information in this letter can be found on the Internet at www.vinnies.org.au/vinnies-social-justice-awards-sa Regards Tim Taylor School Resources Coordinator.
Attached: 1. Invitation 2. Map 3. PowerPoint Slide Specifications Sheet
PowerPoint Slide Specifications Vinnies Social Justice Awards Each Awardee is asked to create one slide which will be played as they walk across the stage. This will take about 10-12 seconds, so there is no time for fancy animations, for they will distract the audience too much. Each Award has a separate colour – be sure to use the correct version. www.vinnies.org.au/vinnies-social-justice-awards-sa. The font to be used is Arial, bold, minimum size 32 Your name must be at the top; you may use WordArt for your name but it must be clear. If you are receiving an award on behalf of a group or class, the group’s name must be on the slide. If your award is school-based, your school name must be at the bottom; you may like to include your school crest. These may both be images so they are in school colours if you wish Highlight one or two good works Use the colour scheme provided for each award. You may use the ‘FILL EFFECTS’ to change the SHADING STYLES if you wish but we are trying to keep to the particular colour for each award. Include a photo of yourself - perhaps performing good works If other people are in the photograph, we will not use that photograph on the Internet unless we have media consent from them as well. We will still use them for the Awards Ceremony. These PowerPoint’s must be returned to ttaylor@svdpsa.org.au by Friday 14th August 2009. Please note, if a slide is not submitted, a slide with your name and school will be inserted on your behalf. This slide will have no photograph or details of your Good Works. The Event Committee reserves the right to alter slides if needed.
Nazareth College Senior School Map of entrance and parking for Vinnies Social Justice Awards
Parking Available on Oval (Unless very wet, then parking will be in surrounding streets)
Hall Entry Hall