Volunteer
For the past two years, staff in my electorate office have been joined by a volunteer who helped with filing and mail-outs.
Anthony Sheedy had limited job skills in the formal sense but a great aptitude for work and a cheerful attitude to life that filled our office with joy and defined our days by happiness. He was gold.
Ten days ago Anthony suddenly died. I am, along with all in his life, still struggling to believe he is no longer with us. It is profoundly sad. His funeral is in Geelong today.
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In the aftermath of the Brisbane floods Kevin Rudd cast himself in the role of volunteer-in-chief, wading through the waters in his uniform of rolled up chinos and sodden business shirt. It’s easy to be cynical, I guess.
The real volunteers, of course, sought no recognition for their work. Over 22,000 of them, ably commanded by Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, rolled though Brisbane to lend a hand.
These volunteers are a testament to the Australian spirit of generosity and mateship. But Kevin Rudd could still do something genuinely useful to help the cause of volunteering.
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don says:
maybe we should form a “national gaurd” of volunteers that can be trained like the army reserves in basic first aid, traffic management, tree felling/clearing, basic home handyperson etc skills. Upkeep these skills say one day every month or two and then mobilise whenever there is a national emergency/catastrophy Read more »
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Rod says:
Students would be gaining financially by this deed of ‘volunteering’ to pay of their HECS debt, therefore they aren’t really volunteers. Read more »
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