NELSON BAY SCONE BOURKE - Joblink Plus
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SUPPORT<br />
CONTRIBUTING: <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> staff Kellie Ryan, Libby Ryman and Maureen McAlister donate a few dollars each week to<br />
help keep the Westpac Rescue Helicopter operating. They are pictured with special projects coordinator for the service<br />
Barry Walton.<br />
Employees from <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> are<br />
doing their bit to ensure the<br />
Westpac Rescue Helicopter<br />
Service can continue its lifesaving<br />
work.<br />
A large group of <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
employees in the New England North<br />
West and Hunter are involved in the<br />
payroll deduction program which<br />
contributes a monthly donation to<br />
the service.<br />
<strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> CEO, Chris Sheppeard,<br />
said as a community organisation<br />
it was natural that they support the<br />
work of the service.<br />
“Having a service like this, especially<br />
in the more geographically sparse<br />
regions, is vital,” Mr Sheppeard said.<br />
“Talk to our staff and I can guarantee<br />
that they’ll be able to tell you<br />
someone they know who has been<br />
the recipient of the service,” he said.<br />
“The least we can do is support its<br />
permanence in the region in any way<br />
we can.”<br />
Maureen McAlister from the <strong>Joblink</strong><br />
<strong>Plus</strong> Tamworth branch has been<br />
making a payroll deduction for around<br />
eight years and says she has seen first<br />
hand the value of the service.<br />
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Flying high<br />
“Being a city girl and moving here 22<br />
years ago it was a bit of a shock not<br />
having a lot of things here that you<br />
take for granted in the city.<br />
“I personally know of two young ones<br />
who both had horse accidents and<br />
were in pretty bad condition with<br />
major head and internal injuries and<br />
if the helicopter wasn’t here I don’t<br />
think they would be either. Both were<br />
flown to John Hunter and received<br />
vital treatment they required and<br />
made full recoveries to enjoy life.<br />
They are both in their 20’s now” she<br />
said.<br />
“As the grandmother of five gorgeous<br />
grandchildren I definitely want to<br />
keep the service operating,” Maureen<br />
said.<br />
Special projects coordinator for the<br />
service Barry Walton said support<br />
from businesses and employees like<br />
those at <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> ensures no one<br />
will ever pay for the service.<br />
“The payroll deduction is a<br />
convenient way for people to make a<br />
tax-deductible donation.<br />
“As a contributor to the Payroll<br />
Deduction Program you know that<br />
you are helping to support vital<br />
services; ensuring a small baby<br />
reaches urgent specialist attention;<br />
or rescuing a person when they’ve<br />
been lost in the bush or at sea,” Barry<br />
said.<br />
The payroll deduction program is just<br />
one way <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong> supports the<br />
service.<br />
For the past 10 years <strong>Joblink</strong> <strong>Plus</strong><br />
has been a logo sponsor of the<br />
New England North West’s BK117<br />
and recently the Tamworth Work<br />
Experience crew helped beautify the<br />
Service’s gardens at the Tamworth<br />
Airport Base.<br />
WORK EXPERIENCE: The Tamworth<br />
based work experience crew worked<br />
hard to improve the landscaping at<br />
the New England North West base.