Portfolio March 2012 - Fremantle Ports

Community supportNorth Fremantle community gardensFremantle Ports has contributed to amenities atthe community gardens at the rear of Apace.The project, now completed, has provided ashady seating area for education and meetings.Wesley Mission donationEmployees recently donated boxes of toiletriesto the Wesley Mission. Neil Culver from theMission said the huge array of items would bedistributed to the very needy when required.Orchestral weekendFremantle Ports supported two orchestralevents in one weekend in February: theFremantle Chamber Orchestra concertfeaturing violinist Rudolf Koelman andVivaldi’s Four Seasons and the WA SymphonyOrchestra’s free concert at the Fremantle ArtsCentre. FAC Director Jim Cathcart said theconcert attracted 2000 people and the FACwas only able to achieve the high standardsrequired for the concert with Fremantle Ports’generous support.Vanessa’s charity projectionAfter seeing a call for volunteers to runMovies at Burswood from December to April,Fremantle Ports employee Vanessa Carncontacted the charity involved and has beenvolunteering once a fortnight. Vanessa is helpingWheelchairs for Kids, where volunteers buildwheelchairs and send them to impoverisheddisabled children in developing countries. Shesaid it is a win-win experience: “Thanks toall the volunteers, the bulk of the profits godirectly to children’s charities. Being on myfeet for four hours means I get some exercise- more fun than pounding away on a treadmill- and I also get to see (most) of a moviefor free.”Education reportPrincipals Noelene Mason, of Malibu School, in Safety Bay, and KeithNewby (centre), of The King’s College, in Wellard, with Richard Collett,Manager Human Resources, Fremantle PortsPrincipals ForumPrincipals and Vocational Education and Trainingcoordinators from 16 secondary schools inthe Cockburn, Kwinana and Rockingham areasattended a networking forum at Fremantle Ports’administration building on 21 March to learnmore about the port and career opportunities fortheir students. The forum hosted by FremantlePorts was one of a series of Kwinana IndustriesCouncil Education Partnership networkingevents. The forums provide opportunities forschool and industry representatives to meet andshare information about industry and the schoolenvironment.South Fremantle SHS scholarshipsFremantle Ports scholarships for students entering South Fremantle Senior High School’s MaritimeStudies program in Year 8 this year were presented at a morning tea at the port for students andtheir families on 22 March. Pictured are scholarship winners Chloe Paterson, Kadin Anketell-Walker (centre) and Nathan Pinfold with Ainslie de Vos (left), from Fremantle Ports and PrincipalGeri Hardy. Other scholarship winners were Jonah Ostermeyer, Christian Fraser-Abraham,Thomas Harders, Luke Skybinsky, Daniel Kent and Alec Hansen.page 4