NADO Annual Report 2020 - 2021

NADO Annual Report 2020-21 21
and emails and help them navigate
their services.
May saw us attend the Annual Great
Western Sydney Careers Market
held at Nepean Valley Regional
Sports Centre attracting over
2000 Year 10 and 12 High School
students and over 100 exhibitors
over a 2-day period in a COVID safe
environment. This event offers
students the chance to explore and
speak with a variety of educational
professionals and employers about
further education and/or careers
options available to them. Julia and
her team were thrilled to have met
some young inspiring students who
expressed genuine interest in what
we do and how they could also help
people living with disability achieve
their goals.
Reozone continues to be our
sponsor for our Employee Quarterly
Awards, as well as our Employee
of the Year Award. Reozone have
sponsored these Award for the
last few years now and we truly
appreciate the support of Aaron
Hadfield and his team.
The Annual FishFest was held in
February and again this year, NADO
was the proud recipient of the
money raised through their ongoing
charity initiative through their
registration. FishFest is an annual
event run by Penrith Panthers
Fishing Club (PPFC). We thank the
PPFC Committee for their ongoing
support and value our continued
partnership over the past years.
We held our much-anticipated
Friends of NADO Charity Golf Day
in April and had an overwhelming
sponsorships take-up, as well as
additional teams which resulted
in over 120 players. Thank you to
everyone who attended and helping
to make it such a successful day
and raising much needed funds
toward our new Sensory Activity
Centre due to open late 2021.
I would like to thank our Supporting
Partner Jason Roberts and his
team, in particular Zach Roberts
and Tom Parker at Elite Sand & Soil
for their ongoing support towards
this event. Each year this event
keeps getting bigger, and this is
largely due to Jason's support and
introductions to organisations and
individuals we would normally not
have the opportunity to meet. I’m
so proud of this event and that it is
fast becoming an annual event for
many to attend each year.
On top of our Sponsors on the day,
we also welcomed several local
businesses who kindly donated
towards our raffle which enabled
us to raise even more money on the
day.
A special thank you to Vanessa
Santucci (Customer Engagement
Coordinator), your support on
the day is greatly appreciated.
Thank you also to the staff and
participants; Michelle Felstead,
Cameron Cook and Nicole Wort, as
well as Victor Santos and Romeo
Chua who also helped raise funds
on the day and had fun interacting
with our supporters.
For more information about the
day, our sponsors and donors –
go to pages 40-43.
Our Friends of NADO and NADO
VIP Business Partners continue to
remain steady, and we understand
the past 18 months have not been
easy for a lot of businesses, but
we are grateful for their continued
support (go to pages 44-45 for
Friends of NADO and pages 46-47
for NADO VIP Business Partners).
I would like to thank staff who
volunteered their time at the Virtual
Disability Expo in September last
year and the staff who helped Julia
at the Greater Western Sydney
Careers Market in May this year.
Lastly, although it has been a trying
time over the past 12 months due
to COVID, it is an honour to work
with such a dedicated Executive
Team, Leadership Team and Board.
The guidance from our CEO Denise
Heath, as well as our HR Manager
Julia Tierney through these difficult
times has been second to none, as
they keep all staff up to date with
the most relevant information as it
becomes available, while keeping
our participants and staff welfare
and safety at front of mind.