Juvenile Support Officer, assisting police with children taken into custody who are without a parent or guardian.

Each year thousands of children are taken into police custody. Unfortuna ...

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David and Cheryl Smith are joint Vice-Presidents of Souths Junior Rugby Club. They facilitate and fundraise for Souths Juniors, encouraging kids to lead active lifestyles through football.

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Facilitator of the Look Good… Feel Better program wherein cancer patients are taught beauty tips.

Cancer presents many challenges to sufferers, both physically and emotionally. On ...

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Secretary of the St George Rugby League Club coordinating her local community football team.

When Majella's employer transferred her to the small rural town of St George, Queensland she ...

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Founding Director of food rescue program Ozharvest, an organisation that delivers excess food which would otherwise be thrown out, to charities that feed the disadvantaged.

Having lived in ...

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Norma Tracey is the founder of The Gunawirra Organisation, a charity that helps Indigenous families and children in the stages of early childhood.

Throughout her career as a psychotherap ...

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CEO of The Eye Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that represents medical eye specialists in Australia and New Zealand.

Most people's bad day at work might involv ...

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The PCYC Young Person of the Year who overcame his own troubles with police during his teenage years to help other young people in Sydney's inner west.

Sam Johnson first stepped into the ...

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Gerry Sheedy is a volunteer on-air reader at 2RPH, a radio station for the print-handicapped.
 
Broadcasting in Sydney since 1983, 2RPH is a life-line for the vision-impaired, along ...

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Lithgow Information and Neighbourhood Centre staff member who has raised over $80,000 for Batten Disease and coordinates the Josephite Foundation NILS Scheme in the Lithgow area.

When th ...

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Mahboba Rawi Founder and Director of charity Mahboba’s Promise.

Mahboba Rawi drew inspiration from her own traumatic experiences and cultural background to establish Mahboba’ ...

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Manual Arts and Men’s Shed Coordinator at the Mary MacKillop Outreach.

Gary's career in manual arts has taken him from one end of the age spectrum to the other. Starting out as a h ...

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Riding for the Disabled Coach who teaches equestrian skills to people of all ages and disabilities.

Jaci and her twin sister Leisha first learnt to ride when they were four years old. Ja ...

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Sydney Male Choir member who helped organise a performance tour to drought-stricken towns in country NSW which raised $20 000 in two weeks.

Tom, who has been singing since his ‘sop ...

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A devoted staff member and volunteer at depressioNet who has personally assisted over 500 people living with depression.

Alex says she was a little surprised to discover that she had gig ...

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Explosives Ordnance Disposal expert who has developed a program to assist in the safe removal of unexploded bombs in Laos.

During the Vietnam War, over 2 million tonnes of bombs were dro ...

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Wires volunteer who has been caring for injured native animals for over 18 years.

Norma’s first encounter with WIRES was when someone dumped a cockerel in her garden. “I call ...

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Coloratura soprano turned tireless charity worker.

Her successful career has spanned stage, television, nightclubs, concerts and recordings for almost 50 years. Quite an innings – ...

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Choral Conductor who started a groundbreaking musical movement called The Choir of Hard Knocks.

Jonathon Welch first came up with the idea of a street choir after reading a Reader’ ...

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He believed in the power of music to enhance lives .... and above all else he was passionate about introducing kids to the magic of jazz. And he did it all tirelessly and selflessly for decades, up ...

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