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Local Sporting Champions Grants - 17 January 2012
Tony with Rebecca Dardengo, Madeleine Wright and Holly White
I am pleased to announce that 14 individual grants of $500 each have been awarded to sporting champions within the federal electorate of Casey.
The Local Sporting Champions Program is run by the Australian Sports Commission. It is designed to provide financial assistance for young people aged 12-18 towards the cost of travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment when competing, coaching or officiating at an official national sporting organisation (NSO) endorsed state or national sporting championships or School Sport Australia national championships.
Applications are lodged through the Australian Sports Commission. After the closing of each round each federal MP is advised of applications within their electorate and an independent local judging panel assesses and selects successful grant recipients.
Sports represented were Volleyball, Swimming, Football, Soccer, Ice Hockey, Cricket and Netball.
It is important that we recognise our local sporting champions and it was fantastic to meet some of the girls who are competing at state and national level in such a diverse range of sports. Congratulations to one and all.
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Mooroolbark East Primary School Relay for Life - 18 November 2011
Last Friday morning, on a very hot and windy Melbourne day, I had the pleasure of attending Mooroolbark East Primary School to help officiate at a very important event: the school's Relay For Life for the Cancer Council.
The school team competed in the Relay For Life over the weekend, but the entire school, over 460 students, participated in its own relay on the school oval throughout the day, raising more than $2000.
Congratulations to the staff, the students and the parents at Mooroolbark East Primary School for their support of such an important cause.
As all of us know, everyone is touched, one way or another, by cancer. We all know a cancer survivor or someone who has passed away because of cancer. So to see this great community effort was very uplifting and inspiring.
