{"id":8621,"date":"2021-06-08T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T04:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2021-06-08T14:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T04:31:59","slug":"a-very-special-volunteer-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/a-very-special-volunteer-celebration","title":{"rendered":"A very special volunteer celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1487 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/coh-volunteers-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 200\/300;\" \/>Community and Oral Health celebrated a very important National Volunteer Week with our cherished volunteers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Community Connections Officer Leanne Delaney said it was a very special occasion for the directorate as we haven\u2019t been able to come together for a while due to COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also the perfect opportunity to thank all of those volunteers who had decided to hang up their volunteering boots over the last few years,\u201d Leanne said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn total, we acknowledged and thanked former volunteers who had built up a combined total of 200 years of volunteering, support and compassion to our Community and Oral residents, patients and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our volunteers are part of six million\u00a0volunteers across Australia who deliver 600 million\u00a0hours of volunteering\u00a0each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur volunteers have always willingly and selflessly obliged without any hesitation or thought,\u201d Leanne said.\u00a0\u201c For that, on behalf of Community and Oral Health, I would like to say a sincere and heart-felt thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community and Oral Health volunteers have support audited and way finding activities, events such as NAIDOC Day, ANZAC Day and expos, and be involved in accreditation processes.<\/p>\n<p>They have driven bus outings for residents, led social activities, assisted with consumer surveys and cared for client gardens. And, finally they have a been a listening ear and constant companion for many of our residents and patients.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our volunteers (6+ years of service) who have retired in the previous years:<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1486 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2021\/06\/coh-volunteers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maureen Abberton<\/li>\n<li>Bob Boyd<\/li>\n<li>Paul Cross<\/li>\n<li>Doug Cumming<\/li>\n<li>Bernadette Gaffney<\/li>\n<li>Di Holland<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Peacock<\/li>\n<li>Dawn Porter<\/li>\n<li>Jean Rodgers<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Rodgers<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Stephens<\/li>\n<li>Lyn Trail<\/li>\n<li>Patrice Vines<\/li>\n<li>Bev Wacker<\/li>\n<li>Clarry Wacker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community and Oral Health celebrated a very important National Volunteer Week with our cherished volunteers. Community Connections Officer Leanne Delaney said it was a very special occasion for the directorate as we haven\u2019t been able to come together for a while due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coh-express"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A very special volunteer celebration - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A very special volunteer celebration - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community and Oral Health celebrated a very important National Volunteer Week with our cherished volunteers. 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