Events: Archives 2009
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Melbourne Legacy has a wide range of events throughout the year. A number of those events aim to raise funds for Legacy's work and to raise awareness of our services. Past events included:-
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Christmas Luncheon hosted by Homestead Financial Group
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Christmas Day Luncheon at the RACV Club
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Myra's Ode to Fallen
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Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award
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Legacy thanks the Defence Lake Attack Committee
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Legacy Week 2009
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Launch of the Broadband for Seniors Initiative
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Legacy Sunday - Start of Legacy Week
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Defence Lake Attack
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Launch of Legacy Week 2009
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Legacy Tertiary Education Scholarships
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Back to Caulfield
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Legacy Week - "Keep the Promise Campaign"
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Legacy's Annual ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony for Students
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Christmas Luncheon hosted by Homestead Financial Group
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| Homestead Financial Group Christmas Luncheon for the Widows of the Western Suburbs
| On Friday, 18 December 2009, the Homestead Financial Group generously hosted a Christmas luncheon for the
Legacy Widows of the Western Suburbs. This wonderful day was made all the more memorable by the directors
and staff who prepared the delicious meal, waited on tables, provided the entertainment - the “Three Tremors”, and arranged for Santa and his Elf to visit. One of the highlights was the “Three Tremors” who performed ‘Singing in the
Rain’ complete with water pistols!
Melbourne Legacy and the Widows who attended thank Verne Fettke and all the staff of the Homestead Financial
Group for hosting this special event.
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Christmas Day Luncheon at the RACV Club
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| Each year Melbourne Legacy assists some of the Widows who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day, our Hidden Treasures, to attend the RACV Club Bistro for Christmas Lunch. This Christmas, Barbara Ireland, Widows' Coordinator, had the pleasure of visiting our Hidden Treasures while they dined. The ladies were enjoying each other’s company while savouring the food and not having to do the dishes.
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| As the ‘Herald Sun journalist, Alan Howe wrote, ‘English poet Laurence Binyon might as well have been speaking
about Myra Healey when he composed his famous poem ‘For the Fallen’ from which the RSL takes its Ode.
‘Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn’ Binyon wrote. The years have hardly condemned Myra who, at
93 has been the President of the Upper Yarra Legacy Widows’ Club since 2000. The Widows’ Club meet each
month at the Upper Yarra branch of the RSL which has recently undergone major renovations.
The ‘Herald Sun’ article on 21 September 2009 became the catalyst for a special project that has been close to
Myra’s heart. She wanted to present the ‘new’ RSL building with an illuminated wooden cross that comes on at
9pm as the club falls silent and the Ode is read. After reading the newspaper article, Travis Reading from Matters
of Identity made the cross for Legacy and John Challis sculptured the Badge of Legacy (pictured below the cross).
Both artists generously donated their magnificent works to Legacy.
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| Myra’s husband, Barney, who saw service in Bougainville and Darwin during WW11 died 13 years ago. Myra has remained very active in her local community. Legacy President of Yarra Valley, Legatee Barry Jacquier (pictured with Myra) aptly described Myra as ‘having amazing stamina, enthusiasm, leadership and organising skills
extraordinaire’.
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| Fundraising is not new to Myra. She recalls raising 19 shillings as a child of ten when her mother requested her assistance in selling ‘Shrine’ buttons to the public. In recent times Myra served on a Committee which raised $600,000 for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Canberra.
The unveiling of the new ‘Stand To’ Cross donated by Upper Yarra Legacy Widows’ Club was truly a grand affair, with true ‘pomp and ceremony’ which included a piper to start the procession, followed by soldiers in uniform, representatives of the Salvation Army, WW11 nurse in uniform with a WW11 veteran in a wheelchair. A bugler completed the ceremony which was held on 28 November 2009 in the presence of around 100 guests.
| Well done Myra on organising a very emotional and entertaining event on behalf of Legacy.
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Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award
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| Hearing the Voice of the Youth of Australia
| The Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award competition which is aimed at enhancing oral communication skills of students aged 12 to 14 years continues to grow and in 2009 over 380 Victorian schools took part in semi
finals across Victoria. The Victorian State Final was held at the ABC Iwaki Auditorium on 23 October 2009.
| The winner was Gretel Hayden from Ballarat and Clarendon College and the runner up was Nivashan Julien Nithianandan from Melbourne High School, South Yarra. Gretel and Nivashan will represent Victoria in the
National Final which will be held in Brisbane on November 9th.
Gretel was up against some tough competition from the eleven finalists who competed in the State Award.
She toasted the competition with her prepared speech. “Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes”.
“I am so excited about winning the competition” said Gretel. “I feel honoured as the other contestants spoke
so well. It was totally unexpected that I ended up with the Cup and I am proud to be representing Victoria in the
National Final.
The Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award is a speech advancement programme for junior secondary students
in State and Independent schools and colleges. It also seeks to help young people appreciate the ideals of Legacy; voluntary service, caring and comradeship and the need for remembrance. With the resurgence of the ANZAC
spirit, especially among the young of Australia, it is a most appropriate combination.
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| Entrants are required to give a five minute prepared speech on a subject of their own choosing followed by a
two minute impromptu speech
The Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award has been operating since 1988 and became a National event in 1995.
This year over 1600 students were involved in school events leading to entry in the twenty-seven regional finals
across Victoria for this Award.
Melbourne Legacy extends best wishes to Gretel and Nivashan for the National Final of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award to be held in Brisbane on 9th November.
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Legacy thanks the Defence Lake Attack Committee
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Congratulatios are due to the 2009 Defence Lake Attack Committee for raising an outstanding amount of $212,000. Melbourne Legacy is most grateful to be nominated as one of the four charities to share the proceeds of the
‘Defence Lake Attack’ Fun Run and the Defence charity dinner. We acknowledge all the hard work involved in
staging these events. Legacy’s share was $53,000 which will help us continue our welfare work of caring for the
families of deceased veterans.
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| Pictured right: Colonel Andy Maclean, Director Defence Lake Attack and Major General Grant Cavenagh, AM presenting a cheque to Legacy for our share of the proceeds of the 2009 Defence Lake Attack. Melbourne Legacy President elect, Legatee Chris Spence and Chief of the Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, AC, AFC proudly holding the cheque for $53,000.
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| Melbourne Legacy sincerely thanks everyone who supported the 2009 Legacy Badge Appeal including the many volunteer collectors who helped sell badges, the media who helped promote the Appeal and of course the thousands of people who generously purchased a Legacy badge.
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| We again received wonderful support from the RSL and other Ex-Service Organisations. This year we had a record number of volunteers from the Australian Defence Force selling badges at train stations, busy areas in the CBD and at sporting events. That was a major factor in the overall success of the Appeal. Legacy extends a special thank you to all the Army, Navy and RAAF personnel for their great contribution.
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| Special thanks are due to the Commonwealth Bank for again providing funding support for production of the 2009 Legacy Week promotional material. In 2009 CBA has extended its support with Legacy badges on sale in a
number of CBA branches. Our collection also received a boost with a number of CBA staff directly involved in selling badges to the public. We are most grateful to the bank and to CBA staff who assisted.
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Launch of the Broadband for Seniors Initiative
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| NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN
| The Hon. Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs officially
unveiled one of the first broadband kiosk to go live in Australia at Legacy House, Melbourne on Thursday,
3 September 2009. The kiosk is part of the $15m Federal Government Broadband for Seniors initiative to increase internet access for the country’s senior citizen population.
NEC Australia heads a consortium of organisations that are deploying the broadband kiosks and delivering training. They are: U3A online, ASCCCA and Adult Learning Australia.
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| Research shows that 70% of over 64’s haven’t been online and the reason is a lack of confidence and access.
This new initiative aims to overcome these barriers and provide training and access to help senior citizens
benefit from the opportunities online. Melbourne Legacy is thankful to the Federal Government and NEC for
providing the Internet Kiosk at Legacy House Melbourne. It will enable us to provide yet another service to our
widows and it is most fitting that this extra service was provided during Legacy Week
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| A special highlight of the launch, which was covered on Channel 7 and ABV2 evening news, was a demon-
stration on how to use the Internet by 86 year old Legacy widow, Pauline Priestly to 103 year old Legacy widow
May Rush. Mrs Rush was amazed to see an article about herself on the internet. Mrs Priestly googled in the name
May Rush and as Mrs Rush had recently been featured in The Leader Newspaper, as part of a Legacy Week
promotion, her photo appeared on the screen. It was an exciting moment for our 103year old widow to see herself
on a computer screen! May Rush is an avid fan of ‘The Lions’ and learnt how to google up her beloved football
team - it goes to show that you are never too old to learn!
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| | 86 year old Legacy widow Pauline Priestly (right) demonstrates features of the Internet to103 year old Legacy widow May Rush.
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|  | Minister Jenny Macklin MP guides Legacy
Widows Pauline Priestly and May Rush
through the website.
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| Launch of Internet Kiosk - Press Release (3 September 2009)
| ABC News - "Never too old to learn."
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Legacy Widows Mark the Start of Legacy Week
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| Several hundred Legacy Widows made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne on Sunday
30 August 2009 marking the start of Legacy Week.
A new initiative this year was to extend the commemoration ceremony at the Shrine to include an ecclesiastical service instead of a separate church service as we have done in previous years. There were many highly complimentary comments about the quality of this year’s service led by own Legacy Chaplain, Legatee Graeme Winterton.
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| Following the commemoration ceremony at the Shrine, Legacy Widows then proceeded to a most enjoyable luncheon at Zinc Restaurant in Federation Square.
This group of widows whose husbands served their country in war or peacekeeping operations join together each year to honour their spouses who were either killed in action or died subsequently.
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| | Legatee Graeme Winterton
conducted his first Legacy
Sunday service this year.
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| Legacy dependant Heather Lewis
holds the Legacy flag in front
of the obelisk.
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| Our Legacy Widows on the steps
of the Shrine of Remembrance
mark the start of
Legacy Week 2009.
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| Melbourne Legacy is one of four charities nominated to share the proceeds of the Defence Lake Attack ’fun run' held on 30 August 2009 around Albert Park Lake. It is hoped that the result will match the
2008 results when Legacy received $61,000 - such an amazing result is due to a lot of hard work and diligence by the Defence Lake Attack Committee. We thank all concerned.
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| Our celebrity AFL footballer and former Junior Legatee, Ron Barassi fired the starting gun to see the 2,800 participants on their way. The fine autumn weather helped to attract this large number of entrants (20% more than the number who competed last year). After the ‘fun run’ many families stayed on for a picnic lunch and to be entertained by the RAAF Band – it really was just one big happy party.
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| Thales Australia, one of Legacy ‘s valued National Sponsors is also a major sponsor of the Defence Lake Attack
and pictured is Ron Barassi and Melbourne Legacy President Graeme Standish selling a Legacy badge to Noah Ripple, whose father Martin (runner 873) is Vice President of Air Systems, Thales Australia. Over 200 Thales employees participated in the fun run. They were delighted with news that a team of three from Thales had won
the 2009 Team Challenge.
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Launch of Legacy Week 2009
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| The Launch of Legacy Week 2009 on Thursday 27 August at Parliament House Melbourne was well attended.
The Event Host was the Hon Tony Lupton MP who on behalf of the Government of Victoria officially launched Legacy Week 2009. A special feature at the launch was the viewing of the ‘Living Legacy’ Digital stories which were
produced by the Australian Centre for Moving Image. Each participant told their personal story through the medium
of digital art highlighting the significant impact Legacy has had on the three individuals featured.
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| A highlight at the launch was the announcement by Major General Peter Haddad, Chairman Victorian Veterans
Council of a 2009 Tertiary Education Scholarship to eight Junior Legatees. Funding assistance for the scholarships
was provided by the Victorian Veterans Council.
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| | Our National sponsors were represented at the Launch of Legacy Week 2009 - from left: Paul Terawskyj, Thales Australia; Legatee Charles Wright, Chairman Legacy National Marketing Committee; Huss Mustafa, Commonwealth Bank; Legatee Graeme Standish, Melbourne Legacy President; Linda McGregor, Telstra and Marc Slater, Fosters Group.
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| | Sponsors of Melbourne Legacy pictured above
include Melissa Maynes, John Allison Monkhouse;
Adele Levinge, Denis Family Homes;
Legatee Graeme Standish, Melbourne Legacy
President, Andrew Kastaros, ALH Group and
the Hon Tony Lupton MP, Cabinet Secretary,
State of Victoria.
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Legacy Widow May Rush who is pictured with incoming Melbourne Legacy President Legatee Spence and Carmel McConnell, Legacy PR Officer.
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| | Major General Peter Haddad, Chairman of Victorian Veterans Council (left) and Legatee Graeme Standish (right) are photographed with the eight recipients of the 2009 Tertiary Scholarships.
The lucky Junior Legatees include Thomas Lewin, Miro Milhaly, Gabriel Milhaly, Christopher Shepherd, Ashlea Thomas, Sarah Brain and Lesley Rose.
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Legacy Tertiary Education Scholarships
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State Government helps Legacy fund new scholarship awards
| Thanks to funding support from the Victorian Veterans Council in 2009 Melbourne Legacy is able to award
Tertiary Education Scholarships to nine students.
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| | Tom Lewin, a fourth year Podiatry student is one of the recipients of the tertiary scholarship and said that the award was a big surprise and had given him a great boost. ‘Whilst Legacy has always helped me with funds for my educational needs including books and travel, the extra funds will help me cope with everyday living costs. It should ensure that I can pay off my HECS fees faster and, heaven forbid, if my car needs mechanical attention, I may not have to get a personal loan,’ Tom said.
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| Tom’s father was killed in a plane crash whilst on hazardous service training in 1991 leaving behind a young
widow (Helen pictured with Tom) with a three-year-old son and twin daughters who were not quite five months old.
Legacy takes great pride in the achievement of young Australians like Tom Lewin.
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| Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) retains a day in the racing calendar to commemorate ‘Back to Caulfield’ and this
year it highlighted the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the Shrine of Remembrance.
A feature of the ‘Back to Caulfield’ Raceday on Saturday 15 August 2009 was the Legacy Lone Pine Ceremony.
The event has been held every year since 1995 when the tree was planted at the racecourse as part of the
celebration of ‘The Australia Remembers Year’ – the 50th Anniversary of the End of WW2.
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| | As a result of recent renovations at Caulfield racecourse it was necessary to reposition the Lone Pine tree. In completing the task great care was taken in transplanting the tree to ensure that it remains healthy and a focus for remembrance at the racecourse.
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Graeme Standish and MRC Committee member,
Peter Lawrence laying a wreath at the foot
of the Lone Pine tree.
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Legacy Week - "Keep the Promise Campaign"
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"Keep the Promise Campaign" - August 29th to September 4th 2010
| Since 1923 Legacy has kept their promise to look after the families of deceased veterans. Buy a badge during Legacy Week and together we can keep the promise. Donate at any Commonwealth Bank branch, call 1800 534 229 or visit legacy.com.au.
| Legacy Week Press Release (7 August 2009)
| Click here to Donate Now online.
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Fundraise for Legacy Week 2009
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HELP KEEP THE PROMISE DURING LEGACY WEEK.
START FUNDRAISING TODAY!
| | Legacy Week is Legacy’s most significant annual national appeal. The appeal began in 1942 and is one of the longest running and iconic campaigns in Australia. |
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| This year Legacy Week will be held 30 August to 5 September 2009 with the theme ‘KEEP THE PROMISE’.
Legacy is keeping the promise to care for over 115,000 widows and families of our deceased veterans and stands ready to protect the families of thousands of Australian Defence Force men and women on operations around the globe.
PLEASE HELP US KEEP THE PROMISE!
All you need to do is click the 'Help keep the promise' button on the right and create your own fundraising page for Legacy Week.
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Legacy's Annual ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony for Students
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| In beautiful sunny autumn weather conditions, a record crowd of close to 3,400 students attended Legacy’s Annual
ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony for Students which was held at The Shrine of Remembrance, on Thursday,
23 April 2009.
The very emotive ceremony was featured on the evening news on ABV Channel 2, GTV Channel 9, HSV Channel 7 and Channel l0.
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| | The State Minister for Education, Bronwyn Pike MP and Legatee Graeme Standish, Melbourne Legacy President addressed the students while they proudly wore their relative’s medals, displayed their school banners, laid wreaths or flowers and enjoyed the performing MacRobertson’s Girls High choir and the Melbourne High School band.
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| Photo: Phoebe Calvert, our youngest Junior Legatee with her mother Vanessa and Melbourne Legacy President Graeme Standish holding the Torch aloft whilst the students sang ‘Advance Australia Fair’.
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