Vollie News Thursday 24 th November 2016 Page 1 What a night! I would like to congratulate all the nominees and award recipients of the annual Volunteer Awards ceremony that was held on Saturday night at Darwin Hilton. The Annual Church Service was well attended on Sunday and this year was the first year for quite a long time that the Cadet colours were paraded. I flew down to Melbourne straight after the church service to a Not-For-Profit conference. I have come back with a few ideas from this conference. Melbourne was cold and wet for the last two days. I was told that it was very hot in Melbourne, but I wore a jumper. Please remember that we need your hours updated in DMS. If your hours are wrong please let your Superintendent know or the Volunteer Office. One last note, I would like to congratulate our Territory Officer Youth Support Hailee Skinner and Youth Superintendent Daniel Watkin-Blaser on their recent engagement. Please congratulate them when you next see them. Mark Ferguson OStJ Director Volunteer First Aid Services A High Tea Thank You Our final event for Ophthalmic month was the High Tea at Palmerston Division last Saturday, 12 th November, hosted by Angie Butler and members Marion McLauchlan, Sandra Buckley, Brendan Bayliss, and myself. A great selection of food, several varieties of tea, as well as juice and coffee was provided by members. The idea was to give a donation for the afternoon tea, and your generosity to our Ophthalmic branch of the Order raised $285.20. We had some items that we had intended to use as raffle prizes but you had already been so generous that we issued free raffle tickets to everyone who came instead! Our visitors were from both the volunteer and service areas of St. John and made it a truly ‘One St. John’ afternoon, and that was great to see. Thank you all so much for taking the time to support what is a very important part of our St. John service world-wide. You can be sure that someone, somewhere, will be grateful that you cared enough to provide the means that will help them deal with eye problems that prevent them from enjoying life as we know it. Lesley King, DStJ TO Fellowship/Ophthalmic On other pages this week: Volunteer Awards 2016 Palmerston Cadets Christmas Shopping The NT’s First Volunteer Awards 2017 Calendar Found items Charity Golf Day 2017 Historic Competitions Tiny Tots Training Calendar This week in history “Let’s be Frank” Coming events Christmas Party Links Weekly Newsletter of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc. Volunteer First Aid Services Volunteer Office Contacts and to subscribe to Vollie News: [email protected]Phone: 08 8922 6234 08 8922 6205 Please send contributions to Vollie News before 4.00 pm Thursday https://www.facebook.com/grou ps/1705221339751281/ [email protected]Frank Dunstan, editor 0456 695 766 Thursday 24 November 2016
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Vollie News Thursday 24th November 2016
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What a night! I would like to congratulate all the nominees and award recipients of
the annual Volunteer Awards ceremony that was held on Saturday night at Darwin
Hilton.
The Annual Church Service was well attended on Sunday and this year was the first
year for quite a long time that the Cadet colours were paraded.
I flew down to Melbourne straight after the church service to a Not-For-Profit
conference. I have come back with a few ideas from this conference. Melbourne
was cold and wet for the last two days. I was told that it was very hot in Melbourne,
but I wore a jumper.
Please remember that we need your hours updated in DMS. If your hours are wrong
please let your Superintendent know or the Volunteer Office.
One last note, I would like to congratulate our Territory Officer Youth Support Hailee
Skinner and Youth Superintendent Daniel Watkin-Blaser on their recent
engagement. Please congratulate them when you next see them.
Mark Ferguson OStJ
Director Volunteer First Aid Services
A High Tea Thank You Our final event for Ophthalmic month was the High Tea at Palmerston Division last
Saturday, 12th November, hosted by Angie Butler and members Marion McLauchlan,
Sandra Buckley, Brendan Bayliss, and myself. A great selection of food, several
varieties of tea, as well as juice and coffee was provided by members. The idea was
to give a donation for the afternoon tea, and your generosity to our Ophthalmic
branch of the Order raised $285.20. We had some items that we had intended to
use as raffle prizes but you had already been so generous that we issued free raffle
tickets to everyone who came instead!
Our visitors were from both the volunteer and service areas of St. John and made
it a truly ‘One St. John’ afternoon, and that was great to see. Thank you all so much
for taking the time to support what is a very important part of our St. John service
world-wide. You can be sure that someone, somewhere, will be grateful that you
cared enough to provide the means that will help them deal with eye problems that
prevent them from enjoying life as we know it.
Lesley King, DStJ
TO Fellowship/Ophthalmic
On other pages this week:
Volunteer Awards 2016
Palmerston Cadets
Christmas Shopping
The NT’s First Volunteer
Awards
2017 Calendar
Found items
Charity Golf Day 2017
Historic Competitions
Tiny Tots
Training Calendar
This week in history
“Let’s be Frank”
Coming events
Christmas Party
Links
Weekly Newsletter of St John Ambulance Australia (NT) Inc. Volunteer First Aid Services
It’s over for another year – The Annual Awards night went off without too many hitches. I
would like to apologise to the Palmerston Cadet Division for missing Superintendent Geraldine Turner’s name off the list on the program. I do not know how that happened and I am very sorry
Public Event paperwork – In 2017 I will be chasing up public duty paperwork as this year
there was far too many duties with no records kept. So beware, I will be chasing you.
Save the date – All Superintendents and Approved Trainers – we will be holding our
annual get together on the weekend of Feb 11th and 12th 2017. This is where we discuss any changes (there are always lots) and talk about ways to improve what we do. There will be some major changes in the way that training is delivered which will give us a lot to talk about.
PTS shifts in 2017 – The Volunteer PTS shifts will continue in 2017 as long as we have enough
people to Supervise. The Supervisors must be either Paramedics or PTS trained. The day is also changing to Friday nights from 6pm to midnight. So if you are a First Responder or above and would like to gain some more experience, get your name and dates in to Mandy. Shifts are filled fast so do not wait. First shift for 2017 will be Friday 6th January and every Friday after that. I am always on the lookout for Supervisors for these shifts, if you or someone you know would be willing and are suitably qualified, please let me know. Check your records: Now is the time to make sure that all your appropriate hours and duties
are entered into DMS. At the end of this month the ‘button’ will be pressed and all hours added up. Are you efficient for this year? Have you completed your skills for this year and done at least 60 hours of service? Superintendents and Divisional Trainers should now be thinking about planning their training schedule for 2017. Please ask if any assistance is needed.
Please note that if you have any problems relating to a Public Event, contact Comms (8922 1503) in the first instance. For any others queries after hours that cannot wait until the office is open, relating to Volunteering, please contact the Volunteer Duty phone 0437 426 469. Please respect the need for office staff to have family time.
If you require any further information on any training issue please contact me: