[PDFlist] A life dedicated to helping people with a disability and promoting the bonds of community

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Vinaka Solo
Truly inspiring!

On Jun 12, 2018 8:56 AM, "Soloveni Vitoso" <infor at pacificdisability.org>
wrote:

>
> JUNE 11 2018 - 1:00PM
> A life dedicated to helping people with a disability and promoting the
> bonds of community
>
>    - Jim Gainsford
>    Local News <https://www.theleader.com.au/news/local-news/>
>
> ( www.theleaders.com.au)
> ​
> [image: Michael Price, chief executive officer of the Intellectual
> Disability Foundation of St George has been awarded an OAM for his service
> to people with a disability, and to the community.]
>  Michael Price, chief executive officer of the Intellectual Disability
> Foundation of St George has been awarded an OAM for his service to people
> with a disability, and to the community.
>
> Arncliffe’s Michael Price has been awarded the Medal of the Order of
> Australia (OAM) for service to people with a disability and to the
> community.
>
> Mr Price has been the chief executive officer of  the Intellectual
> Disability Foundation of St George since 1993.
>
> Originally the Arncliffe Occupational Centre and then St George Special
> Industries Association, the Intellectual Disability Foundation supports
> employment for 160 people with disabilities at its centre at Kogarah and
> the Bayside Garden Centre, formerly Rockdale Community Nursery, which
> provides community participation and skills development for about 55 people
> with disabilities.
>
> For his efforts he was named Rockdale Council’s Citizen of the Year in
> 2013.
>
> Mr Price served in the Australian army for 26 years, retiring in 1993 with
> the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
>
> He has used the skills he organisational learned in army life to several
> community causes.
>
> Mr Price was also instrumental in getting the Bexley Community Bank Branch
> of the Bendigo Bank started and is now its company secretary and treasurer.
>
> “When the Commonwealth Bank moved out we felt the need to start a
> community bank,” he said.
>
> “I was on the initial board. It took three years to establish. It’s been
> hard yards but it has been worth it.
>
> “The aims of the community bank is to give back to the community. So the
> Intellectual Disability Foundation  got involved with the aim of supporting
> a community bank.
>
> “The charter of the community is to return 80 per cent of profits back to
> the community.
>
> “Over the years, the bank has supported Nurses of Wheels. SES, Salvos,
> local sporting groups and many more.
>
> “We have to act all together as a community. No one else cares about us.
> The St George area needs to continue its great tradition of supporting each
> other.
>
> “Australia has a great tradition of cooperatives and mutuals that we made
> a developing country.
>
> “We forgot about that for a while but I feel we should reinvigorate the
> idea and see what we can do.
>
> “We could do more to bring back the spirit of cooperation and
> collaborative action and see what we could do in the future.”
> Soloveni Vitoso
> Public Relations & Communications Officer
>
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