Veteran Hall, Veteran via Gympie Qld | Community organisation

Veteran Hall, Veteran via Gympie Qld

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25.01.2022 You will be aware that we would normally be busily preparing for our Australia's Biggest Morning Tea, always held on the second Friday in June. Of course this year we wont be fundraising ín person and these changes across the board have impacted the ability of the Cancer Council to raise funds for continued research into cancer treatments. We are happy to attach a link to the Veteran Hall's fundraising page on the Cancer Council site and encourage anyone who would have othe...rwise attended our morning tea this week to make a donation (these are not Veteran Hall funds and go directly to the Cancer Council, the amount simply collates under the Veteran Hall target amount). The Cancer Council nominates particular pre-set amounts on the page, but ANY amount at all is accepted and appreciated; some guests intend to contribute the amount that they normally spend at the morning tea. The Veteran Hall committee will also be donating the sum that we normally allocate for the purchase of food and prizes. We thank you for your past support and in advance for your generosity. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions, via messenger or email [email protected] https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au//BernadetteWrightsMor

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15.01.2022 Hall usage has resumed under the Stage 3 conditions issued by GRC. Please contact us anytime for hiring information. Thank you.

13.01.2022 As part of today's #ThrowbackThursday, we ask - did you know any Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (QATB) Bearer Collectors? Today, ambulance services are ...free to Queensland residents, but this was not always the case and ambulance services were expensive to provide. In the early days, there was only a small charge but a heavy reliance on community ambulance donations and reliance on a government subsidy based on how much a QATB centre collected. In some places like Rockhampton, ambulance services were free to all persons for many years. To regulate their income, QATB centre-committees had their ambulance staff canvas local business and residents for donations until a QATB committee person in Gympie came up with a structured and more reliable approach to funding their local ambulance service. Gympie QATB's Ted Gambling’s biggest contribution to what is now known as Queensland Ambulance Service was undoubtedly his proposal to the Gympie Ambulance Transport Brigade board, on 20th August 1958, to start an ambulance subscription scheme for the people of Gympie and District. The scheme would cover members for the cost of ambulance transport anywhere within a 150 mile radius. Ted suggested the rate of 2 per year or, as he referred to it, ‘a bob a week’ (a shilling a week). Initially he targeted the employees at Nestles, Gympie’s biggest employer at that time, but the scheme quickly became accepted by the general public. At that time, ambulance services across Queensland were run by local community committees under the broad umbrella of the QATB. They had no reliable financial backing other than what they themselves could raise locally. In Gympie, as in other parts of the state, ambulance officers, board members and their families struggled to raise funds. Weekly stalls in the main street were a fundamental means to this end but many citizens also made large financial donations, without which the centre would not have survived. In adopting Ted Gambling’s Community Ambulance Subscription proposal, Gympie QATB now had a financial basis on which they could rely and many changes became possible. The QATB watched with interest as to what was happening in Gympie. As the success of the scheme became more evident, they borrowed a Gympie ambulance vehicle to take around Queensland to show other stations the essentials of a modern, well-equipped ambulance. Later they were to start what became known as the Queensland Ambulance Subscription Scheme which was based on the original scheme implemented in Gympie. Ted began his association with the Gympie ambulance service as a teenager in 1926 as an honorary ambulance bearer. He later went onto the board and was Chairman from 1947 to 1960. In 1960 he resigned as Chairman and became the inaugural Chair of the Finance Committee for the centre, a position he held until his death in 1975 after a very brief retirement. Soon the larger QATB Committees could afford to hire Bearer Collectors, uniformed people who could both attend sporting duties and other cases and be dedicated mostly to collecting subscriptions. As many people opted to pay their ambulance subscription as a fortnightly payroll deduction, QATB centre cash flow was stabilising. The Bearer Collectors made fortnightly visits to firms to collect the payroll deduction cheque. They also visited residences and nursing homes to collect subscriptions due and to sign up new ambulance subscribers. Steve, a current QAS West Moreton paramedic, tells us that his father was rescued from an injury by a QATB collector. Steve’s dad was a farmer who later worked at a local hospital and he tells us that back then, the attached QATB Boonah receipt was issued by a QATB collector. They used to visit properties to collect Ambulance Subscription fees. Years ago on the farm Steve’s father had his hand caught in machinery. He was on the property alone and of course no mobile phones back then, so he was stuck and in a bit of pain. A short time later a QATB collector arrived to collect the annual QATB subscription and Steve’s dad yelled out for help. The collector was able to assist his father and send for help. Steve’s dad was eventually freed and taken to hospital where he recovered. Our first Queensland ambulance collector was a female uniformed officer employed by the City Ambulance Transport Brigade (CATB) in Brisbane in 1895, the name of whom we are still searching the records. The second uniformed Bearer Collector was also a female in Brisbane QATB employed in 1910. Her name was Mary Gourlay. Both ladies would have been expected to attend cases and sporting duties as required, as well as their daily task of canvassing the community for donations in support of the Brisbane ambulance. There was no structured ambulance subscription scheme in their day. The Queensland Ambulance Subscription Scheme prevailed into the early 2000s when the funding model for Queensland ambulance underwent substantial change and subscriptions for ambulance services in our state are no longer a requirement.

12.01.2022 Happy International Firefighters Day! We want to celebrate today by thanking not only our firefighters for their extraordinary efforts, but also the people wh...o stand next to them. Their families, their colleagues, their international and national counterparts today is also your day. So, thank you - we couldn't do it without you.

11.01.2022 A very different Anzac Day for us all this year, but Australians can come together in spirit, if not in person. We will remember them. #anzacday2020 #lestweforget

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04.01.2022 Please donate to the Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, and help the Veteran Hall Committee reach this year’s goal! Thank you. https://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au//BernadetteWrightsMor

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