Leader: Huntly CFA strike leader Alan Roberts being thanked for his efforts by Echuca Bupa general manager Lailani Rose Gulinao-Dorupa and Bupa Aged Care general manager for projects Noelene Kingi.
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“This community is home and we’re here to stay.”
Echuca Bupa Aged Care general manager Lailani Rose Gulinao-Dorupa has thanked volunteers and emergency service personnel for protecting the home during the recent flooding crisis.
Ms Gulinao-Dorupa said many staff members could not make it in to work or were cut off from the home during the flooding, and so volunteers from the community were called in to help.
Ms Gulinao-Dorupa also thanked members of the CFA, SES and the Victorian Department of Health for their assistance, saying she would often call for specific advice tailored to their circumstances.
Echuca SES unit controller Judy Cantwell accepted a cheque for $5000 from Bupa on behalf of the Victorian SES.
“We’re just so pleased that everyone got through it,” Ms Cantwell said.
“We were not expecting (the cheque) at all, but it will be put to good use.”
Huntly CFA strike team leader Alan Roberts spoke about his team’s journey to Echuca, and how while they were driving, the situation had become of “lights and sirens” severity.
“It’s just good to be able to help people,” Mr Roberts said.
“We’re all volunteers, it was a positive community effort.”
Travellers: Bupa Echuca general manager Lailani Rose Gulinao-Dorupa and volunteers John Stringer and Sharyn Beer. The volunteers travelled from Queensland to assist with the floods after receiving a call from their daughter, who works at the home.
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Grateful: Resident Maureen Horan thanking the emergency services personnel on behalf of the residents of the home.
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Helping hands: Bupa resident Maggie Stewart (right) being thanked for volunteering with the home during the flood crisis.
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Gratitude: Echuca SES unit controller Judy Cantwell is presented with a $5000 cheque by Bupa regional manager Russell Sciberras and Bupa Echuca general manager Lailani Rose Gulinao-Dorupa.
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Ceremony: Uncle Rick Ronnan welcoming the visitors to Country.
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Show of gratitude: Bupa Echuca held a ‘thank you’ event on Tuesday afternoon for emergency services personnel.
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Family: Bupa Echuca general manager Lailani Rose Gulinao-Dorupa and Terry O’Burtill. Mr O’Burtill said his family felt confident his mother was safe at Bupa during the floods due to the support the home was receiving.
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Local support: Bupa regional manager Russell Sciberras and Federal Member for Nicholls Sam Birrell. Mr Birrell commended the emergency services personnel for their efforts and celebrated the community support that the home provided for local and Rochester aged care residents during the floods.
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