where to send money? ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RecOzNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: [recoznettwo] Media: Cherbourg 'Rev-Heads' aiming for Melbourne
> Cherbourg 'Rev-Heads' aiming for Melbourne > > Cherbourg youth who have been 'revved up' by representatives of Tickford > Vehicle Engineering since 1998 are facing disappointment following a > misunderstanding over funding for an exchange visit to Melbourne. > > The youths were due to accompany the XR6 and XR8 Club of Queensland to take > part in Tickford's Open Day leaving Brisbane at 4am on Thursday. With less > than 48 hourse notice, the youth have had their dreams shattered. > > The Club was keen to take the Cherbourg youth with them and various Tickford > staff members had offered accommodation for their stay. > > Hosting a visit to Melbourne was one of the original objectives of the > partnership between Tickford and the Cherbourg community. > > Mr David Flint, Tickford's Managing Director, and Mr Geoff Polites, > President of Ford Australia, had offered their to mentor and support > Indigenous youth who wanted to pursue careers in the their industries > following the company's association with the community. > > In the intervening years, both corporations regularly repeated their offers > to assist and the youth continued to show their interest in V8 supercars and > the possibility of visiting the manufacturing plants but the funding for > travel and expenses has fallen through at the last minute. > > Their most recent visit to Cherbourg in October 2001 saw almost the entire > community participate in a series of billycart building workshops held over > a week and the final 'race day'. > > Health and community development researcher Dr Jan Hammill said the project > had made an enormous difference to community spirit and morale as well as > having a huge effect on school attendance in the lead-up to the visits. > > "To have to pull the plug at this late stage is going to be devasting to > these kids and cause a great deal of disappointment across the community as > a whole," she said. > > "If anyone out there can help us with the airfares and some pocket money for > the kids we'd be most grateful. > > "This project really has made a difference to many lives, young and old > alike." > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and > Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from > that date. > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ until 11 March, 2001 and Recoznettwo is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznettwo%40green.net.au/ from that date. This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."