MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY QUEENSLAND

I BECAME INTERESTED IN M.S WHEN MY LATE BROTHER DAVID WAS DIAGNOSED
I JOINED THE COMMITTEE,NEXT YEAR ELECTED STATE PRESIDENT.EVENTUALLY I WAS APPOINTED FIRST EVER FULL TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
DURING THIS DEVELOPING PERIOD I WAS A MEMBER OF MANY DISABILITY COMMITTEES IN BRISBANE
MY 6 YEARS SAW THE SOCIETY DEVELOP

AND GROW WITH A 41 BED NURSING HOME,THE LARGEST MULTI DIAGNOSTIC NUEROLOGICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE IN SOUTHERN HEMESPHERE,A HOLIDAY HOME ON GOLD COAST,CLINIC IN TOWNSVILLE,THRIFT SHOPS ,140 STAFF QLD WIDE.

DURING THE EARLY 70s APEX CLUBS AUST WIDE ADOPTED M S AS THEIR NATIONAL PROJECT.THIS ALLOWED THE SOCIETY TO BUILD A SEPARATE REHAB CENTRE ATTATCHED TO GRANSTON LODGE NURSING HOME,A HEATED INDOOR THERAPY POOL,DAY CARE CENTRE

QUEEN ELIZABETH AWARDED ME A MEDAL FOR MY COMMUNTY SERVICES WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE MID 70s.

I WAS ELECTED THE FIRST HON SECT OF THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF AYSTRALIA,A NATIONAL BODY OF ALL STATE M S SOCIETIES

PHOTOS.
OPENING OF NEW REHAB CENTRE BY HON MINISTER SENATOR MARGARET GUILFOIL
THEN STATE PRESIDENT MICK DOLLY,SENATOR GUILFOIL AND ME
MONEY RAISING AT STATE APEX CONFERENCE QLD , I STILL HAD BLACK HAIR IN THOSE DAYS
HOSTING A NATIONAL M.S CONFERENCE AT GRANSTON LODGE BRISBANE,...IN A KAFTAN !!!