Community Support - Aspen Medical

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Aspen Medical Community Support

Aspen Medical is proud to supprt local charities in many of the communities we operate in around Australia and around the world.

Since our establishment Aspen Medical has worked closely with the Special Olympics ACT Region.

Special Olympics (SO) is an international organisation providing year-round sports training and competition to people with an intellectual disability. The program provides athletes with an opportunity to develop physical fitness, participate in the sharing of skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the wider community.

Special Olympics ACT Region (SOACTR) is a branch of Special Olympics Australia. With over 200 members and 10 different sports on offer, the program enables people of all ages to learn, enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports. Aspen Medical Managing Director, Glenn Keys is a board member of SOACTR.

Christmas Charity Donations 2009

This past holiday season the Aspen Medical Team was happy to support a number of charities in the areas of our operations. In lieu of our Christmas cards and gifts a donation of $2,000 each was made to the following charities to assist them in continuing their valuable work:

	The Clontarf Foundation aims to help improve the health, employment, education and life skills of Australia’s teenaged male Indigenous population. The Foundation believes that failure to experience achievement when young, coupled with a position of under privilege can lead to alienation, anger and thence to more serious consequences. As a prelude to tackling these and other issues, participants are provided with an opportunity to succeed and raise their self esteem using Australian Rules Football. The Clontarf Foundation currently has 22 Academies within Western Australia & the Northern Territory. To maintain their position in the Football Academy participants need to show commitment towards training and the education program. Aspen Medical’s donation will assist with funding for the NT Academies.
	Legacy Australia is a voluntary organisation of veterans, servicemen and women and other volunteers who are dedicated to the care of the dependants of Australian Defence Force members, after the death of a spouse or parent during service, and to Australian and Allied families after operational service. Legacy currently care for 115,000 widows and 1900 children and dependants throughout Australia. Aspen Medical’s donation will enable Legacy to provide personal support and caring welfare service to the dependants of Australia’s deceased veterans in the Canberra Region.
	Life, Love and Health (LL&H) is a volunteer based, Australian Registered charity committed to community development in Timor-Leste. LL&H grassroots projects assist the Timorese people to address their fundamental needs and aspirations as they move forward through difficult challenges to their independent future. The funds donated by Aspen Medical will assist the Fuan Nabilan” East Timor School for Blind Children in the town of Same.
Solomon Islands National Referral Hospital	The National Referral Hospital is the only major public hospital in the Solomon Islands. The hospital provides a full range of healthcare services from in-patient, emergency, maternity and surgical facilities. The funds donated by Aspen Medical will assist the hospital's Childrens Ward.
	Special Olympics ACT Region (SOACTR) is a branch of Special Olympics Australia. With over 200 members and 10 different sports on offer, the program enables people of all ages to learn, enjoy and benefit from participation in individual and team sports. The program provides athletes with an opportunity to develop physical fitness, participate in the sharing of skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the wider community.The funds donated by Aspen Medical will be used to support 50 Special Olympic ACT athletes participating in the Special Olympics Australia 2010 National Games to be held in Adelaide in April 2010.