Mary-ann
Campaign Update #5 ~ 17 June 2013
Only 9 days to go! As Wednesday the 26th of June is fast approaching, it’s time for you and your family and friends to show support for the Campaign Heroes travelling to Canberra by posting messages to them. Our 32 Campaign Heroes have all paid for themselves to travel and stay in Canberra, and they are arriving from across Australia: 3 from the ACT; 19 from NSW; 3 from Qld; 6 from Vic; and 1 from across the continent from WA! …
Continue reading →Campaign Update #4 ~ 10 June 2013
15 days to go – come and join us in Canberra for the “We’re Still Here!” campaign! So far, 30 Campaign Heroes are joining us on Wednesday the 26th of June in Canberra to prove that “We’re Still Here!” and continue to need services and support to help us manage the late effects of polio. …
Continue reading →Campaign Update #3 ~ 4 June 2013
21 days to go . . . are you going to join us in Canberra for the “We’re Still Here!” campaign? We now have 25 Campaign Heroes joining with Polio Australia in Canberra on Wednesday 26th June. Now, more than ever, we encourage you to contact your local Federal Member of Parliament and tell them a delegation from Polio Australia will be at Parliament House on Wednesday 26th June. Let them know they are welcome to join us at an informative Morning Tea and Forum. …
Continue reading →Campaign Update #2 ~ 31 May 2013
This afternoon, we sent out 60 personalised invitations to our Morning Tea and Forum to Polio Australia’s ‘Parliamentary Patrons’ and ‘Parliamentary Friends of Polio Survivors’, including the local Members of those Campaigners who have already advised their attendance. We are requesting campaigners to let their MPs know that someone from their electorate will be attending on the day. …
Continue reading →Campaign Update #1 ~ 28 May 2013
Twenty-eight days to go and we are still keen for you to join us in Canberra as part of our “We’re Still Here!” campaign. Since this year is an election year, it is the perfect time to make our voices heard. …
Continue reading →“We’re Still Here!” Campaign 2013
Please add your polio story to this site, read or comment on someone else’s story, and share our stories on Facebook and Twitter. We don’t even require 6 degrees of separation – we all have a link to polio survivors somewhere in our extended family tree. If we are not a polio survivor ourselves, we are the sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, friends and colleagues, doctors and patients, teachers and customers, of someone who has had polio and who now needs our support. …
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