It was a special day on Wednesday July 29 for the Jobmatch Employment team, who saw two projects come together which celebrate their community values.
The Gympie Rotary Community Exercise Park, after several delays due to flooding, launched on a beautiful winter morning on the corner of Rose and Hyne Streets, beside the River to Rail Trail.
Led by Karen Gresham and Gympie Rotary, the project brought together over $90,000 in sponsorship from across community to create a fantastic facility that enables all ages and all abilities to increase their fitness and improve their mental health.
Jobmatch Employment donated $20,000 to the project in 2022 to mark its 30 years of service to the Gympie and South Burnett communities.
“It’s a real pleasure to partner with Rotary on this project,” said CEO Lesa Bel
“They continue to drive such great community projects in our region.
“It’s one the reasons which makes Gympie so great!”
Earlier this year, Jobmatch started to investigate ways to recycle IT equipment or find some way to give it to away, rather than be scrapped.
Introducing the GIVIT program, a charity that connects generosity with genuine need.
Danielle Draper from GIVIT was able to bring all parties together, with Jobmatch donating ten hard drives.
PC Place upgraded the drives, so that Anglicare Gympie could give the new drives to families in need in our community.
GIVIT also work with the Queenslanders with Disability Network – Digital Inclusion program.
Emma Buhse who was a recipient of a laptop from the Digital Inclusion program said, “it literally changed my life.”
Emma’s now the creator of the Facebook page Up & Down Around Gympie Town – A Power Wheelchair Adventure. You can follow her great adventures and find out more about the challenges people with disability face every day.
The power of community is alive in Gympie and that’s something everyone can be proud of!
