This Tuesday, 4th October, Cooinda held its Annual General Meeting in the Cooinda Independent Living Hub. Read our Annual Report here.
The occasion was marked with highlights of the year presented by outgoing Board Chair Doug Smith, the appointment of new Board leadership positions, a clip highlighting resident, volunteer and staff activities (watch the clip here) , Stage 2 of Building Master Plan and presentations to staff and volunteers for years of service and academic achievements.
Cooinda Board 2022 – 2023
Board members appointed to leadership positions for the coming year are :
Board Chair (President) – Richard Rubira
Board Vice-Chair (President) – Lis O’Halloran
Chair Finance Committee – Norma Hodgson
Last night both Doug Smith, outgoing Board Chair and Kelvin Hodge, outgoing Chair Finance Committee stepped down from their leadership roles to become general board members.
We said farewell to Colin McDonald after 20 years of serving on the Cooinda Board, with 10 of those years as Board Chair – and also to Board Member, Logan Armstrong, thanking him for his service.
Cooinda remains in safe hands with our experienced Board members and we look forward to welcoming new members in the future.
Warm regards
Alex McKenna, Chief Executive Officer
6 October 2022
What an AGM to remember at Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre yesterday afternoon!
Thank you to everyone who attended, it was a great event.
All Cooinda board members are back, well guided by Chair Doug Smith, who this year also celebrated 10 years on the Cooinda Board – what a milestone and to all our staff mentioned last night celebrating 10, 15 and 20 years with Cooinda.
A big thank you to Lois at BPACC ever helpful and friendly, our sound and lighting guru Sam Keast and his flank man Ben for a very professional presentation – great job and a shout out to our very own cooks in the kitchen, Pauline and Sheri, for turning out 50 snack boxes which had a wonderful variety of treats, snapped up and enjoyed by all.
Here’s looking forward to another great year…
Former Board Members were acknowledged at an afternoon tea held in the Independent Retirement Living social rooms, the Hub on Thursday 22 June.
At the ceremony, Cooinda Chair, Doug Smith acknowledged the depth of experiences, skills, commitment and time dedicated to the role of a Cooinda Board Member.
Former Board Members present at the ceremony (L-R) Rob Roach, Di Martin, Ralph Stone, David Tallis, Chair Doug Smith, Robyn Kelly, Kirstin Bolger, Marcus Bolger and John Barry.
Happy Australia Day! We gathered to celebrate our country, its diversity and Cooinda’s generous, kind and compassionate people.
Congratulations to our Cooinda Australia Day Award recipients :
Resident – Allan “Spike” Jones
Volunteer – Lois Stafford
Individual Staff – Val Hill
Team Staff – Health & Wellbeing Team and Care Staff Team
Over 100 community members joined us to celebrate the opening of our new Ledger Wing on Saturday 26 October 2019. Watch the opening here
The state-of-the-art wing has large rooms, with some adjoining, private ensuite and several activity rooms and withdrawal lounges, well suited to modern high care needs.
Cooinda won Best Theme Entry in this year’s Benalla Street Parade. Residents, volunteers and staff all had a lot of fun with the tropicana, Rio and Copacabana theme. Watch the video here
Cooinda’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 24th September was a great success. Three new board members were welcomed, and the commitment of Ralph Stone was acknowledged. The AGM also included a preview of Cooinda’s 50 year book The story of Cooinda, 50 years of Community Care, Benalla P-12 guest speakers, an introduction to Cooinda’s dementia pod and the release of the 2018-19 Annual Report which you can view here
The Ledger Wing is now well underway and is due for completion in September 2019. The new $6M high and dementia care wing has been funded by Cooinda. To help us continue to upgrade our buildings, we are asking for your support. Please consider donating to our Ledger Wing Building Appeal. You can do this online at Donate, via one of our donation envelopes or make a call to Cooinda on 5761 3300.
Congratulations to our all our Australia Day Award Recipients ……. Resident, Betty Bowen – Cooinda Cleaning Team – Volunteer, Maureen Bruzzese – Staff Members, Michelle Goodley and Leanne Grace-Tauva (not pictured) . Recognition of your commitment an dedication to Cooinda is well deserved – we sincerely thank you. This year’s awards were held inside in the cool, a change of format from previous years due to mother nature.