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March 2014 Newsletter
Dear [subscriber-firstname],
Welcome to the first edition of the Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Limited e-newsletter.
This is a new initiative for our shareholders, customers, sponsored organisations and other interested parties so we can keep you up to date about the acitvities of our three Community Bank® branches at Cooroy, Marcoola and Tewantin.
We plan to send these newsletters every two months and to also cut down on the printing and distribution of our hard copy newsletter as part of our committment to environmental sustainability.
In conjunction with the new newsletter we have also launched a new website - www.sccfsl.com.au which we urge you to visit from time to time as it will be updated regularly.
We also have experienced fantastic growth on the Facebook pages we have for each branch and urge everyone to like one or all of the Facebook pages as another way to keep in touch and up to date on our activities. See the links at the bottom of this email to be taken directly to each Facebook page.
We'd hope you enjoy reading about all the fantastic things we are doing in your community and would love to hear your feedback. |
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Sixth straight dividend for Community Bank share holders
For investors in three of the coast’s Community Bank® branches, it's an ongoing celebration of a home-grown Sunshine Coast success story. Nearly 800 share holders, who have supported the Cooroy, Marcoola and Tewantin Community Bank® branches since their inception have now received their sixth dividend in as many years. Rick Cooper, Chairman of Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Limited (SCCFSL), who own and operate the Cooroy, Marcoola and Tewantin Community Bank® branches, said shareholders have now each received a share of the $138,895 total dividend, based on 8.15 cents per $1.00 share of 1,704,238 fully franked shares when the dividend was issued in December.
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Noosa Longweekend Festival banks on Bendigo as new sponsor
In news that will delight festival organisers and locals alike, the new major sponsor for the 2014 Noosa Long Weekend Festival has been revealed as Bendigo Bank and their Community Bank® branches in Tewantin, Cooroy and Marcoola. After the withdrawal of the festival’s previous major sponsor, Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Ltd (SCCFSL) stepped in with a rescue package to ensure the 2014 Noosa Long Weekend Festival (NLWF) could go ahead.
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Carlee ecstatic with university scholarship
Former Noosa District State High School student, Carlee Darben is headed to Queensland University of Technology in a few weeks thanks to winning the Cooroy Community Bank® branch scholarship program. The Cooroy Community Bank® Scholarship will support Carlee with study related costs for the next two years at $5,000 per year, and she says she can’t wait to get started.
“The chance to work hard and study what I love is a pretty amazing thing. It’s all ahead of of me and I’m looking forward to seeing where my degree will take me,” said Carlee.
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Noosaville inspiring students to be their best
It’s always great to know your kids are off to a good start. Well that’s certainly the case at Noosaville State School, where Principal Mary McMahon unveiled the school’s leaders for 2014 this week. “We’re going to be really well led this year. Our 2014 leaders are: Caley Dwyer, Sam Murphy (School Captains) Abby Sturgess, Chloe Blain, Ewan McDonald, Annika Taylor Tessa West and Hayley Williams (Vice Captains)," Mary said.
As for the positive messaging from the school, the school sign is sponsored by Tewantin Community Bank® branch of Bendigo Bank, and it’s just one of the many ways in which the branch supports the school. “We’re happy to support the annual Reader’s Cup and inter school debating competitions, the Chess Club, music programs and of course the sign at the school, as well as sponsorship of the Life Ed van that visits Noosaville and surrounding schools,” said Branch Manager Wayne Hoens.
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Marcoola Community Bank sponsors Australia Day Bash
From small beginnings, Marcoola Rocks has grown to become one of the highlights on the Sunshine Coast events calendar. Just to make sure the Australia Day celebrations keep getting better, Marcoola Community Bank® Branch has come to the party with a $6,000 sponsorship, over and above the bank’s current sponsorship arrangements with the Marcoola Surf Lifesaving Club.
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Junior directors announced for 2014
As far as opportunities in furthering a career in business is concerned, it really doesn’t get any better than this. Three Noosa District State High School Year 12 students, Penny Fisher, Daniel Epps and Stewart Hafey all share a keen interest in business and this month the trio were appointed as Junior Observers for 2014 on the board of Sunshine Coast Community Financial Services Limited (SCCFSL) which manages the Community Bank® branches of Bendigo Bank in Cooroy, Marcoola and Tewantin.
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Regional Support for Sunshine Coast Theatre Alliance
We love the arts! The 3rd annual Sunshine Coast Theatre Alliance (SCTA) Season Launch Soiree was last month, hosted by SCTA president, Sam Coward. The gala evening was held at the Noosa Arts Theatre and our regional manager, Robert Chittick announced Bendigo Bank's support as major sponsors of the SCTA 2014. This is in addition to our Tewantin Community Bank® Branch's sponsorship of the Noosa Arts Theatre and National One-Act Playwriting Competition and our Marcoola Community Bank® Branch's sponsorship of the Coolum Theatre Players!
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Spotlight on Judy Blackall
This month, we are putting the spotlight on Marcoola Branch Manager, Judy Blackall.
Judy has been with us since 2004 and is hugely popular with everyone she deals with.
Judy received a very prestigous award at Coolum's Australia Day Awards this year where she was awarded the Citizen of the Year award by Clive Palmer MP. This award is for a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the community over serveral years, etither professionally, voluntarily or both.
Judy is a great ambassador for community banking and is very active in the community both in her professional and personal endeavours.
Something you may not know about Judy is that she worked in a bank overseas and travelled in a VW combi in the 1970's!
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Photo Gallery
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