The 28th Annual Lions Children of Courage Awards SA
Wow, another year of the Lions Children of Courage Awards has been and gone. These awards recognise the tremendous effort made by disabled children to better their lives and to enjoy some of the activities that able-bodied children accept as being the norm. The Awards also recognise the love and dedication of the parents as they encourage and support their children to achieve all that they do.
Each child nominated was presented with a special medallion by His Excellency, the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC Governor of South Australia, in the Ballroom at Government House.
The judges for the 2017 awards were Libby Kosmala OAM, Patricia Brougham and Neil Sachse. We sincerely thank them for performing this task again this year, it certainly is not an easy one.
This year, we received twenty-seven (27) nominations from a range of organisations, with nominators including physiotherapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and many more. Nominations came from many parts of metropolitan Adelaide and country areas of South Australia.
This year’s awards were held at Government House on Thursday September 28th.
This year’s award recipients included:
- Jamah Abdi
- Xander Baptie
- Hayley Beckett
- Taylah Bisset
- Taylah Daly
- Matthew De Marchi
- James Harris
- Abigail Haydon
- Liam Hewitt
- Duncan Hill
- Ashley Hodgson
- Phoenix Laffin
- Esther Larcombe
- Tyler Low
- Hunta Lucas
- Alex MacDonald
- Simeon Martin
- Callum Newby
- Mali Porter
- Matthew Reinertsen
- Zachary Riemann
- Jacob Seifu
- Solomon Seifu
- Enyinnaya Uduma
- Isabella Van Homelen
- Benjamin Vasiliedis
- Isabella Vincent
This year’s special award recipients were:
- Matthew De Marchi
- Abigail Haydon
- Ashley Hodgson
Once again, these awards would not be possible without the support of the organisations and special schools, and their staff that support children with disabilities.
Congratulations to all of this year’s award recipients, and their families.
This is truly an inspiring and special annual event, and we look forward to running this event again in 2018.
