IGA Nanango staff were getting into the yellow theme … Selina Knoll, Hayley Hunter, Bianca Ramsay, Mark Ashby, Kylie Griffiths, Lachlan Gillanders, at front, Jenny Hoad, Reanna Fenton and Louise Ferguson
September 9, 2016
It’s something we should be asking every day, but on one day every a year the question becomes more insistent … RU OK?
RU OK? Day was marked in Kingaroy and Nanango on Thursday with free breakfasts, free coffees and lots of yellow balloons and wristbands.
In Kingaroy, support workers from various agencies and Queensland Health chatted with members of the public as they enjoyed brekkie prepared by Kingaroy Lions.
In Nanango, people gathered at Supa IGA Nanango to enjoy a sausage sizzle, cooked with skill by volunteers from the Nanango SES.
Supa IGA donated the sausages, bread, onions and sauce; $219.45 was also raised from donations that will be forwarded to RU OK?
As well, cafes in both towns served up free coffees in the distinctive RU OK? yellow coffee cups.
The aim of RU OK? Day is to “start a conversation”, and maybe – just maybe – save the life of someone.
That’s why there is an emphasis on coffee … sharing a cuppa together is a great way to have a friendly chat.
Deputy Opposition Leader and Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington with Sergeant Brent Gerber, Constable Ian Threadingham, Constable Nathan Bond and Senior Sergeant Duane FrankNick Krauksts, from South Burnett CTC, and Tracie Armstrong, from Partners In RecoveryTully, 6; Dane 10; and Ellenor Andersson, 9, collected free wristbands at the Kingaroy eventBreakfast announcer Chris “Corky” Corcoran interviewing South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell … CROW-FM broadcast live from the Kingaroy Town Hall Forecourt for RU OK? DayBriana Ferrando, Central Queensland University; Joanne Eussen, Community Mental Health; Alison Holmes, CQU; and Mairi McMillan, Community Mental Health Jim Young and Cameron Plum, from Stanwell, with Cr Roz Frohloff and Cr Danita PotterPrue Bauer and Kirsten Firman, from South Burnett CTC
Megan and Shannon Scott with Ada, 21 months, and Thurston, 5 months, at the Kingaroy brekkie
John Stewart, Colleen Wilson and baby Charlotte at the free breakfast in Nanango
Chrisleigh Hewitt and David Hughes at IGA Nanango
Sue Sologinkin at BP Nanango
Nikki Haskell at Cooks Bakery, Nanango
Neil Rose, Nola McNamara and Jo Rose at the free community breakfast in Nanango
