Toowoomba lends a hand
LOADS OF LOVE CAMPAIGN | St Stephen’s Uniting Church Hall, 12pm, Wednesday
Kirsten McGovern
I MOVED to Toowoomba in 1990 and am currently the fundraising and marketing manager for Lifeline Darling Downs.
I studied a business degree and I’ve had various marketing roles in Toowoomba.
I believe in helping people and Lifeline is the perfect organisation to do that.
What I like about Toowoomba is that it’s becoming a big city with a country heart, and the community-mindedness of its people.
Matt Gregg
I’VE been here in Toowoomba for 16 years and I’ve been working as the manager of Metro Care.
One of the things I love about Toowoomba - I love the community.
In Toowoomba, if you need a hand, there’s always someone to help, and this truly is a really generous community.
And that’s evidenced by what we’re doing here with Loads of Love.
Loads of Love is all about collecting non-perishable food for those doing it tough around Christmas time.
Hundreds and hundreds of families will receive support. It’s incredible.
Tony Crighton
I GREW up on a dairy farm just north of Oakey so I’ve always been in this region.
I went to university here in Toowoomba and got my job at Heritage Bank after university and have been there ever since for the past 25 years.
I enjoyed life on the farm but dad said go out, get a trade, get a ticket, get something behind you. If you want to come back to the land that’s fine.
What do I like about Toowoomba? I just love that Toowoomba’s still got that country feel, community feel. It’s a beautiful city to look at and live in.
Danny Clifford
I’M A director of Clifford Gouldson lawyers.
I have three children aged 9, 11 and 13.
I came from Brisbane originally, about 13 years ago, for both a job and for family.
Moving here was one of those things. We were only intending to come up for two years and we’re still here.
What I like about Toowoomba? There’s a few things.
One is the environment, but also the community programs like (Loads of Love).
I think it is genuinely a community that provides as much support to each other as we possibly can.
Toowoomba has grown up significantly in the past few years and I think that’s primarily driven by investment in the airport, QIC building, those types of things.