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Following an acknowledgement to country, President Maureen Thornett along with Sophie, warmly welcomed our guests and representatives of the Child Protection Units. Our Guest Speaker was Dani Frisch, Social Worker from the Child Protection Unit at Sydney Childrens Hospital Randwick.

Hello to all members and supporters of the Cornucopia Committee. As Patron, I am writing to update you on a wonderfully busy first half of the year and to thank you for your continuing efforts to raise funds to support child safety and protection.

The Committee was kindly invited by Elise Jennings, General Manager of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation to attend the Official Launch of the Heart for Her Campaign.

Following acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the lands, Robyn drew our attention to how far we have to go in closing the gap in achieving long term, better health and welfare outcomes of Aboriginal people, particularly in the area of child protection.

This year Cornucopia celebrates its 60th year 1963-2023, and once again our annual Race Day was held in the Champagne Room at Royal Randwick.

The Cornucopia Committee was invited to attend the Child Protection Award held on 5 April at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

We were welcomed by Bernadette Walsh and Melanie Russo to meet with the CPU’S great team of dedicated professionals. Our group of six were …

Guest Speaker at Manjits , Rachel Wolfe – Manager Northern Sydney Child Protection Service RNSH, known as PARVAN, Prevention and Response to Violence Abuse & Neglect Unit. Rachel updated us on the important and new initiatives carried out by their dedicated professionals…

Our signature lunch was hosted again by Verun at Manjits who, with his wonderful staff, always ensure a successful event. The room looked even more colourful than in previous years, which set the scene for a wonderful day.

We congratulate Her Excellency on receiving a Doctorate from Macquarie University on 15 March.

Bernadette has worked in the Child Protection space in Australia for over 20 years.Before she came to Australia in 1999, Bernadette worked as a case worker for the Irish Child Protection System…