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Thank You Project Australia

Published on: July 2020

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-111478

Thank You Project Australia

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore) (17:59):

:24 I acknowledge local Mosman family the Scammells, who launched Thank You Project Australia. Their idea was for every student in Australia to draw a poster, write a thankyou letter or make a gift for our amazing frontline workers to show how grateful we are for their hard work. The initiative was thought up in April over a family dinner, when Gracie, Harry and George decided to write some thankyou letters to our doctors, nurses, teachers and other frontline workers. They hoped that other kids across Australia might join them.

It has been wonderful to see such an outpouring of appreciation for our essential workers during this difficult time. The Scammell family have even caught the attention of Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Prime Minister Scott Morrison. To date, Thank You Project Australia has written over 45,000 thankyou letters, which is an incredible achievement. I thank George, Harry, Gracie, their dad, Dave, and their mum, Amanda—who is also president of the Mosman Public School Parents and Citizens' Association—for their fantastic initiative to give back to the community during the COVID pandemic.