TESTIMONIALS

Thanks RSL for TOP money

Blacktown City Sun - January 2003 (Letter to the Editor)

I CONGRATULATE the Blacktown RSL for its $20,000 towards the continuance of the traffic offenders program (TOP).

Quite some time ago, I attended the program (as a spectator, not offender) to see how the program was run and how effective it actually was.

Offenders ranged from speeders to drink drivers. I was extremely impressed with the professional delivery of the program and, as the meetings progressed from week to week, it was fantastic to see that attitudes were changing.

I believe that the program works without doubt. The initiative of the paramedic who started the program and his commitment to the program is deserving of special mention.

I cannot recall his name but I conclude in saying that if he has not been awarded a citation for community service or higher than he certainly should be in the very near future.

If there were a way to donate some money to the cause, I certainly would and I would hope that other citizens would to keep this very important program continuing indefinitely.

To those who run the program, "Well done!" - a great number of lives have been saved by your efforts and many more will be saved in the future.

KEVIN FRENCH

TOP IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY BLACKTOWN RSL CLUB

The Traffic Offenders Program Advisory Board was established on
2nd September 1998 by the Rotary Club of Blacktown City Inc.