{"id":734,"date":"2020-07-24T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T01:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/?p=734"},"modified":"2020-08-10T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T06:05:05","slug":"legacy-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/legacy-ball","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Legacy Ball A Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 28, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Price has bravely told her family&#8217;s story at a gala event after her husband Allan, a Pittsworth paramedic, died last year. She said Allan worked for the Queensland Ambulance Service for 20 years but died from melanoma in August at 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Price spoke at the inaugural QAS Legacy ball, saying the fund stepped in to help her family. Legacy treasurer Glenn Preston contacted her to offer support for her children&#8217;s education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-735\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27630%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20630%20420%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27630%27%20height%3D%27420%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/qaslegacy.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/inagural-ball.jpg 630w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As a result of that I&#8217;m here to acknowledge the work that Legacy does and to put a human face to it,&#8221; she said. She said had not heard of Legacy before being offered support. &#8220;The relief was immeasurable to know that my children&#8217;s education was going to be covered,&#8221; she said. From school fees and uniforms to camps and laptops for study, she said Legacy&#8217;s help was &#8220;extremely important&#8221;. &#8220;My son starts high school next year and he&#8217;ll be required to have a purchase or a loan of a laptop and to know that I didn&#8217;t have to find the money for that was a huge relief,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Legacy will also pay for them when they are old enough to get their driver&#8217;s licence and do a defensive drivers course, which I&#8217;m sure is something my husband would have liked.&#8221; QAS communications officer and gala night organiser Tanya Linnett said Saturday night&#8217;s event brought the staff and community together. &#8220;Our primary goal is the care of our paramedics, so this just takes it that next step further,&#8221; she said. &#8220;While people are ringing 000 because they&#8217;re sick, without our paramedics being able to go and assist them sick people aren&#8217;t going to get the care they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 28, 2016 Kate Price has bravely told her family&#8217;s story at a gala event after her husband Allan, a Pittsworth paramedic, died last year. 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