This year on International Women’s Day, LNP Noosa is celebrating trailblazers who have achieved huge amounts in their careers, across politics, business, creative industries and sport.
LNP Noosa Branch president Leigh McCready said the branch was excited to be bringing such a diverse group of inspiring women together in the same place, at Gusto overlooking Noosa River.
“This year, we are supporting charity Share the Dignity, founded by Queenslander Rochelle Courtenay in 2015 and which has now grown to be a national charity with over 6000 volunteers. Her message to all women is a powerful one,” Leigh said.
Rochelle said when women support women, it feels like nothing can hold them back.
“We may be weak, but we are also strong. We are vulnerable, but we are also invincible. We know fear, but in its face, we can be brave. We too often remain silent, but when we find our voice we can change the world,” Rochelle said.
Leigh said on 8 March, they invite local men and women to join them to celebrate all the local inspiring women.
Tickets are $100 for a two course meal with drink on arrival, with $30 from each ticket going to Share the Dignity, plus there will be raffles on the day.
“We would like to invite attendees to bring something to contribute to the Share the Dignity sanitary product drive which will be collected on arrival,” she said.
International Women’s Day panellists are:
– Sallyanne Atkinson – the former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the first and only female to have held this position. She is a UQ Senator, board director of numerous companies, the president of the Council of Women’s College at the University of Queensland and holds honorary doctorates from three universities.
– Roz White – founder and owner of five White’s IGA supermarkets and vhair of the Sunshine Coast 2032 Olympics Board. She was also a highly successful president of the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network for several years.
– Sara Leonardi McGrath – founded fashion brand It’s a Fad in 2019 and creates one of a kind creations of “wearable art” for her customers. She also owned a commercial Art Gallery in Sydney prior to making the move to the Sunshine Coast.
– Sharlene Kelly – an incredibly successful high-performance coach working with athletes including Lana Rogers, Ironwoman. She has been recruited by the Queensland Academy of Sport and has broken the glass ceiling in the male-dominated culture of surf lifesaving.
LINK TO BOOK: trybooking.com/CFZOQ
