A White Night

On the 24th of November DUAL invited its key supporting brokers to our Premiere White Ribbon Cocktail Function. All of our staff and brokers had a great night along with Katherine Newton from White Ribbon and guest speaker Chris Taylor from The Chasers. DUAL has raised over $4000 from both our fundraising page (http://www.everydayhero.com.au/DUALWhiteRibbon) and raffle held on the night. We congradulate the below brokers on their win in our raffle:

Brian Wynne - Australian Reliance - Bottle of Moet
Brad Miller - Bizcover - Flying Trapeze Lessons for 2
Andrew Quartermaine - Gallaghers - Lunch cruise on a tallship on Sydney Harbour for 2
Jacques Jacobs - Philips Fox - A weekend away for up to 6 people in the Blue Mountains at Hartley House
Cameron Bott - GWS - A weekend away for 2 in the Hunter Valley

Crossing the Ice - Nothing like a bit of Torture!

Last year DUAL had the opportunity to meet James Castrission and Justin Jones (Cas & Jonesy)at our Annual Strategy Conference. After being inspired and amazed by their previous adventure DUAL signed as a sponsor for their most upcoming challenge to be the first people to cross the South Pole and back unassisted.

Cas and Jonesy are best known as the two mad young guys who were the first people to paddle across the Tasman in a kayak unsupported back in 2007/08 and have since decided to make adventure their life.

Check them out at www.casandjonesy.com.au or http://twitter.com/#!/casandjonesy.

As part of DUAL's involvement Damien decided to head to the blue mountains with 5 CEO's of supporting DUAL Brokers to take part in a massive physical challenge lead by Cas & Jonesy. On the 4th of August the group completed the famous Six Foot Trek from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves where they commenced hiking at 6:30am and over the next 11 hours completed the 45km hike climbing over 2,000 metres.

DUAL introduced a fundraising element to this challenge. Katherine Newton one of DUAL's founding employees and outstanding contributors to DUAL's success has decided after 7 years to leave DUAL to pursue a career in the 'not for profit' world. Katherine has recently started as a counsellor for Lifeline a charity which supports thousands of Australians through their own mental and physical challenges. Donations are being made at: www.everydayhero.com.au/six_foot_challenge.

This is a Team Game ... Join the DUAL Club!

When you join a DUAL club you can look forward to some of the following benefits:

Higher Brokerage
Charitable donations
Priority Claims Service
Annual business magazie subscription
Invitation to exclusive training/education events
Involvement in the 'Crossing the Ice' project DUAL is partnering

And many more, to find out how to become a DUAL Club member contact your local DUAL Underwriter.

Charity

Over the past year DUAL has been focused on fund-raising for the charities that are close to many of our employees hearts. Check out the charities and events we've been involved with:

Pink Breakfast - Breast Cancer
Little Feet Foundation
65K 4 65 Roses Walkathon - Cystic Fibrosis
Easter Egg Hunt - ACT for Kids
Royal Childrens Hospital
Still Born Foundation
The Deb Bailey Foundation Inc for Motor Neurone Disease Appeal
Donating phones - Humane Society International
Six Foot Challenge - Lifeline
Stress Down Day
Run Melbourne - Canteen
Jeans for Genes Day
City 2 Surf - World Wildlife Foundation

Upcoming events:

Bridge 2 Brisbane - Cancer Council
Variety Santa Fun Run