The Armidale Dumaresq State Emergency Service would like to thank our amazing volunteers for the massive amount of work done throughout this year both locally and out of area assistance for other communities. Teams have responded to calls of help from Wee Waa for major flooding on two separate occasions, sent multiple teams to far North Queensland when it was ravaged by Tropical Cyclone Yasi, to the Blue Mountains after major storms as well as providing assistance to other units within our Namoi region. It is a great honour to serve as part of a group with high community values who are constantly ready, willing and able to drop everything at a call and use the skills they have been trained in to respond to those in need. Well done team!
We had an end of year Christmas and trivia night on December 7 to honour our members who give their time without hesitation. It was a great night of socialising and team bonding which is often played down but in reality is a very important part of working in a team centred organisation. A great night was had by all with everyone going home with prizes, a boosted morale and the knowledge that they are appreciated by their community.
The members of the Armidale Dumaresq SES would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the following businesses and members of our community for their support and generosity in giving towards this night, your giving was a highlight of the evening for us all…..
1.   Network Communications
2.   Independent Ink Tattoo Studio
3.   Armidale Sport & Recreation
Centre
4   Coffee Club
5.   Sports Power
6.   Armidale Trophy Shop
7.   Anytime Fitness
8.   Elly’s Coffee Shop
9.   Liquor Land
10.   Goldfish Bowl
11.   Shanti Collection
12.   Kmart
13.   Barbeques Galore
14.   Retro Vision
15.   Armidale Outdoors
16.   Struddy’s Sport Store
17.   Meating Place
18.   Ella Bache
19.   Face to Face
20.   Dominos Pizza
21.   Armidale Pet Shop
22.   Big W
23.   Donut King
24.   Image 2 Dye 4
25.   GC’s Cafe
26.   Bistro on Cinders
27.   Infinity for Skin
28.   Hanna’s
29.   Courthouse Cafe
30.   Aces Embroidery
31.   Dymocks Bookshop
32.   Caffiends in the Mall
33.   Hodgson Chemist
34.   Robin’s Kitchen
35.   Armidale Nail & Beauty
36.   Home Art
37.   Jacksons Quality Meats
38.   Caffiends on Marsh
39.   Eagle Boys
40.   Belgrave Cinema
41.   Subway
42.   Dan Murphy’s
43.   Neville’s Ice creamery
44.   Lindsay House
45.   Country Comfort
46.   Bob & Marcia McInnes
47.   Junes Gems and Jewels
48.   Quadrant Australia
49.   Cafe Midale
50.   Lily & Lotus
51.   Sticky Fingers
52.   Baba’s Kebabs
53.   TJM
54.   Peterson’s Winery
55.   Christine Cranfield Massage
56.   Bunnings
57.   Bostobrick Landscapes
58.   Ducats
59.   Massage & Minds
60.   Home Hardware
61.   Red Grapevine
62.   Bing Lee
63.   Scarlet Amber
64.   Altitude Coffee
65.   Hubbard Hire
66.   Shenanigans Cafe
67.   Jean Pierre’s Restaurant
68.   New England Garden World
69.   Armidale Massage Centre
70.   Wholesale Fruit Market
71.   Cedar Nursery and Design
72.   Hubbard Party Hire
73.   The Armidale Independent
74.   Noah’s Ark Picture Framing
75.   Armidale Dumaresq Shire
Council
76.   Super Cheap Auto
77.   Moxon’s Bakery
78.   National Australia Bank
79.   Rosemerin Florist
80.   Imperial Hotel