Waste Management Officer Mark Sewell always goes above and beyond not only in his work but also to help out with anything he is asked. Mark's great generosity and desire to do good and help out where possible was truly evident on Monday morning.
Mark arrived at work at 7am to an email from a concerned grandmother whose young granddaughter had mistakenly thrown her dental plate in one of our public town rubbish bins over the weekend. In typical Mark fashion he sprung to action phoning the contractor to stop the bin pick-up, he then drove down to the public bin, hand emptied it and retrieved the dental plate. What a guy!
Anne Walsh of Hillbrook Vineyard near Northcliffe was in Manjimup with her granddaughter to view the light show in the new Brockman Street food and beverage precinct when the dental plate was accidently thrown out with the fish and chips wrapping.
"After having a previous positive dealing with Mark, I still had his email address, with a cross mum and upset daughter and knowing Mark was a nice guy I sent him an email asking if I could be permitted to go through the bin. I was delighted to receive a phone call from him saying he had found it, and it was really lovely to receive another call saying a colleague would drop it off" she said.
"I was certainly very aware of the high cost and inconvenience of getting a replacement retainer if we didn't find this one, so I was pretty keen to find it. It did not take long to come across a little cardboard food box which rattled, and - sure enough - the orthodontic plate was inside it. I was pleased for the girl whose retainer it was, and for her mum. My story only serves to illustrate that, in the end, we are all champions when we stick to our task and make our very best contribution to the community through our opportunities at work" Mark commented.
I am not surprised by this, Mark is the kind of person we are honoured and proud to have on our staff, nothing is too much trouble for him, he is the epitome of our values" commented Shire President Paul Omodei.
The Brockman Street food and beverage precinct will be illuminated with a variety of lighting displays between 5pm and 8pm for the next three months in a message of hope through COVID-19.
