Graduate donates prize to homeless

17 AUGUST 2010

A social worker and Charles Sturt University (CSU) graduate Ms Michelle Knight from Wagga Wagga will fulfil a commitment made earlier this year to donate her academic prize to a local charity. During her graduation with a Bachelor of Social Work last April, Ms Michelle Knight was awarded the Lila Kirilik Memorial Social Justice Award by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga. At 2.30pm on Wednesday 18 August, Ms Knight will donate her $500 prize to The Edel Quinn Shelter, a homeless support service for men in Wagga Wagga. The shelter will receive a further $500 from CSU as Ms Knight’s nominated social justice organisation. She was awarded the annual social justice award for her project, SHINE - Squalor and Hoarding Integrated Networking Enterprise, a directory of services in Wagga Wagga useful during cases of squalor or hoarding. The project was compiled while Ms Knight was doing her social work practicum in 2008 at aged care facility The Forrest Centre in Wagga Wagga.  

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