Staff in the Community Awards – 2010 winnersWhen Catherine Hope, from BFS in Sydney, began volunteering with child welfare agency Barnardos in 2004, ‘Kelly’ was a nine-year-old girl growing up in a very disadvantaged environment. Kelly and her family faced a range of hardships, resulting in Kelly’s irregular attendance at school.

Catherine has worked closely with Kelly over the last seven years, acting as a tutor, mentor, friend and role model to the point where both Kelly and her wider family now trust her unstintingly. Catherine tutored her in maths and English, undertook activities such as craft, art, day trips and concerts and has tried to instill in Kelly a work ethic, an understanding of actions and consequences, and an ability to treat others how she herself would like to be treated.

Kelly is now 16 years old, and currently has a full-time role at McDonalds where she has been employed for over 12 months – a “remarkable achievement given her history” as Catherine notes.

“When I joined Barnardos’ Kids Friends program, my main goal was to show Kelly that she could choose to lead a different life to that she was born into, to show her that she can trust adults and that people can deliver on promises,” Catherine said.

Catherine’s work with Barnardos has won her the Macquarie 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award.

For well over a decade, Nancy Stermer, from CAF in Bloomfield Hills, has crystallized her passion for children’s interests into continuous work for The Children’s Center, an organization that helps some of the community’s most troubled children. As a result, Nancy has won the Macquarie 2010 Pro Bono Adviser of the Year for her commitment to the non-profit agency, which has seen her advise on its program development, strategic planning and sustainable funding committees.

She has also consulted on leadership training, competitor benchmarking and accreditation, as well as providing hands-on volunteer scheduling.

Few will be surprised to hear that CAG’s Ray Mays from New York has won the Macquarie Fundraiser of the Year Award. Ray has raised close to $300,000 (including Macquarie Group Foundation matching) for the Muscular Dystrophy Association since 2008. Ray has worked tirelessly to promote MDA’s mission, serving as Executive Co-Chair of A Taste of Down Under, MDA’s major fundraising event, for the past two years.

The funds raised have enabled MDA to continue to combat neuromuscular diseases through worldwide research, comprehensive medical and community services, and professional and public health education. MDA sponsors 220 hospital-affiliated clinics and supports nearly 400 research projects around the world. Funds from A Taste Down Under also directly benefit the New York MDA summer camp which Ray has attended.

The winning nomination for the Macquarie Team of the Year Award was the ITG Charity Committee. Comprising Kenny Flake, Jet Ibanez, Elsie Naval, June Santos and others, the team won for a variety of fundraising and hands-on volunteering activities over the year.

These included collecting old cans and spare network cables to sell, with proceeds donated to the Hospicio De San Jose, raising money for the La Mesa Dam and tree planting project and inviting children from Hospicio De San Jose to attend a fully-costumed Halloween party.

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Macquarie Volunteer of the Year Catherine Hope won for her work with Barnados.

Volunteer of the Year Fiona McDonald, CAG Singapore – Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME)Marla Wardinger, MacCap Toronto – Youth In MotionJohn Withrow, FICC New York and Gabriel Szerda, FICC New York – Reserve Aid

Pro Bono Adviser of the YearEugene Choi, CAG Sydney – Reledev AustraliaDavid Loft, BFS Gold Coast – The Watson Association/Hope4HealthMichael Randall, BFS, Melbourne – Cottage by the Sea, Life Education Australia, Camp Quality Variety, Financial Services Foundation

Fundraiser of the YearRob Carson, BFS Melbourne – The Smith FamilyRob Johnston, BFS Sydney – Sydney Children’s Hospital, Westpac Rescue Helicopters and Salvation ArmyBen Suttie, MSG Hong Kong – Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Team of the YearRide to Conquer Cancer Team, Toronto, North York and Vancouver – Princess Margaret Hospital FoundationAnthony Ford and Angus Cameron, CAG Sydney – Oxfam AustraliaTrudi Gunning, CAF and James Hooper, MacCap Dublin – Inspire Ireland

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Macquarie Staff in the Community AwardsAs our lead story highlighted, we have recently announced the category winners and highly commended staff in the Macquarie Staff in the Community Awards. Alongside the increasing growth in staff who donate to or fundraise for community organisations, it is also pleasing to see an increase in the nominations for these Awards. In 2010 the Foundation received more than double the nominations compared to 2009, with 53 nominations received in total. The diverse community contributions of Macquarie staff made the task of choosing a Volunteer, Fundraiser, Pro Bono Adviser and Team of the Year a difficult one.

More information can be found on the Award winners in this newsletter and we congratulate all staff who nominated for the Awards, many of whose work has been featured in the Foundation’s newsletter over the past year.

New Macquarie in the Community awardThe Foundation is also launching a new award recognising office-wide support for the community. The CEO’s Global Office Community Challenge enables an entire Macquarie office from anywhere in the world to nominate for this award. Judges will take the size of the office into account and measure a range of criteria including impact, sustainability, innovation and involvement of staff as well as money raised for not-for-profits by that office.

Staff will register their community activity on a Sharepoint site. Activity logged on the ‘We Are Involved’ site will be used by the judging panel to help determine the winning office and $A25,000 will be donated to a charity chosen by the winning office.

More details will be released shortly.

Young leaders in LondonAs part of the Foundation’s focus on capacity building within the not-for-profit sector, Macquarie’s Lord Gus Macdonald recently spent an evening with 60 young leaders as part of the Young Foundation’s UpRising programme, which aims to develop participants’ skills as business leaders and social campaigners. Macquarie hosted the public speaking workshop with Lord Macdonald leading part of the session alongside Tony Blair’s former speech writer, Phil Collins. The Young Foundation reported very positive feedback on the session with several participants saying it had been “one of the best sessions they’d ever attended”.

Leaders unite for volunteersSome of Canada’s most senior business leaders have come together to support volunteering. Paul Donnelly, Macquarie’s Country Head, Canada, hosted the meeting of the Volunteer Canada Corporate Council, which aims to develop volunteering and encourage employees to volunteer in their local communities. The meeting culminated with the signing of a letter to the Governor General, Patron of Volunteer Canada, supporting corporate volunteering. Ruth MacKenzie, President and CEO of Volunteer Canada, acknowledged Macquarie’s commitment to volunteering and said the meeting had provided “a valuable opportunity to share best practice between different companies”.

Macquarie supports ground-breaking MS researchThe Foundation was pleased to hear that the Macquarie Group Research Fellow, Dr Robyn Lucas from the Australian National University, recently had her ground-breaking research on multiple sclerosis published in Neurology, one of the world’s highest impact medical journals. Robyn led an eminent team of Australian clinicians and epidemiologists in the research linking Vitamin D deficiency, sunlight and MS. Executive director of MS Research Australia Jeremy Wright said that Macquarie’s support of Robyn in 2007 and 2008 was significant in allowing her to achieve this result.

Simon McKeon honoured as Australian of the YearThe Foundation would like to reiterate Nicholas’s congratulations to Simon McKeon, the recently-announced 2011 Australian of the Year and executive chairman of our Melbourne office. Simon was recognised for his significant and long-standing contribution to numerous not-for-profit organisations, including World Vision, MS Research Australia, Business for Millennium Development, the Global Poverty Project, Red Dust Role Models and the Big Issue. Simon is also on the board of UK based VisionFund and serves on the Australian Federal Government’s Human Rights Small Grants Scheme Advisory Panel.

Simon is using the Australian of the Year award as a platform to encourage others to get involved in the not-for-profit sector.

David Clarke Chairman

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Note: Unless otherwise stated, all monies raised by staff mentioned in this newsletter include Macquarie Group Foundation matching and are denominated in local currency.

Lord Macdonald and Phil Collins flanking UpRising participants in London.

Macquarie Canada’s Paul Donnelly, at right and UPS President Canada Mike Tierney alongside Volunteer Canada President Ruth MacKenzie.

Australian of the Year: Macquarie Melbourne’s Simon McKeon.

SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALASIAN DISASTER RELIEFThe Queensland floods in Australia and the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand in January and February of this year sparked disaster relief donations from Macquarie staff around the world. Staff made generous donations to aid those affected by both events, which directly affected employees in our Brisbane and Christchurch offices. The Macquarie Group Foundation will continue to match all staff fundraising and donations relating to these tragic events.

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1 Cross-country team saddles up in CambodiaA collaborative fundraising effort by Macquarie staff from the UK, US and Hong Kong saw first-hand how the proceeds were used when they cycled through Cambodia recently. MacCap’s Graeme Conway enlisted Macquarie staff participation in a bike tour of the country to raise money and awareness for International Childcare Trust, harnessing the pedal power of colleagues from across Macquarie (CEX’s Yohan Powell and Lisa Young, MacCap’s Anne-Noelle Le Gal, ITG’s Warren Valenton, MFG’s Bertrand Altmayer and CAG’s Thuy Nguyen). Seeing an ICT-funded Cambodian non-government organisation helping street children with health care, resources and education was a particular highlight. As a member of the ICT fundraising committee, Graeme described the trip as “inspiring and exhausting”, and said he was delighted with Macquarie’s and the volunteers support for the charity, which totalled almost £34,000.

2 Canucks beat Aussies in brain quizHome-grown Canadian staff demonstrated intellectual superiority over their Australian counterparts recently, as part of the Toronto office’s inaugural quiz night in support of Ride to Conquer Cancer cyclists. Some friendly Commonwealth rivalry saw Canadian representatives Grant Mackenzie, Chris Jackson and Rick Davidson square off in a round against Aussies Matt Rady, Stu McClure and Steve Halpern. Answering questions on the opposing team’s home nation, the Canadians romped home, beating the Australians by 4 to 1. The brainpower of more than 100 staff raised $5,000 on the night, with the BFS Soya Sauce team led by Jeff Peck triumphing overall.

3 Holey shark bait, Macquarie!

Taking the bait to help children with life-threatening illnesses, more than 20 Macquarie staff (under the tantalising moniker Holey Shark Bait) plunged into the Atlantic Ocean recently in below-freezing temperatures. While the water was probably too cold for man-eating fish, the ocean challenge team raised the mercury for the Make-a-Wish Foundation with close to $10,000 directed to the charity.

4 CEO’s in the makingSchool students mentored by Toronto staff have turned their hands to running a company, taking on not only the title but the responsibilities of chief executive, finance director and head of production. Led by Bryan Mask from BFS, staff have mentored students in the seven-month Junior Achievement company program. Students actively participated in business decisions by creating and running their own company with the objective of turning a profit. CAF volunteer Anna Baird said it had been fascinating working with the young people helping them understand the importance of team work and effective decision-making.

5 Pocket change feeds the hungry An internal bidding auction to lunch with BFS Group Head Peter Maher was just one way Ontario staff attracted funds for food rescue group Second Harvest in February. Staff also collected money in King Subway Station, organised pizza lunches and held an online raffle as part of Lunch Money Day, raising more than $18,500 in the process. Second Harvest delivers excess fresh food from restaurants and manufacturers to supply over 16,000 meals each day.

6 Donuts stick togetherSticking together to finish as a team was a key goal of the Macquarie Donuts foursome participating in the Adelaide 2010 Trailblazer Challenge. BFS staff David Dall, Jed Richards, Andrew Cooper and Leon Chiera completed the 100-kilometre physical challenge in 20 hours and 55 mins, overcoming exhaustion, blisters and body aches to raise funds for the Operation Flinders Foundation. The team attributed part of their success to the “enthusiastic, energetic and helpful” support from their Adelaide office colleagues throughout the 21-hour event. The Donuts raised more than $6,000 for Operation Flinders which operates wilderness adventure programs to help juvenile offenders and young people at risk.

1 Children at the M’lop Tapang project in Cambodia, funded through Macquarie’s support of International Childcare Trust.

3 New York MFG’s Ben Glover gets ready to swap glasses for swimming goggles at the Polar Bear Plunge.

4 Adam Hunt, from BFS in Toronto advises students in the Junior Achievement program.

8 CAG staff were happy with the difference they made at Mission Australia properties.

10 MFG’s knitters Ally An, Misook Ahn and Eileen Park.

From left: Andrew Cooper, David Dall, Jed Richards and Leon Chiera conquered the highs and lows of the 100km fundraiser as a team.

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Exultant winners: the Soya Sauce team triumph in Toronto charity quiz with host Joe Micallef.

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Peas give: Ontario staff collect for Second Harvest.

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7 Hip, hip hoorayFrom balloons and streamers to face painting and an enormous birthday cake, Detroit staff helped young people with February birthdays celebrate at the Children’s Center Birthday Club. The monthly birthday party club provides some cheer for clients of the family support service. Staff initiated the partnership with The Children’s Center and recently supported the Center’s Holiday Shop to assist low-income families over the festive season.

8 A Woman’s Place now has a great gardenCAG Finance staff got busy gardening, cleaning and revamping two Mission Australia residential facilities in Sydney recently. A dozen volunteers gave A Woman’s Place – a 19-bed hostel which provides accommodation and care for women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness - a thorough spring clean, resulting in a more comfortable and welcoming environment. Staff also volunteered at the WISH Program’s centre, a network of medium-term housing for women. CAG’s Tanya Duong said the team’s enthusiasm and hard work saw a substantial difference in the before and after photos taken on the day.

9 Winter woollies ward off coldAs temperatures dropped, Bloomfield Hills and Rolling Meadows staff organized coat, mitten and toy drives for local community groups. The winter warmers went to organizations including Veterans of Foreign Wars, Capuchin Soup Kitchen and the Willow Creek Community Center to help families during the holiday season. Winter warmth also spread to Chicago where staff purchased hats, gloves, scarves and other gifts for young homeless men in La Casa Norte’s Solid Ground transitional living program.

10 Hats off to knitters’ nimblenessKnitting needles have been clicking away at the Seoul office with 20 staff participating in a Save the Children campaign. Staff flexed their fingers and learnt how to make woollen hats for children in countries where they still die from hypothermia due to the lack of warm clothing. The hand-made hats are on their way to help babies and young children in Ethiopia, Mali and Nepal.

11 Mickey ears make babies smile

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck provided the backdrop to some hard yards undertaken at UNICEF’s annual charity fun run. Held at Hong Kong Disneyland, the 2010 event supported the organisation’s Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS’ global campaign. Macquarie runners collectively raised close to $11,000 towards the childhood health programme which helps prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS to babies. First time charity runner ITG’s Eric Fong said it was really fun running with colleagues, particularly for such a meaningful event.

12 Community warmth over New York’s winter Some healthy rivalry between ITG and MacCap boosted the number of gifts purchased for the New York Winter Wishes event by 50%. More than 470 wishes were granted for children in foster care, domestic violence shelters and those with parents serving jail time.

Blizzards and storms served a timely reminder as staff donated boxes of gently-used coats to the New York Cares Winter Coat Drive. The coats were distributed to thousands of disadvantaged families throughout the City.

Red roses were out and food tins were in as New York staff brought in canned food and other non-perishable items to donate to the Food Bank for New York City as part of a special Valentine’s Day “Have a Heart” event.

13 Rhino races home Leopards and cheetahs may top the fastest land animals list but MSG’s Angus Innes was determined the rhino should have its own place in the sun when he ran the Comrades Marathon last year. Dressed as a rhinoceros, Angus competed in the world’s largest ultra-marathon to raise awareness and nearly £36,000 for the Save the Rhino campaign. He completed the 90-kilometre race in just over 11 hours in support of the wildlife organisation which works to conserve endangered rhino populations in the wild. Proceeds from Angus’s fundraising have directly helped rhinos in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nepal, India and Indonesia.

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Holiday Shop wrapping for the Children’s Center in Detroit.

CAF staff warm up the community with winter coat donations.

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Angus Innes (at right) models his rhino suit.

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From left: ITG’s Sachin Pradhan, Alex Lee, Fion Wong, Myth Chow and Eric Fong.

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Contact UsFor more information on Macquarie Group Foundation activities, to submit a story for the next edition or for a printed copy of this newsletter please contact:

Anna Le Masurier, Sydney +61 (02) 8232 0174 Anna.Lemasurier@macquarie.com www.macquarie.com/foundation

14 Joy and the art of bicycle building

Macquarie staff can turn their minds to anything it seems – even bike-building. At an event coordinated by The Smith Family last year, 350 BFS staff built bikes for 54 students across several of the charity’s referral schools. A further 10 bikes were provided for supplementary use at another school’s bike education program. Staff put the bikes together for the lucky recipients over a weekend, prompting much excitement from the students and gratitude from the teachers and parents. “Thank you so much for giving this opportunity to our children,” one teacher wrote in a message to The Smith Family. “It was incredibly moving walking into the room on Saturday afternoon and seeing the teams of excited staff from Macquarie and the delighted faces of our children as they received their bikes.”

15 ITG elves pack Christmas hampers

Sydney staff found their niche as factory hands over Christmas, packing hampers for two organisations working with the disadvantaged. For the welfare organisation The Smith Family, ITG’s Peter Eastham led a team assembling 1,000 Christmas hampers, marking the 14th year this activity has been done for the charity. Taping and packing mountains of boxes of food onto pallets in a huge warehouse was “hard work but fun”, Peter said, operating over four production lines for distribution to disadvantaged families over Christmas.

BFS staff also lent their collective hands to gift and hamper-packing for Youth off the Streets (YOTS) enabling that organisation to help nearly 500 families in need across Sydney. A YOTS representative said the families who received the gifts, many of whom do not even have enough food to eat let alone money to buy gifts for their children, were incredibly appreciative of the volunteers’ work.

16 Lapland’s finest found in FICC

FICC’s Laura James managed a record-breaking 84 laps in the recent annual Foxtel Lap for the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Laura was part of Macquarie’s Sydney team which took out the highest team fundraising award with more than $45,000 raised. Macquarie’s Melbourne team recorded second place nationally, raising more than $25,000. Event proceeds support research into a range of childhood medical conditions.

17 Progress for Holly Pretorius

As noted in the Foundation’s September 2010 edition, New Zealand staff have supported BFS staff member David Pretorius in a range of ways after his three children were involved in a car crash last year. David’s six-year-old daughter Holly, who was left paralysed by the accident, has been aided by the significant funds raised by Macquarie and staff to support her recovery. From the $136,000 raised, Holly and her family were able to travel to the US in December for an intensive three-month physical therapy programme. Holly’s progress has been described as “almost miraculous” as she can now walk with an aid and has some feeling and movement in her legs. Further progress is expected to be made with a home gym, also being funded by the money raised.

18 Ahoy there! New programme sets sail in Albany

More than 30 staff volunteered to assist at the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre’s annual breakfast in Sydney and lunch in Melbourne. The volunteers helped set up the day before the functions and staffed the registration, raffle and silent auction desks at the events. The events present new information and raise funds for breast cancer. Staff in other offices also organised Pink Ribbon morning teas and, while enjoying a cupcake or two, raised more than $A5,250 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in Australia and more than $NZ3,600 in New Zealand.

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Rob Carson BFS, Melbourne

Rob drove the Melbourne office’s participation in the 2010 Around The Bay In A Day, resulting in $72,000 being raised for The Smith Family.

BFS Perth’s Lee Evelegh paid tribute to Sailability supporters at the launch of the Albany programme.

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A child is helped on his way at the BFS bike-build.

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My day job is… Investment Adviser with Macquarie Private Wealth in Melbourne.

I got involved with my chosen charity/ies because… There is more to just having a great time doing the activities that we are privileged enough to be a part of.

My community needs more… People who want to listen. There are plenty of people out there doing things that will benefit their communities, but if those who pull the strings and write the cheques don’t listen to the underlying message, then nothing changes for the better over the longer-term.

I can help my community by… Shouting louder...perhaps they’ll listen a bit more.

I’d like to volunteer to… Teach. If I can teach just one other person something...it doesn’t matter what!

If I could fix one problem it would be… Too hard to choose - driver behaviour is the easiest to fix... illiteracy the hardest.

The people who inspire me are… My kids. Life would be far easier if you had nothing to worry about - kids are the purest form of this.

I’m most proud of… Being able to set goals and occasionally achieve them. It is easy in life to accept the status quo, but to open yourself up to a challenge, and not be defeated, is where the real pride lies.

If everyone could just do one thing to make a difference what would it be? Stand up and be counted.

Final word… Don’t accept who you are, accept who you could be.