Four years ago, Shed Happens Mackay started to celebrate International Men’s Day with a fundraising breakfast, aiming to lift up the men of Mackay.
The 2022 edition of the breakfast is nearing where the Mackay Man Of The Year will be named from nine proud nominees.
Shed Happens Mackay Convenor Frank Cowell said being nominated is an honour.
“We don’t lift up and celebrate the positive things a bloke does very often,” he said.
“The average bloke in the street who does his very best at being a dad, a husband, a provider, that’s not very often celebrated, and the idea of Man of the Year is for that to be celebrated and for people to nominate blokes who might not make the cut, but it identifies their qualities.”
International Men’s Day is structured around six pillars and Mr Cowell said these pillars are qualities a man can aspire to.
Man of the Year nominees provide a written submission which is compared alongside these pillars before an interview takes place.
“When we do the verbal interview, we cover every aspect of a bloke’s life: family life, what he does in the community, what’s his definition of a man,” Mr Cowell said.
“We ask about his history, any awards he might’ve got, those sorts of things.”
Sponsored by DGH Engineering, all proceeds from the International Men’s Day fundraising breakfast will be donated to local groups on the day, to assist them to carry on the valuable work they do in our community.
As with other years, table discussions will be held within the groups seated together, and the results of the table discussions will be disseminated and discussed with the attendees.
As well as the Mackay Man Of The Year Award announcement, there will be raffles drawn throughout the morning.
Tickets are $60.00 per person including breakfast, or $550 for a table of 10, and are available via the Shed Happens Mackay Facebook page.
WHAT: International Men’s Day Breakfast
WHERE: Ocean International Resort
WHEN: November 18, 2022 from 6:45am to 9:45am
CONTACT: Frank Cowell - 0434 908 968
