Keith’s service to community organisations over the years:
President Kingaroy and District Meals on Wheels Inc. (significant kitchen upgrade and amalgamation with Yarraman/Blackbutt and Nanango Meals on Wheels)
Committee of Management SBcare – Vice President
Committee of Management CTC
President Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry
South Burnett Community Network – Member
Member Kingaroy State High School Performing Arts Complex
St John’s Lutheran Church and Committee Member / Treasurer and Chairman
Patron Australian Pensioner and Superannuants League – Kingaroy Branch
Patron Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia – South Burnett Branch
Member South Queensland Institute of TAFE Board of Management
Kingaroy Rotary Club
Centacare South Burnett
Wide Bay Burnett Area Consultative Committee
President Parents and Citizens Association Kingaroy State High School
President – Orana Homes for the Aged
Member St Aubyn’s Community Hospital
1972 – Rotary exchange member for Rotary International spending eight weeks to study tour to Arizona
Secretary – Burnett District Council Queensland Graingrowers Association
Secretary – Foundation Committee J Bjelke-Petersen Research Station
1991 –Named Citizen of the Year by Kingaroy Shire Council
1993 – Rotary Businessman of the Year award
2012 – Awarded Paul Harris Fellow
Served on State Committees for Youth and Aged Care with Luther Church (Qld District)
Kingaroy Australia Day Event Organiser
Member – Kingaroy Christmas Carnival Committee
Keith’s contributions to council (community):
2014 received 15 year Service Medal from State President Margaret De Wit
Member- WBBROC Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils
Member – Audit Committee
Council portfolios including Finance, Planning and Land Management, Disaster Management, Traffic Advisory Committee, South Burnett Directions Agricultural Sub-Committee
Member – South Burnett Healthy Communities Committee
Member – Kingaroy Police Consultative Committee
Councils Representative to Chambers of Commerce
President BIEDO (Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation)