Kellie Puxty | Be Your Authentic Self
from The Kismet Podcast Hosted by Carina Waye
Kellie Puxty went to uni with no plan beyond loving sport. She ended up on placement at Wheelchair Sports NSW, loved it so much she ditched A-grade tennis to drive an hour west to play wheelchair basketball once a week, then spent five years driving a station wagon full of wheelchairs around New South Wales getting kids and adults with disabilities into sport for the first time. From there: Paralympics Australia, where she built the national talent search program for the Games. Sydney 2000, where she volunteered as a press information specialist standing at the finish line interviewing athletes as they came off the track. Then a dairy farm in New Zealand, Maori culture, meeting her husband Kane, and eventually a frustrating afternoon as a support coordinator that turned into an idea. That idea was Ready Set Connect. Just Kellie and her friend Shelley to start. Thirty events in the first year. One hundred and thirty by the second. Now part of Kismet, running events all over Australia and home to the Kismet Awards for Health and Disability Services. There are also black cockatoos. You'll find out why towardsthe end. Find out more about the Kismet Awards for Health andDisability Services here: https://www.kismet.healthcare/awards Find out more about our Ready, Set, Connect events here:https://www.kismet.healthcare/community Find out more about Rainbow Roos here:https://www.rainbowroos.com.au Follow us! Instagram: @kismethealthy LinkedIn: @kismethealthcare YouTube: @Kismethealthcare Apple Podcasts Kismet Contact us 📥 [email protected]
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