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WHEN Casey councillor Amanda Stapledon finished up her mayoral term in October, she left behind a great legacy. One of the highlights of her mayoral term, the Mayor’s Walk for Disability in August raised much-needed awareness and money for the critical service gaps in Casey facing people living with a disability and their carers. Cr Stapledon, who is the carer for her son Pete, trekked 75 kilometres, for two weeks, visiting prominent community centres, organisations, businesses, services, educational institutions and landmarks to speak with the community and highlight these key issues. Given the mayor’s profile, the walk drummed up huge support from the local community and successfully attracted some funding commitments from the State and Federal governments for improved services in early intervention, employment, supported accommodation and respite. The council resolved in August, that the walk would become an annual event. It is for this reason that Cr Amanda Stapledon has been chosen as the 2013 Berwick Cranbourne News Person of the Year. Cr Stapledon thanked Star News Group for the honour. “As a mayor or councillor, I would never expect to receive any such recognition for the work that I have been elected to do, but I do appreciate this privilege so very much,” she said. “The Star News is a wonderful paper that covers so many community issues and none more than the Mayor’s Walk for Disability. “The response to the Walk is still being discussed by community members even now which highlights the importance of the pressing issues facing people with a disability and their carers and how things need to improve and that they need our support. “When I was elected to council, I committed to representing everyone and I have endeavored to do just that. “But when there is an issue that sees people with such a need, it deserves extra focus and effort to try to improve their lives and that is what I hope that walk has done. “There is no greater service than to service one’s community.” While the walk was one of the highlights of