Jade crowned Oakey’s 2023 Young Rural Ambassador

For the past 5 years McLean Care has sponsored the Oakey Showgirl Ball. In March our Director of Residential Services, Melissa Scott, was on hand to present the Oakey Showgirl winning sash and sapphire earings. What is more exciting is that the winner of 2023 Young Rural Ambassador was one of our very own, Miss Jade Kennedy.

Jade joined the McLean Care team as a school based trainee in 2021 studying her Cert III Individual Support, which she has almost completed and has a long term goal of becoming a Doctor.

Jade was crowned Oakey’s Junior showgirl back in 2020.

When the 2022 showgirl launch was advertised, we discussed with Jade on returning the crown from 2020 and possibly entering another category. Due to her age the ‘Young Rural Ambassador’ was the only category she was eligible for. Sadly the 2022 showgirl ball was cancelled due to COVID.

When the 2023 showgirl launch commenced, Jade was still eligible for the ‘Young Rural Ambassador’ category, but due to her work and study commitments, Jade was hesitant on continuing with her entry, as she didn’t want to let anybody down. Luckily she chose to continue with her commitment to the Oakey Show Society.

As fate would have it, on Friday 3rd March, Jade was crowned Oakey’s 2023 Young Rural Ambassador and we couldn’t be more proud of Jade and her well deserved success.