After their daughter Hannah Plint drowned her parents set up a charity and continue their good works

IN THE spring of 2007, Andrew and Katherine Plint's daughter Hannah, 2, drowned in their pool.

Andrew Plint

IN THE spring of 2007, Andrew and Katherine Plint's daughter Hannah, 2, drowned in their pool.

Six years on, the couple from Laidley, west of Brisbane, continues to support people who lose loved ones through drowning and promote prevention through their charity, Hannah's Foundation.

During Queensland's devastating summer of floods in 2010/11, the Plints stepped up, distributing goods and services valued at $200,000 to flood-affected residents statewide.

They provided peer-to-peer support, counselling and advocacy for affected families.

After the 2010 floods in inland Queensland, they did a stationery appeal and funded 9108 back-to-school packs for children in Roma, Emerald and St George.

When the floods ripped through the Lockyer Valley, the Plints were chosen to distribute money, goods and vouchers and arrange the gift of three houses to people who had homes destroyed.

"When people got told 'no' and they came to us, we rarely said 'no'," Mr Plint said.

"We're very much geared towards getting people back on their feet and so provided a lot of vouchers for people to buy essentials."

The Plints' work has earned them a nomination for a Community Spirit Medal in the Pride of Australia Medal 2013 awards program.

Nominators Marie and Peter van Straten, who lost their Grantham home in the flood which also swept them a kilometre away, said the Plints had been their saviours.

The couple had only moved to Grantham six months before disaster struck and they said the Plints helped them materially and emotionally.

"When they heard our story they asked if there was anything we needed," Mrs van Straten said. "They were tireless in their efforts to help."

"They listened when we needed to talk and helped with Peter's medical needs."

Mr Plint said he and his wife were driven by a passion to make a difference after the loss of their daughter.

"Nothing we can do will bring Hannah back," he said. "But we will do everything we can to honour her memory."

Nominate an unsung hero at prideofaustralia.com.au before entries close on July 16.