A Hoppers Crossing resident who has dedicated her career to helping those in need has been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honour.
Former Uniting Wyndham chief executive Carol Muir has been honoured with a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to social welfare.
Ms Muir said she was humbled to have received the honour.
She said one of the greatest achievements of her career was helping to secure $15 million in state government funding for the H3 Wyndham Alliance to help more than 1700 people doing it tough in the area.
“But in terms of achievements and career, sometimes it’s the smallest things that are wonderful,” she said.
“When you work with vulnerable people, they have to make decisions and something that may seem really tiny for somebody else is a massive achievement that they might make. Those things are so important.”
Ms Muir, who retired in October last year, said she wanted to keep working for the community and was considering her options.
