Tag: volunteers
Fellowship support on the inside
Most people do not look forward to going to prison. Volunteers from Prison Fellowship Australia are the exception to the rule.
The organisation is part...
Hop into op shop
A group of big-hearted volunteers is based at the Brotherhood of St Laurence op shop in Hoppers Crossing.
The store, which opened in its present...
Gifts perk up ambulance branch
The Werribee Craft Festival has donated a coffee machine and hamper to a Wyndham ambulance branch.
Festival committee members Anne Marshall and Betty Parker presented...
Triplets drive and thrive
For these Hoppers Crossing triplets, practising their driving skills has been made three times easier thanks to the WynBay L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program.
The...
Rhonda rolls with latest award
Hoppers Crossing’s Rhonda Edwards says she was bowled over to be named Wyndham’s Citizen of the Year last week.
Mrs Edwards, a volunteer at the...
Top crew on Coast Guard duty
The first all-female crew in the history of the Werribee Coast Guard will take to the water next month.
The Werribee Coast Guard, also known...
Youth take the lead in sport project
Two young men have started a sport and mentoring initiative to bring young Wyndham people together.
James Kot, 20, and Hassan Nur Hussein, 19, began...
Book sale a real page turner
You don’t need to book in, but be sure to attend a special fundraising event in Hoppers Crossing this weekend.
The Werribee Ladies for Kids...
Clean up a shore thing for 3030 Beach Patrol
A group of volunteers who clean up rubbish at the Werribee South beach are celebrating their third anniversary.
The 3030 Beach Patrol, which regularly cleans...
Time for new connection with EdConnect
Truganina South Primary School is the first school in Wyndham to sign up for a program to connect pupils with volunteers who support the...
Kyneton CFA calls for more volunteers
Kyneton CFA brigade members are calling for more people to join them helping to keep the community safe.
The brigade is looking for men and...
Hiking in the thrill zone
A not-for-profit hiking and adventure group that encourages women to be body-positive is making great strides in Wyndham.
Barwon Heads resident Richelle Olsen founded Escaping...
MY WYNDHAM: Rhonda and Gerry Edwards
Rhonda Edwards is the co-ordinator of the Summer Fun Bowls Program at the Werribee Bowls Club, and her husband Gerry also volunteers at the club. They chat...
Online music show a hit
Australia’s newest online music show, which is made in Point Cook, is hitting all the right notes.
The liveformusic.tv show is put together by volunteers,...
Victoria State Rose Garden blooms
In 1993, a band of volunteers rose to the occasion to save one of Werribee’s biggest assets.
Twenty-five years later, the Victoria State Rose Garden remains...
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The Macbeths to make a morbid Christmas
Shakespeare will be performed in Footscray with a Christmas twist next month.
The Macbeths is an intimate and tense reimagining of Shakespeare's original text abridged...
