volunteers
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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 children’s…
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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…
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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…
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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 with…
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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,…
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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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Buoyed by grant
Volunteers at the Werribee Coast Guard have been presented with a $17,997 grant from the Bank of Melbourne. Point Cook bank branch manager Jason Christie,…
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Great service rewarded
They’re the men and women who go out of their way to help when disaster strikes – so it’s only fitting they are recognised. Little…
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Stairway to charity
Climbing 28 flights of stairs while wearing a full firefighter’s uniform, helmet and breathing apparatus sounds like a tough task. But this is exactly what…
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New fire stations funded
Truganina and Wyndham Vale CFA captains have welcomed $7.5 million in state government funding for new fire stations for their brigades. Werribee MP Tim Pallas…
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Wardens ride-along rebooted
A partnership, which has led to a decline in anti-social behaviour on some bus routes in the west, is set to be renewed. Three years…
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MP calls for patrol group funding
Wyndham South Sudanese Patrol Group volunteers say they believe that the issue of community safety should not be used as a “political tool” after an…