Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Caulfield Volunteer Awards

David SOUTHWICK (Caulfield) (13:50): It is a pleasure to rise and speak on our Caulfield Volunteer Awards, in their 10th year. I want to give a big shout-out to the Caulfield Park Bendigo Bank, which has been a partner in this with me. We had last week 63 finalists with nine winners. The night kicked off with a drumming activity from Caulfield South Drum Corps, and I particularly want to give a big shout-out to Sandy Hood, who has been running the drum corps since 1997. We gave him a very special award for his great work.

Our community winners were Susan Wald from CIS Glen Eira and Randi Grose from the Jewish Community Council of Victoria; emergency welfare food relief, Nathan Jones from SES Glen Eira – thank you to you; and sport, Scott Williams from the Caulfield Grammarians. For environment we had Krizia Garrido from Kitty Rescue Squad. For health and spiritual engagement we had Ros Shlagman from the Jewish Museum of Australia; education, Masha Fisher from Leibler Yavneh College, serving a fantastic Vegemite sandwich at the canteen; outstanding youth award, Halli Klinger from Flying Fox; and outstanding achievement award, Sharon and Greg Lowe from the Social Blueprint. This was a fantastic event. It also featured a performance from the Emmy Monash Morning Melodies group. And thanks to Karen Neumann, Lea Teller and Anat Nadler for their work. Caulfield Volunteer Awards – thank you to all of you.