Thursday, 19 March 2020
Members statements
Rye Hotel
Rye Hotel
I want to congratulate the Rye Hotel on their recent fundraising efforts towards the Rye Fire Brigade and the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. For a period during January, $1 was donated from each meal sold at the Rye Hotel, and I am pleased to inform the house these efforts reaped a substantial $7000—a very generous amount from the Rye community.
The money was split between the appeal and the Rye Fire Brigade, and just last month I was delighted to be able to hand over the cheque on behalf of the hotel to the local fire brigade captain, Glenn Diamond, at an event at the Rye Hotel on 12 February. The Rye Hotel is a family-run pub, and this generous fundraising effort was one of many that I saw in my local electorate during the summer fire period. I would also like to acknowledge the Main Ridge fire brigade for their fundraising efforts and for allowing me to be dunked for charity at their recent fundraiser.
The people of Nepean are generous, and during a crisis they come together to support their local community. I am so proud of my electorate, and I want to again acknowledge the work of our local fire brigades fighting fires this summer on the front line, and I pay tribute to our local community groups and businesses doing anything they can to support those efforts.