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Lyn Baker

Thursday March 9

th

was the day of our

annual

Thank

a

Volunteer/Welcome to

Corrigin event. This

year it was attended

by about 30 people, all

volunteers. We started

the evening in Miss B’s

Park, watching the

clouds darken and

approach. Then down

it came! After waiting

for an easing of the downpour, we dashed into the

Town Hall to continue the festivities. We hadn’t been

there long when the power went out. But we

persevered – just like our volunteers do.

Our volunteers support our community by running all

of our sporting clubs, manning our ambulances,

fighting our fires, running our museum, tidying our

town and carrying out a myriad of other essential

functions. They listen to our children read, perform

handyman services for our seniors and run our Red

Cross Shop. Without them, our community would not

be what it is and those in it would have less fulfilled

lives. My very grateful thanks to each and every

volunteer in our community – we would be much the

poorer without you.

However, many of our organisations are being run by

volunteers who are aging. These wonderful people

have contributed so much to our lives over a great

many years, but they can’t continue forever. We

need some succession planning to happen! Without

bringing some younger people onto the team some

of these organisations are in danger of folding. And

they are all important. And when I say “younger” I

don’t necessarily mean 20 year olds, or 30 year olds

or even 40 year olds – each organisation has its own

attractions and will be of interest to different age

groups.

I’m not sure how we achieve this. We don’t want

older members to resign or retire but we need to

attract younger ones as well. It was really pleasing

on that night to see the members of Corrigin Fire and

Rescue represented by 4 or 5 young men in their late

teens and twenties. Well done to that organisation for

recruiting so well !

”Please keep your

mind open to

opportunities

to volunteer for your

community

– we need you !”

Thanks to Heather and Pippa for arranging the

Thank a Volunteer function, and for being there

throughout the evening. Thanks also to Rob and

Frances Paull and Crs Hickey, Pridham and

Dickinson for your assistance as well.

Most of our closed roads have been opened up since

the February rainfall event although we are still

waiting for approval from WANDRRA to commence

major repair work. Staff have been doing their best to

make roads safe until such work can be carried out.

Thanks and congratulations to our very competent

staff who work very hard for us.

Further rain in the last couple of weeks has seen an

increase in activity around farm sheds and lots of

burning when conditions have allowed. I’m sure all

fingers are firmly crossed in the lead-up to the

seeding season.

Lyn

LYN BAKER

Email:

relbaker@bigpond.com

Phone: 9065 7053

MESSAGE FROM SHIRE PRESIDENT

Strengthening our community now to grow and prosper into the future

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