{"id":86247,"date":"2022-11-11T04:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=86247"},"modified":"2022-11-11T04:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T17:54:21","slug":"locals-receive-senior-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/locals-receive-senior-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals receive senior honours"},"content":{"rendered":"

TWO of the city\u2019s older residents were acknowledged as part of the 2022 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.<\/p>\n

Recently at Government House, Diana Collier and Beth Benbow took home the Healthy and Active Living award and a Council on the Ageing Senior Achiever award, respectively.<\/p>\n

Ms Benbow has been a part of Bendigo Health\u2019s Intensive Care Unit Auxiliary since it was established by her mother Iris in 1979.<\/p>\n

She said it was \u201camazing\u201d to be recognised for her contributions to community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an absolute honour not just to accept it at Government House but to meet the Governor and the Minister and all the other wonderful people there to receive awards,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a unique day in my life and I was happy to share it with family. My beautiful mother started the initiative\u2026 and was very creative in her fundraising.<\/p>\n

\u201cI became more and more involved and had a real commitment to what she was doing. She showed me a path in life that would be so wonderful to walk and that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Benbow\u2019s efforts have included nationwide bus tours and making baked goods and crocheted items, providing more than $2 million for Bendigo Health alongside annual scholarships for critical care nursing.<\/p>\n

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Beth Benbow received a Council on the Ageing Senior Achiever Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ms Collier has worked as an advocate for Bendigo\u2019s Indigenous community since the 1970s and is an active committee member with both Bendigo Reconciliation and Bendigo NAIDOC.<\/p>\n

Since then, she\u2019s taught English to migrants and been involved with the conservation of Ironbark Gully, the Bendigo Indonesia Australia Klub, and the local U3A.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was completely and utterly surprised to win the award. I\u2019m still getting used to the idea of it,\u201d Ms Collier said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was growing up, we were confined by what we didn\u2019t know… We don\u2019t realise how much there is to learn about our early people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TWO of the city\u2019s older residents were acknowledged as part of the 2022 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards. Recently at Government House, Diana Collier and Beth Benbow took home the Healthy and Active Living award and a Council on the Ageing Senior Achiever award, respectively. Ms Benbow has been a part of Bendigo Health\u2019s […]<\/p>\n

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