Member for Barker Tony Pasin has acknowledged the work of volunteers in his electorate with awards granted at a morning tea in Mount Gambier last week. National Volunteer Week is a week to highlight the importance of volunteering and acknowledge and thank those that give their time to volunteer for the benefit of others.<\/p>\n
National Volunteer Week is Australia\u2019s largest annual celebration of volunteering, held on May 15-21.<\/p>\n
\u201cVolunteers really are the heart of communities across Barker and they deserve recognition for the time and skills they donate to help make our local communities great places to live, work and raise a family,\u201d Mr Pasin said. \u201cFrom the local Men\u2019s Shed, Footy or Netball Club, cancer support group or CFS, more often than not it\u2019s the unpaid work of volunteers that keeps these organisations running and offering so much to the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Barker Volunteer Awards and morning tea is a small way in which I can acknowledge and thank the community members who go above and beyond by volunteering.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 100 community members across the electorate were nominated and received an award from the Federal Member. Mr Pasin said he was overwhelemed with the response and has declared the awards program a success.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was the first year I\u2019ve run the awards program and I\u2019m thrilled with the number of volunteers who were nominated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that it has gone some way to raising awareness of the tremendous work that our volunteers do and next year, the program will be even bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Member for Barker Tony Pasin has acknowledged the work of volunteers in his electorate with awards granted at a morning tea in Mount Gambier last week. National Volunteer Week is a week to highlight the importance of volunteering and acknowledge and thank those that give their time to volunteer for the benefit of others. National […]<\/p>\n