Celebrating our volunteers & local heroes (May 2026)

Community members from across the Shire came together on Wednesday 20 May for a celebration at the VC Mitchell Park (VCMP) Community Club for National Volunteer Week 2026, with this year’s theme being Your Year to Volunteer. Organised by the Shire in collaboration with the Donnybrook Community Resource Centre (CRC), the event was a great success, with guests enjoying live entertainment, a delicious meal, and taking home native plants as a keepsake.

The generosity, compassion, and dedication of our volunteers is deeply valued by the whole community. We appreciate your efforts and recognise the positive impact you have across the Shire every day. We look forward to building on this success and celebrating our local heroes through future events.

Congratulations to all recipients:

  • Raeleen & Terry Bailey
  • Andrew Scott
  • Tom Darby
  • Haylee Stutley
  • Rita Winkler
  • Carolyn Hayes
  • Judy Fitzgerald
  • Lee Fitzgerald (also a member of the Donnybrook CRC Committee – well done!)
  • Donnybrook CRC Committee – photo (from left to right): Judith Morrisey, John Ridgway, Madeline Kiernan-Smith – members not pictured: Christina Gammon, Sarah Kirkpatrick, Debbie Bourke, Lee Fitzgerald

This event was made possible thanks to the support of the Donnybrook CRC, and funding contributed by Volunteering WA and Lotterywest.

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