Volunteers working hard to make a difference
05 December 2019
Council celebrates International Volunteer Day
Today is International Volunteer Day and Tweed Shire Council is recognising the significant contribution that volunteers make to the social and economic development of our local community.
This year, Council is hosting two special events to recognise the efforts of the 188 volunteers who work hard at Tweed Regional Museum and Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olly Art Centre.
David Toyer is just one example of an outstanding community member who volunteers his time to support both the museum and gallery. He has spent over 624 hours at the museum working through over 4569 photographs to ensure they are preserved and made available as part of the museum’s collection.
It’s not just the museum that benefits from David’s incredibly valuable professional skills. In 2019, Tweed Regional Gallery presented 24 new exhibitions and David Toyer volunteered to professionally capture them all for the Gallery to use in promotion, reporting and archiving. Not only that, David also photographs each official opening event.
Both the museum and gallery rely on volunteers in a whole range of roles – including as front of house volunteers and through contributions to a range of supporting committees and organisations. More than 188 people volunteer front of house and serve on supporting committees and boards across both.
Council’s Director Sustainable Communities and Environment, Tracey Stinson said Council was proud to work with some of the best volunteers in the region, including volunteers from the SES who helped those affected by floods and other emergencies, fire fighters from the NSW RFS for their amazing dedication fighting this year’s bushfires, a dedicated team of volunteers who protected our endangered Beach Stone-curlew hatchling and volunteers from Friends of the Pound who work hard to protect our lost cats and dogs.
“Our volunteers work hard to make a difference. There are too many to list but they are all very important and their work is invaluable,” she said.
Volunteering plays a crucial role within the community in enhancing Council services and programs. It can be very rewarding and there’s plenty of benefits including:
• learning and developing new skills
• building professional and social networks by meeting new people
• improving your interpersonal skills
• working in an area that matches your interests and passion
• giving back to the community and knowing that you are playing a part in helping the community to flourish and grow
For more information about volunteering with Council visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/Volunteering or phone our friendly customer contact team on (02) 6670 2400.
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Caption: It's International Volunteer Day and Council is thanking volunteers such as David Toyer for their significant contribution.