After two years of interrupted schooling, social lives and life in general, we are looking at re engaging and inspiring our Year 9/10 students to once again, or maybe for the first time, take on an active role in volunteering in our community. We invited six community members into the classroom and the Year 9/10 students had to determine, just by looking at them, who volunteered as a parkrun Event Director, Birregurra lunch volunteer, HDLN garden hand, football trainer, Country Fire Authority (CFA) member, wildlife carer, Ambulance Community Officer (ACO), or Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member. Students only guessed two of the eight volunteer roles correctly! Our guests then collected a piece of their volunteer gear out of a box and we welcomed Timboon parkrun Event Director, Dean Whitehead, Birregurra lunch volunteer and HDLN garden hand, Bernie Conron, Timboon Football Club player and volunteer, Nathan Gillingham, Port Campbell Fire Brigade captain, Katy Millard, owner and operator of Possum Place Wildlife Shelter, Suzanne Hughes and Simpson CERT / Timboon ACO, Bree Jones. Our panellists then answered a range of questions, indicating their day job, volunteer role, what was involved, why they joined up, what training they received, interesting stories, why they volunteer and why their partners say they volunteer? Thank you to our panellists for their responses, insights and for sharing their experiences with our students hopefully inspiring them to 'step up' as well. Comments are closed.
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