Brunswick's community champions come together to say ‘thanks' for all of their service

West Australian

26-05-2025

Brunswick's community champions came together to say 'thanks' for another year of dedicated services.
Members of the Brunswick CRC, Red Cross, St John and more came together at St Peter's Anglican Church on Wednesday morning to celebrate National Volunteer Week with a morning tea.
Part of a community tradition going back almost two decades, long standing community volunteers enjoyed each others' company through song and celebration.
Brunswick Red Cross president Judy Talbot said the town used to have a thanksgiving service on the first day of every March before the national day was recognised, but they have since moved their events to align with the Australia-wide week.
A long standing volunteer herself, Mrs Talbot said she first joined the Red Cross following the footsteps of her mother and stressed it was still important to this day to celebrate volunteers across the community.
'If we added up all the volunteer hours — which I think one day somebody should do — it would be incredible,' she said.
Mrs Talbot said it was wonderful to have the community coming together and it was positive events like the morning tea, which made volunteering so worthwhile.
'To see everybody coming together and having a lovely morning tea — that makes you feel good,' she said.