Service recognised the

contribution of 150 vol

unteers at a forum held

at Newlyn Sporting

Complex on Monday,

December 5.

As part of Inter

national Volunteer

Day, Hepburn Health

Service thanked vol

unteers for their ef

forts throughout the

year.

Hepburn Health Ser

vice volunteer coordi

nation Lisa Rodier said

the volunteers from

Clunes, Creswick,

Trentham and Dayles

ford campuses con

nected with each other

for the third annual

forum.

She said there were

230 Hepburn Health

Service volunteers

that helped in the

transport program and

the meals on wheels

program, entertained

and assisted aged care

residents and were on

call in Clunes.

Margaret Orr from

Creswick was a volun

teer for the transport

program as well as a

member of the hospital

auxiliary.

"I enjoy volunteering

because I get a lot of

satisfaction out of it,"

Ms Orr said.

Judy Brown from

Daylesford donated

her time to pastoral

care in Creswick, Day

lesford and Trentham.

"I enjoy being with

people who can't move

away," Ms Brown said.

Football player and

coach David Parkin

spoke to the volun

teers about leadership,

well-being, motiv

ation, team dynamics

and the fundamentals

of organisational suc

cess.

"Hepburn Shire is

lucky to have Austra

lian volunteers in the

numbers it has," Mr

Parkin said.

Hepburn Health Ser

vice psychologist Sue

Mitchell who returned

from the Gaza Strip

volunteering with

Medecins Sans

Frontieres also spoke

to the volunteers

about her experience.