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in Nowra. Lyn is strong advocate for Shoalhaven<br />
women and a great supporter of our community.<br />
Her career has been in the community services<br />
sector, meeting the needs of disadvantaged<br />
people. This has included Neighbourhood Centres,<br />
Employment Services and women’s services. She<br />
worked for many years with the Nowra Women’s<br />
& Children’s Refuge and currently works with the<br />
Women’s Health Centre in Nowra.<br />
marjorie ward [Merriwa]<br />
Marj is an active Member of the Liverpool Range<br />
Zone Support Brigade and Merriwa River Rural<br />
Fire Brigade. She commenced active service with<br />
the Rural Fire Service in 2009 and since that<br />
time has been instrumental in providing catering<br />
support to a wide range of planned events, as<br />
well as catering support to incidents within the<br />
Zone. Additionally, Marj is also an active member<br />
of the Merriwa River Rural Fire Brigade, a Brigade<br />
that attends incidents not only in its own area, but<br />
also supports a number of other Brigades. She<br />
has successfully completed her Bush Fire Fighter<br />
training, and commenced her Village Fire Fighter<br />
training with the Rural Fire Service. Marj is always<br />
willing to lend a hand and frequently goes above<br />
and beyond the call of duty; whether attending<br />
fires or motor vehicle accidents or providing<br />
catering, she is always ready to help. Outside her<br />
involvement in the Rural Fire Service, Marj is an<br />
active member of the Merriwa Volunteer Rescue<br />
Association Squad, where she is an accredited<br />
General Land Rescue operator with the State<br />
Rescue Board, as well as being an active member<br />
of the Merriwa State Emergency Service Unit.<br />
Marj is also involved with the Red Cross. She is a<br />
dependable member of the Rural Fire Service and<br />
goes out of her way to ensure all her colleagues<br />
are safe and well looked after. Marj is a true<br />
<strong>Hidden</strong> Treasure who is truly worthy of recognition<br />
for her enthusiasm, dedication and valuable<br />
contribution she gives to the community.<br />
wendy wedge [Bowraville]<br />
Wendy has been a volunteer with Bowraville<br />
Technology Centre for about a year and she looks<br />
after the layout, editing and production of the<br />
Bowraville Community Newsletter, a monthly<br />
publication with over 300 copies printed. I am<br />
constantly being praised on how much more<br />
interesting the newsletter has become and this<br />
is all down to Wendy’s keen eye for detail and<br />
tenacity for sourcing interesting information<br />
not just of a local content but nationally and<br />
worldwide. Wendy is truly a <strong>Hidden</strong> Treasure to us<br />
in the Bowraville community.<br />
nicole wells<br />
[Cabarita Beach, near Tweed Heads]<br />
Nikki’s life didn’t turn out the way she’d hoped<br />
and dreamed. She is however, happy in her<br />
current unpaid role as CEO of the Project KidSafe<br />
Foundation a position she has held for eight<br />
years. Nikki founded this national organisation to<br />
raise awareness of child protection and provide<br />
services and resources for survivors of abuse.<br />
Her goal is to build the world’s first independent<br />
recovery facility for survivors of abuse. She is a<br />
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