FIVE women who work to assist the wider community were recognised as part of International Women’s Day festivities in the Macleay yesterday.
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The second annual Women of the Macleay awards celebrated economic, political and social achievements of local women.
The 2012 Women of the Macleay award recipients were:
- Margaret Murphy - Recognised for her current and past volunteering and other charitable activities.
The quiet achiever from Temagog has volunteered for the Rural Fire Service in many different roles, including communications and community education.
She has spent the past eight years assisting with the Driver Reviver program and has organised relief packages after natural disasters such as the Japanese tsunami.
- Marsha Holten - Recognised for her outstanding domestic violence work in the Macleay, especially within the Aboriginal community.
Marsha has been working for many years with women who are trying to escaping domestic violence and her important work often goes unseen.
- Margaret Jopling - A woman with tireless energy and an amazing record of putting the community first, second and third.
Margaret is involved in the wellbeing of children through sporting activities including swimming, squash and Midnight Basketball at the PCYC.
She is also a prominent member of the local U3A and a volunteer at the Macleay Historical Museum.
- Marie Farley - A lower Macleay diary farmer and a wonderful loving wife and mother.
In 1950 she married Jack Farley and moved to a dairy farm at Pola Creek, where she has lived ever since.
Marie, a mother to nine children, has lived through many floods and many changes in the dairy industry.
She has been in charge of the business for many years now since Mr Farley died.
- Maura Luxford - An inspirational woman who has raised more than $100,000 for melanoma research and prevention following the death of her eldest daughter, Hannah Rose, in 2008.
On her journeys Maura puts melanoma on the map through her ‘Mela-What’ presentation, which gets the message of sun safety across.
Women were entertained throughout the day at the Oddfellows Hall with activities including guest speakers, live entertainment, belly dancing, lucky door prizes and local art on display.
