Hidden treasures's projects nominates local women - Glen innes Examiner

Volunteers come in many shapes and forms but the best sort of volunteers are the ones who don’t seek out the limelight Georgina Bayly reports on the two local women who were nominated on this year’s Hidden Treasure Honour Roll.

Deepwater’s Trudy Cooper and Glen Innes’ Yvonne Lightfoot were recently nominated along with 106 other rural women for the Honour Roll which was launched by Bronnie Taylor MLC at Gather in the Glen.

The Hidden Treasures project is an initiative of Department of Primary Industries’ Rural Women’s Network.

Trudy Cooper has spent 10 years on the Deepwater SES as well as eight years as community first responder volunteer ambulance service.

She also teaches scripture at the Deepwater Public School.

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