ON the evening of Thursday 25 January the Bowraville Central School will be the venue for the official presentation of National Celebration Day Awards.

You are invited to join the Mayor, the National Celebration Day Committee, Councillors, award recipients and official guests at the ceremony.

Advertise with News of The Area today.
It’s worth it for your business.
Message us.
Phone us – (02) 4981 8882.
Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au

“From 5.30pm our Nambucca District Band will welcome guests and visitors with some great Aussie favourites until 6.00pm when the official ceremony starts,” a Nambucca Valley Council spokesperson told News Of The Area.

“Barry Noble will also entertain guests and visitors during the ceremony.”

Attendees will also have the chance to hear from and meet the Nambucca Valley’s Australia Day Ambassador, Mr Rob Caslick, a social entrepreneur and founder of social enterprise Two Good Co.

When Caslick was twelve, his grandmother introduced him to soup kitchens.

Ever since he has always spent significant hours volunteering to ensure those who are most vulnerable to food insecurity can eat.

In 2010 he founded his own organic soup kitchen in Sydney’s Kings Cross.

Now that soup kitchen is known as Two Good Co, employing women who are homeless due to domestic violence.

What started as “wheeling our barbecue about 300 metres” to grill up a shared feast for the area’s homeless and drug addicted is now a national provider of food and lifestyle products to women’s shelters across the country.

National Celebration Day Awards will be presented to Nambucca Valley locals across the following categories:
– Citizen of the Year
– Senior Citizen of the Year
– Young Citizen of the Year
– Indigenous Citizen of the Year
– Young Indigenous Citizen of the Year
– Services to the Community Award
– Good Neighbour
– Cultural Achievement
– Environmental Award

Sports Achievement Awards:
– Junior Sports Person
– Senior Sports Person
– Junior Sports Team
– Senior Sports Team

For the first time, an Environmental Award has been added to recognise “significant volunteer contributions to preserve and enhance the environment within the Nambucca Valley”.