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Page Last Updated:
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
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Home>Breakfast Awards recognise outstanding achievement
Glen Eira City Council presented its annual Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year and Community Group of the Year awards during an Australia Day breakfast at Town Hall this morning.
Guest speaker at the annual breakfast was Executive Director of the Institute of Public Administration Australia, Professor Kathy Laster.
More than 30 individuals and community clubs were nominated for the awards, which recognise significant contributions to the Glen Eira community
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| Citizen of the Year | | Citizen of the Year winner Margaret Dunbar has been a volunteer with the Glen Huntly Athletic Club for more than 40 years, where she has acted as an official, fundraiser and competitor.
Margaret has professionally contributed to a wide range of organisations such as her children’s schools, local church and Glen Eira Historical Society and her skills have enabled them to function more successfully.
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| Young Citizen of the Year | | While a full-time student at McKinnon Secondary College, Young Citizen of the Year winner Damien Anthony demonstrated a true commitment to excellence and leadership through numerous positions of authority including Junior and Senior School Councils. His commitment to his studies resulted in Damien receiving a Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
Damien has actively participated in numerous community activities including coaching and umpiring sports teams, debating, music, visiting nursing homes for the elderly and involvement with the RSL on Remembrance Day.
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| Community Group of the Year | | Community Group of the Year winner, the Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library Kadimah, has been located in Elsternwick since the 1960s. The National Library Kadimah holds the largest collection of Yiddish books in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Kadimah is a unique organisation, focusing on the language of Yiddish, which is the common language amongst many Glen Eira residents who came to Melbourne as refugees from Europe following World War 2.
The Kadimah runs weekly functions for Glen Eira residents who have Yiddish as their native language, informing them of events and functions in the City, and presenting guest speakers to address the patrons in Yiddish.
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