An example of Gundagai CWA’s great work.
Gundagai CWA president Kim Powell and secretary Lesley Kingwill, presenting Gundagai High School and Gundagai Primary school with $500 donations last year.
Gundagai CWA Branch received a nomination in the 2025 NSW Riverina Volunteer of the Year Awards for Best Volunteer Team on August 14 at Wagga RSL.
The CWA Gundagai branch sent heartfelt congratulations to the winners of the Volunteer Team category, which was The Carevan Kitchen Team.
Vice President Jessica Butler said it was nice to be recognised. “The head office did it, so we didn’t know until we got the email to say congratulations. It was quite lovely to be recognised by not only the community, but also our actual head office for CWA of New South Wales.
“We are a group of ladies who meet on the third Thursday of the month, and we normally discuss matters of our community. We try to help out wherever we can. We have some speakers coming out. It varies week to week what we do. We actually are in the process of organising our second year of our bake off between the Gundagai shed and the CWA ladies, which raises money for R U Ok Day for mental health.
“We try to help out regarding the local schools with donations. We have our awareness week coming up, which is all about what the CWA as a whole does. We’re trying to move away from the stigma that we aren’t just knitting and scone-making. We do a lot more for the community than people probably think we do.
“We study flora, fauna each year, we study a country, like an international country. We learn all about those kinds of things. There are lots and lots and lots we do as a whole unit, not just Gundagai.
“Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend the presentation, and I don’t know if we were able to have somebody from our branch head down there. “We have the Dying to Know Day, which CWA is helping out with LHAC and the Murrumbidgee Local Health District. I’ve been trying to focus on that one a little bit. Then we have our step back in time ball coming up in October. “My plate’s been a bit full with trying to organise those local events.
“With the CWA itself, it was originally set up for a way that women and children of those people who live in rural settings could come together and have a chat and have a support network. But it’s also the ladies who are originally helping out their community to make the community happy. Especially for us in Gundagai, because we are such a small area, we do find it important to let people know that we are here to help. We want to help the community, but even if it’s in a small way, we are around, so we have that sort of presence without being too much.”
– Jack Murray
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