Member for Orange Phil Donato presented Hidden Treasure awards to nine women from the Orange electorate on Friday – including two women from the Parkes Shire.
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Margot Jollie of Parkes and Lyn Frecklington of Peak Hill were among those recognised for their outstanding volunteering efforts in the electorate.
“The Hidden Treasures award recognises the women volunteers who give a little, but change a lot,” Mr Donato said.
“These women ensure the viability of so many important community groups and charities; without their contribution many of the local initiatives we take for granted would just not be possible.”
The Member for Orange also awarded the Nationals’ likely state election candidate Kate Hazelton on Friday.
The Nationals aren’t due to decide whether to approve her until February 2.
“This is above politics, this is about recognising all these women who have done such an amazing role in their communities,” Mr Donato said.
“She’s done amazing work in her community in Cudal and she’s one of many.
“Nearly 20 per cent of the total Hidden Treasures [in NSW] come from the Orange electorate which is amazing,” he said.
“It’s fantastic to be able to acknowledge these nine woman who have done some amazing things,” he said.
“They are the backbone of their communities.”
Mrs Hazelton said she did not want to discuss politics but was “really honoured and very humble” to receive the award.
She said she was impressed that nine of the 46 women across NSW to be recognised with the 2018 Hidden Treasures awards came from the region.
“I think that says a lot for our electorate, the women really do step up to the mark and often they are not recognised so this is a terrific award for them to be recognised for all the hard work they do,” Mrs Hazelton said.
Hidden Treasures is an initiative of the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Rural Women’s Network.
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