National Volunteer Week (19-25 May) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering – a time to recognise the vital role volunteers play in our communities and to encourage more people to get involved. This year’s theme, ‘Connecting Communities’, highlights the incredible power of volunteering to bring people together, creating meaningful relationships that enrich lives and strengthen the places we call home.
At Community Bank Sarina Bendigo Bank, this theme resonates with our mission to build a stronger, more resilient community by reinvesting profits back into the region through sponsorships, donations, community grants and scholarships. As a profit-for-purpose enterprise, our community banking model is founded on connection, belonging and bringing people together.
That same spirit of connection is what we see every day in the incredible volunteer organisations we’re proud to support, including:
• Sarina Surf Lifesaving Club – where dedicated volunteers keep our beaches safe, mentor young lifesavers and promote water safety across generations.
• Mackay Hospital Foundation Volunteers – this compassionate team provides care, comfort and community to patients and families in our local hospitals and medical facilities.
• QCWA branches across our region – where volunteers are the backbone of rural communities, offering support, advocacy, and practical help when it’s needed most.
To every volunteer who gives their time and energy without expecting anything in return – you’re not just helping our community, you are at the heart of it.
From all of us at Community Bank Sarina – thank you to all of our volunteers in our community.
Sarina Surf Lifesaving Club awarded the 2021 Community Bank Sarina Community Impact Award with Deputy Chair Maree Franettovich and Chair, Karen May. Photos supplied
QCWA Nebo Sarina Range's Lyn Hackett with Community Bank Chair Karen May at the 70th Anniversary of the QCWA Nebo-Sarina Hall
Mackay Hospital Foundation Volunteers at the Community Bank Sarina Volunteer Sponsor Launch in 2024
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