Congratulations and thank you to all 2017 nominees for their generosity, passion and commitment
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Leadership 

  • Peter Aguto 
  • Nigel Aiken Softball Victoria
  • Derek Amos Barrier Breakers Inc
  • Margaret Barwood Beechworth Womens Shed
  • Bob Beard Lions Club of Rye
  • Becc Brooker YMCA Victoria
  • Ian Burt Country Fire Authority (CFA)
  • Jim Claven Lemnos Gallipoli Commemoration Committee
  • Anita Donlon Gulf Horizon Foundation
  • Simon Ellis East Gippsland United Football Club 
  • Barry Fitzgerald Buninyong Community Development Association. Also, the RSL
  • Roy Francis
  • James Hale Melbourne Deaf Cricket Club
  • Ron Ipsen Voices of the Valley
  • Richard Johnson Knox Softball Association and Bluebirds Softball Club
  • Maurice Keating Ballarat RSL Inc
  • Barbara Nagaiya 3wbc 94.1 FM
  • Tom Nolan Foodbank Victoria
  • Tony Penna Southbank Residents Association
  • Ada Pentz Micare and Geelong Dutch Clubs
  • Lou Ridsdale Food Is Free Inc
  • Adel Salman Islamic Council of Victoria
  • Rob Salvatore Victorian Motorcycle Council Inc
  • Roshan Silva All Saints Inc
  • Melinda Spencer Link Health and Community / Uniting Care Life Assist
  • Lee Tarlamis
  • Carrie Vanderpol Moriac Community Network
  • Nicole Wall
  • Mick Wongung Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors Inc.

Service

  • Cheryl Anderson Salvation Army Westcare
  • Harry Ashton Rushworth Community House
  • Frank Bertens Avalon Centre Inc.
  • Gillian Borrack Friends of Westgarthtown (FOW)
  • Geoff Brown Stratford Football Netball Club
  • Terese Button Moorabool Shire Council- Active Ageing and Community Access
  • Judith Clancy bestchance Child Family Care
  • Chris Codemo Foodbank Victoria
  • Chantelle Commisso Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors Inc.
  • Baker Dawas Country Fire Authority (CFA) Craigieburn
  • Carmen De Los Santos Whitelion
  • John Decker Moira Shire Council
  • Panagiota Diamantopoulos Fronditha Care
  • Sarah Dudley The Puckapunyal & District Neighbourhood Centre
  • Margaret Duggan Cystic Fibrosis Community Care
  • Ruth Eadie The Smith Family
  • Ralph Fallows The Reach Foundation
  • Peter Feeney National Seniors Australia, Life Activities Clubs Victoria, Maroondah Healthy Ageing Network, Abbeyfield Society Croydon/Ringwood and Maroondah City of Wellbeing Committee
  • Elizabeth Ferguson Diamond Valley Learning Centre
  • Gary Flanigan Canoeing Victoria
  • Cheryl Ford L2P Program
  • Major Arthur Ford Salvation Army Chaplain to Salvation Army Emergency Services and VICSES Central Region
  • Chris Furneaux JOY 94.9
  • Ernie Green Office of the Public Advocate
  • Doug Greenall Warburton Fire Brigade and Yarra Ranges Mountain Bikers
  • Alison Gribble Office of the Public Advocate
  • Margaret Gumbleton Special Olympics Australia
  • Reinhard Gunther Talbot Football, Netball, And Cricket Clubs. Talbot Swimming Pool, Talbot Town Hall, Talbot Caravan Park and Talbot Community at large
  • Melinda Hamilton Springvale Neighbourhood House
  • Josie Hamilton Salvation Army Westcare
  • Erica Hawke Whittlesea Jumbunna Branch Country Womens Association of Victoria; Whittlesea Agricultural Society, Kinglake West Primary School
  • Joanne Heyman Hear No Evil
  • Quang Huynh Western Bulldogs Community Foundation
  • Daniel Irwin Banyule Community Health Service
  • Marilyn King Willing Older Workers W.O.W!
  • Linda Lai The Chinese Community Social Services Centre Inc.
  • Graeme Lock Eaglehawk Rotary Club
  • Antonio Lopes St Kilda Legal Service
  • Maria Loupis Fronditha Care
  • Alison Lyne The Smith Family
  • Wilma Martin Melbourne Visitor Booth
  • Jenny Matheson Heart Focus Community Care Inc.
  • Jack Matthews Storyville
  • Phame McCall Youth Referral and Independent Person Program (YRIPP)
  • Kieran McGrath Ambulance Victoria Kyneton Ambulance Auxiliary
  • Beryl McLaughlin Whitehorse City Council
  • Graeme Medew Victorian Supreme Court
  • Anne Monk Uniting Lentara (previously Lentara UnitingCare)
  • Genevieve Nightingale YMCA Victoria
  • Patrick ODonnell Office fo the Public Advocate
  • Jenni O’Sullivan Peninsula Health
  • Emmanuel Portelli Altona North Senior Citizens Centre
  • Vinod Prasad Uniting Lentara (formally Lentara UnitingCare)
  • Kimberley Prosser Berry Street
  • Heather Renton Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN)
  • Mary Rice Alfred Health
  • Veronica Sari Whitelion
  • Nadia Scroce Bowen Street Community Centre Camberwell
  • Helen Sefton Country Fire Authority (CFA) and St John Ambulance
  • John Simmons Spina Bifida Foundation Victoria
  • Elaine Smart The Smith Family
  • Andrea Spiller Lethbridge Recreation Reserve, Tennis Club and Cricket Club
  • Kim Thien Truong Kim’s Foundation of Hope and numerous others
  • Neil Thornton Office of the Public Advocate
  • Christopher Tsiopelakos headspace Hawthorn
  • Lynn Wells West Gippsland Community Radio 3BBR
  • Elena Winterstein

Impact

  • Murray Aisbett
  • George Aquilina Klabb Ghannejja Maltin Inc.
  • Jacqui Bennett Humans in Geelong
  • Julia Bickers The Bays Healthcare Group
  • Noel Bull Beyond Blue
  • Sean Cassidy TRY Melton West Preschool
  • Cyril Cram VF17 Portland Coast Guard
  • Dolly Diamond Michael Dalton performs under the stage name of Dolly Diamond
  • Sara Fenwick Barwon Child Youth & Family
  • Julia Fletcher Vision Australia
  • Anthony Foster Alfred Health
  • Matthew Hooper Manningham YMCA Youth Service
  • Howard King Willing Older Workers W.O.W! Inc.
  • Leon Scott Eaglehawk Rotary Club
  • Kellie Tait AAA Sports
  • Spencer Unthank Phillip Island Nature Parks (Penguin Study Group)
  • Derek Wagstaff Kilmore and District Hospital
  • Shayne Wren Ross Creek Recreation Reserve

Teamwork

  • A Cuppa with Company
    Angela Draper, Heidi Evett, Tom Patterson, Gerard Willcocks, Ehlana Dodge, Jessica Stone, Brenda Long, Kristin Baldwin
  • Afghan Health Champions
    Sayed Wahidi, Obaid Sadath, Weda Mohseni, Gheza Zara, Nilofer Nezami, Shokria Hakimi, Hamida Zaki
  • Alice and Bert Van der Heyden
    Alice Van der Heyden, Bert Van der Heyden
  • Boronia CFA Auxiliary
    Helen Sefton, Richard Smith, Donna Greaves, Ramon Relph, Lachlan Sefton, Linda Battison, Ros Holland, Russell Moon, Daniel Sefton, Noah Sefton
  • The Briars’ Heritage Research
    Keith Murley, Shirley Murley, Chris Hackett, Ilma Hackett
  • The Briars’ Nursery Volunteers
    Phil Tranter, Sue Milton, Barb Novotny, Graham Shaw
  • The Briars’ Operations Volunteers
    Kevin Gibbson, Geoff Donald
  • City of Ballarat Multicultural Ambassadors 2016-18
    Rebecca Bol, Yvon Davis, Nikki Foy, Wenhua (Maggie) Liu, Hai Rong (Alisa) Ma, Sadiki Mukasa, Syed Muhammad Sami, Rod Serojales, Sid Tegally, Tuyet Yeardley
  • Combined Lions Golf Day for kids with CP
    Bill Krough, Rod Moss, Hendy O’Toole, James Livingston, Graham McLeod, Kingsley Fiske, Graham Mackay, David Englefield, Brian Wales, Malcolm Middleton
  • Food Is Free Inc
    Ginelle Polanske, Lou Ridsdale, Ange Elson, Shiree Pilkinton, Kate Roberts, Marianne Hendron, Virginia Wilson, Kerry Hartmann, Leigh Dumpleton
  • Friends of Cranbourne Libraries
    Richard Crago, Helen Crago
  • Geelong RSL Home and Hospital Visiting
    Robert Bell, Susan Bell
  • KC Dog Program
    Debbie Medley, Maureen Fowler
  • Local Food Connect (LFC)
    Chris Chappel, Guy Palmer, Felicity Gordon, Bev Robertson, Pam Jenkins, Fay Loveland, Kate Rothacker, David Hicks, Richard Rowe, Ann Strutt
  • Melba Meals on Wheels Team
    Cecilia North-Coombs, Ashley Whitrod, Jacqui Fraser, Margaret Mackay, Deva Frijlink, Stephanie Drummond, Melanie Robertson
  • Parents of Gender Diverse Children
    Karyn Walker, Meagan Macdonald
  • Scouts Victoria - Cuboree Organising Committee 2017
    Dan Voet, Russell Bradd, Karen Downes, Nikki Coffey, Su Perrins, Andrew Rothwell, Mike Graham, Danny Attard, Gary Steinhardt, Trevor Howlett
  • St John Youth Victoria
    Alistair Dunn, Theresa Sprekos, Deborah Taylor, Timothy Duncan, Lucas Drew, Maree Pritchett, Catherine Taylor, Christine Morrison, Simone Pearce
  • Tamil Health Champions
    Kumaradevendra Narayanaswami, Geetha Manickavasagam, Bhagya Etta, Kanmani Barthasarathy, Steven Shanmuganathan, Ambika Sivan