Mayoral Youth Award-Winners Announced

Last week, Mayor Cr Owen Sharkey announced 40 well-deserving young residents of Golden Plains Shire would be recognised with Community Impact Awards as part of the Mayoral Youth Program 2019/20.

In the program’s first year, 40 young people who had demonstrated a positive impact to an individual, group or the environment were recognised at an online ceremony hosted by the Mayor over Zoom on Thursday 20 August, 2020.

The many achievements of this year’s award-winners range from volunteering with the Lethbridge Junior Football Club and the Teesdale CFA brigade, to designing and campaigning for the future upgrade of Meredith skate park, helping establish the first youth group in Smythesdale and getting involved in Bannockburn College’s Koorie education group.

The Mayoral Youth Program’s Community Impact Awards recognise and celebrate the positive contributions local young people already make to the Golden Plains Shire community, while encouraging new young people to be more actively involved in their communities.

The ceremony was held virtually due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, and all award-winners will receive a $50 Officeworks voucher and a framed award certificate in the mail.

Golden Plains Shire Mayor Cr Owen Sharkey congratulated the worthy recipients of the Mayoral Youth Program.

“It was fantastic to be able to award 40 Mayoral Youth Program awards to some truly well-deserving local young people last week.

“This program was a great way to recognise and celebrate the positive contributions that young people are making in every corner of our Shire.

“While COVID-19 restrictions meant we couldn’t hold a physical awards ceremony as we originally planned, it was great to be able to harness Zoom to ensure we were still able to recognise and promote the terrific achievements of our young residents.”

The recipients of the Mayoral Youth Program 2019/20 are: