Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to congratulate the 21 community organisations in Casey that received volunteer grants recently. Congratulations to the Gruyere Fire Brigade, the Lilydale SES, the Yarra Glen Bowls Club, the Toy Library of Belgrave South, Katu Katu, the Montrose Men's Shed, Seville Community House, Sherbrooke Suns Basketball Club, the ADRA Community Care Centre, the WHYLD Community Group in Woori Yallock, the Yarra Glen Men's Shed, HICCI, Koha Community Cafe, the Woori Yallock Football Netball Club, Yarra Valley Railway, Upwey Men's Shed, Ben's Shed in Yarra Junction, Morrison Men's Shed in Mount Evelyn, the Southern Dandenongs Community Nursery and the Woori Community House, amazing organisations full of volunteers who give their time to support our community and help those in need.

I want to congratulate all of those organisations but also give a shout-out to all the volunteers and community groups in Casey who give so much of their time to make sure that we have the strength of community that is part of our culture. The sporting clubs are really the heart of our towns. The CFA and the SES are there when we need them, whether it's fires, floods or storms like the June storms of 2021. We know our community groups step up. This is a small way that we can support them financially, because every dollar that we're able to provide through grants is one less sausage that they need to sell at Bunnings and allows them to do what they love. So congratulations to all those community organisations.