Hansard debates

Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (10:22): I rise today to congratulate the Sunnyside House Ladies Auxiliary on their proud 70 years of service to the Camperdown community. The auxiliary runs a popular local op shop which raises money through the hard work of volunteers and generous donations of local residents for Sunnyside House, a community-owned, not-for-profit nursing home that provides 40 residential aged-care beds. It has raised more than $1.8 million for Sunnyside House. Before becoming a Corangamite shire councillor, I was pleased to volunteer at that op shop. It is also exciting that the op shop will be extending and expanding through the purchase of the adjoining premises. Sunnyside House and its op shop are bastions of charity, self-sufficiency and a lack of dependence on government largesse. I congratulate all involved on their exemplary 70 years of service to Sunnyside aged-care residents, and I especially pay tribute to the longest serving volunteer, Loris Rippon, who has been at the op shop since 1985.