CAREVAN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Carevan Team
- Team Leader
Job Titles:
- Member of the Carevan Team
- Maintenance Coordinator / Team Leader
Jennefer Houghton - Food Coordinator; Trudy Cornish - Secretary, Marketing & Media Coordinator; John Houghton - President/Team Leader; Ross Johnston - Treasurer; Peter Leach - Team Leader, Ian McGann - Maintenance Coordinator/Team Leader (absent); Margaret Collins - Volunteer Coordinator (absent), Grant Smith Team Leader (absent).
To download the Working With Childrens form and Police Checks information, please go to the VOLUNTEER page. there you can also download the Volunteer information file.
I started with Wangaratta Carevan Inc. in November 2020 as I wanted to assist another organisation instead of just CFA, with whom I have been a member for nearly 50 years.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Carevan Team
- Team Leader
I started volunteering with Carevan in 2016 and joined the committee later in that year as a general member. I then took on the Treasurer's role after the role became vacant. I wanted to volunteer with the Carevan as I see it as a wonderful innitiative run by the local community to serve those in the community that are in need of the basic neccessity of a regular healthy meal.
As Treasurer I'm impressed by the generosity of the Wangaratta community in donating their time, food, other items and money to enable the service to run fully independent of any Government or other funding reliance.
Job Titles:
- Secretary Marketing & Media Coordinator
I joined Wangaratta Carevan Inc. a few years ago as I felt drawn to give back to the community that has helped and given me a lot since moving to the area.
It's a wonderful environment to have interact with people coming to enjoy healthy home cooked meals. Some have created social networks and friends, sharing meals every week. Its also wonderful meeting people travelling who drop in for a welcoming dinner. Listening to peoples stories is the most interesting and rewarding experience and a blessing to share.
I have also been the Marketing & Media Coordinator for a couple of years. I have experienced the generosity of local business', and various other groups, with their time and donations to help others in their community.
I have been the Secretary for a couple of years. It has allowed me to use skills I have undertaken my whole working life. Not working now, being one of the many on disability, this is so rewarding for me to know I can give back.