Volunteer Team of the Year Award of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association

Inner West outstanding volunteers off to 2019 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards final.

Volunteers from across Sydney’s Inner West were today recognized for their outstanding contribution to volunteering at a special ceremony in Burwood. The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards is an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering.

The 2019 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are supported by principal partners the Department of Family and Community Services NSW and Clubs NSW, which represents the state’s 1,400 not-for-profit clubs.

Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward said volunteers made an enormous contribution to local communities. “They help to build such positive experiences and links to services across health, education and community sectors. Our ceremony today recognizes their work and gives us the chance to say thank you.”

The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards is an annual program established in 2007 by The Centre for Volunteering to recognize the outstanding efforts of volunteers in NSW, and to promote the importance of volunteering to the community.  The Awards are a celebration of the great Australian tradition of quietly lending a hand without asking for anything in return. They provide a unique platform for our volunteers to share their remarkable stories and for the state to formally recognize their efforts. By doing so, we send a powerful message about the value of volunteering and the contribution of our 2.1 million volunteers to help build strong, healthy and well-connected communities.

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July 14th 2019, the comprehensive dance competition awards ceremony. Senior government leaders and guests came to congratulate. At 10:00 in the morning, the music sounded, and the Australian national anthem that the golden age art team sang in English rang through the venue. The opening drums of the Beijing Art Troupe team added a cheerful atmosphere to the venue… Then the champion team took the stage to perform, bringing a burst of applause. The leaders of the city government leaders and quests took the stage to speak: Congratulations on the success of the comprehensive dance competition of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association… With the cheerful music, President Ge came to the stage to deliver a speech!

The mayor of Cumberland Council took the stage to award the winning team and the winners one, two and three prizes. The first prize is $200, the second prize is $100 and the third prize is $80. Also the excellent judge award: Liang Yi. Best performance awards: Li Yanhua, Wang Shujuan. Best Popularity Award: Zhang Wei. Best organization award: Michelle, Linda, Mary, Zeng Xiumin, Jiang Ping, Grace, Nina, Wu Liwen, Hong Jie, Wang Qin, Gu Qiu Ming, Yan Qing, Zhang Xiumei, Gao Guangyu. Excellent team award: the Shuihui Dance Art Troupe of the Friendship Association, a dance dress. Excellent volunteer award: Wu Guilan, Yang Xiuying, Yu Jie, Zhang Wenlu. The team members are very happy and moved through this dance competition, so that the level of our art team has been continuously improved, the team self-cultivation has been sublimated, friends have been made, and experience has been exchanged. The teams of all ethnic groups work together to contribute to the health and happiness of middle-aged and elderly people!

During the event, we are very grateful to the friendly groups for their participation in the promotion: Sydney Chinese Folk Song and Dance Troupe, Little Red Riding Hood Tourism Culture Association, Chinese-Russian Descent Culture Association, Federation of Trade Unions, the Group of Shepherd, and Maple rhyme art team of the Association. Your presence has added a new color to today’s event. Your moving performances will make our friendship shine brightly. Let us gather together to share happiness in this beautiful Sydney city! Let us work together to create a better life! Finally the comprehensive dance competition ended in the song of “Five Stars and Red Flags Flying in the Wind” led by members of the shepherd team. After lunch, the costume ball begins, happy middle-aged it’s full of fun to gather together and dance… Thank you dear participants and promoters! Thank you for all the staff who worked hard for this event! Friends see you again…

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On July 13th 2019, NSW Multicultural Seniors Association was led by Mrs. Ge and the teacher of Liang Yi carefully planned. After several preparations by the preparatory team and the efforts of various art teams, the comprehensive competition of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association was rehearsed. The Art Dance Competition kicks off at 9:00 am at Granville Town Hall! Volunteers came early to arrange the venue, judges and staff to enter the scene in advance. The grand admission ceremony entered the team and brought the team’s style. Then the chief commander Ge announced that the event officially started. All works in a tight and orderly manner and the jury carefully scores according to regulations. Scoring, audio and camera staffs are busy working; the team is ready for the challenge… The slogan of this competition is: friendship first, competition second, friendship, unity and mutual assistance, making friends, learning from each other, improving performance Promote China-Australia friendship! This slogan has been running through the entire competition… Through the competition, it has effectively promoted the exchange of outstanding cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.

Here, we would like to thank the Cumberland Council for its support and assistance for the comprehensive art dance competition of $5,000. Dou Yingxi, Yang Xiaoyun, Dou Yuzhen and Wu Dongchao, two sons and daughters in law of president Ge Yin Lan and Dou Xinjia, are donating $2000 to the contest. The Australian Federation of Trade Unions donated a blue book for $200. The head of the art teams of the Association, Zhang Xiumei, donated $300 to the prize for the contest. Their actual actions are a kind of virtue. The great love in their hearts is a kind of dedication, worthy of learning and respect. Let us express our heartfelt gratitude to the collectives and individuals who have actively encouraged the diversified associations to carry out activities. We also have to thank the Association for providing a platform for the elderly to provide a good environment for healthy living. … Through the competition winning team: The first prize is Yanqing Art Troupe. The second prizes are Rhodes Art Troupe and Drum Dance Art Troupe of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association. The third prizes are the Asian Women’s Art Troupe, the Sydney Dazzling Dance Troupe, and Dance Square Art Troupe of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association. Congratulations to the winning teams for their excellent results!!!

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Australia’s “Little Red Riding Hood” Tourism and Culture Association and the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association” jointly held a multi-cultural literary rehearsal event unprecedented. The multicultural “literary performance” event held at 10 Carlton the St Granville Town Hall in Sydney on June 22, 2019.

The famous President Ge of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association gave us a speech, Celebrate the successful performance of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “NSW Multicultural Seniors Association”.

Cumberland Council Mayor Greg Cummings CLR, Celebrating the success of the “Little Red Riding Hood and NSW Multicultural Seniors Association” performance.

Huang Kun CLR, Celebrating the successful performance of “Little Red Riding Hood and United Friendship Association”

Lin Gang, President of the Little Red Riding Hood Tourism Culture Association, representing the Association: He delivered a warm speech on the stage and wished the performance a success. He also expressed his warm welcome to the “VIPs” who participated in the performance. I would like to thank President Ge of the “NSW Multicultural Seniors Association” for coordinating the preparation of many of the hardware and audio equipment required for this “show”.

• Accompanied by the “Golden Carnival Band” before the show: Everyone stood up and “sing the Australian national anthem” Solemn, solemn.
• Several “Presidents” and Director of the Grand Director: Going on stage together and Bring a vibrant “Little Red Riding Hood Song” Sing all over the land of Sydney,,,,,,

There were many performances of dancing, singing, Chinese Kong Fu and choir etc.

They are members of the “Chinese-Russian Descendants” Cultural Retention Association. The songs are esoteric, let us share their songs that like taking us to their “beautiful hometown” and costumes and colorful combinations colorful, colorful, beautiful………

Nepalese folk dance, everyone likes these three “small dances” and everyone went to these beautiful little girls to take a group photo after the show.

The scene of the cooperation “show” is “lively and extraordinary”. A scene of “Festival Joy”.

Upstairs and downstairs: early on crowded “filled with enthusiastic audience” See the “Emotional Department” uncontrollable applause “The show” pushed a climax to another climax, the group of friends who watched the show was all “happy.” In this era of “seeing the face”, Always in their facial expressions finding these faces is the answer to “happiness.”

After the performance, the volunteers were “disassembling” the props and slogans of the stage.

Volunteer group friends, hard work, you must pay attention to safety when climbing up the ladder. These volunteers finally took photos of all the “sanitary” cleanings and safety and hydropower, and took photos at the entrance of the venue. Thank you for your selfless dedication to serve you.

Today’s “joint rehearsal” is coming to an end, and it is reluctant to leave this uncomfortable brother and sister feelings. Because in the process of gathering again and again, we can not only learn and learn from each other, but also share new information and life knowledge. After learning this new knowledge in Australia, we will let us in Australia. Life is more confident and independent and has fun.

Goodbye, old and new group of friends, goodbye, organizers who have great love for everyone, we all feel grateful, take away the full positive energy that you give, and go back to spread love.

I would like to express my special thanks to all the friends who sent the various photos of the literary and art registration group to provide you with beautiful articles. Thank you for your enthusiastic participation in our “Little Red Riding Hood and Friendship Association” art show, goodbye.

Goodbye, Dear Sunset Red, new and old friends, let us meet again and again. I wish our sunset red life “happy and happy.”

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On-site report, tonight (June 6, 2019), from 6 pm to 7:30 pm, the Cumberland Council organised the Grants ceremony at the conference room on the first floor of the Merrylands Activity Centre. The reported dance competition project by the leaders and relevant department comrades of the New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association has been approved with a grant of $5,000. The municipal government provides assistance to different levels of units and associations in carrying out different forms of activities, encourages multi-cultural people, and supports and encourages various activities that are conducive to physical and mental health. Thanks to the support and help of the municipal government department, the Friendship Association will actively cooperate with the government departments to carry out various activities to promote the middle-aged and elderly people to better get out of the house, integrate into the Australian society, and live happily and beautifully in the beautiful land!

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On-site report: today 28/5/2019 is Golden Age Art Team anniversary celebration of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association, the celebration on the second floor of Granville Town Hall was in full swing, President Dou and Secretary Jiang of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association participated in the celebration. At the event, Captain Shanshan Chen thanked NSW Multicultural Seniors Association for their long-term leadership support and concern for the team work. The team members loved the collective, and the dedication of unity and mutual assistance was praised for more than a year. The team actively participated in activities and local government, charity performances more than a dozen organized by NSW Multicultural Seniors Association..。 It is a harmonious and optimistic team that is popular among the masses and active in various regions of Sydney. They use the bright voice to convey happiness and happiness! Bring a beautiful life with a beautiful melody, a united and progressive leadership team, and make the life of middle-aged and old people full of fun...

Thanks to the invitation of the Golden Age Art Team, your team is a cohesive team

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Tonight May 21, 2019, Secretary Jiang and the volunteers of NSW Multicultural Seniors Association attended the Cumberland Council’s event at the Auburn Mosque. The main leaders of the Cumberland City Government participated in today’s activities and gave a short speech, which is a reflection of the intermingling of multicultural peoples. After the meeting, the mosque provided dinner. The customs and habits of eating were very special. Apart from the guests, the men sat on one side, the women sat on one side, and the atmosphere blended, so that we enjoyed the big family.

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This morning (May 21) volunteers from the NSW Multicultural Seniors Association gathered at the Granville Town Hall to hold a volunteer workshop. President Dou personally attended the meeting and summarized the volunteer activities of all the volunteers in the Friendship Association. And we actively commend the state, city, and community activities. Our event was supported by Ms. Hanna (Hanna Anna) of the company’s Leep NGO and gave each volunteer a green bag. At the meeting, the leaders listened to the opinions and suggestions of the volunteers on the future work of volunteers. On the basis of continually exploring and summarizing volunteer activities, the requirements for further improving the service index and better functioning in the future are pointed out. The symposium was full of friendly atmosphere and cordial conversation.

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Congratulations!

We are pleased to inform our members and middle-aged friends: Our President Ge is honored to be a member of the Cumberland Council Activity Advisory Committee in May. NSW Multicultural Seniors Association is the only Chinese group with a place in the Committee of Cumberland Council! Really gratifying! In the past seven years, our Association has actively cooperated with government departments to carry out various activities in various forms, and the activity centre is open every day. The major festival party activities are uninterrupted. We have made positive contributions to the integration of middle-aged and elderly people into Australian society and from going out to participate in community activities. We have done what we should do to continuously improve the physical and mental health of the elderly and the country to accumulate wealth and reduce expenses. Our Association will continue to work together under the leadership of President Ge and President Dou, with the support of various departments, and working together to create a good living environment for Australian society.

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The Cabramatta Activity Center is a favorite place for Chinese and Russian descendants. It is full of friendship and warmth. It attracts many Chinese and Russian descendants.

From May 2019 we will have wonderful events:

Starting from Tuesday 7^th May, we will finish the singing class of Australian national anthem in English and begin to learn Russian song “The Road” in Russian.

An English class will be opened and the English class will be located in the lobby after the dance class by teacher Arziguli. I hope that my friends who have no chance to learn English can come to learn English. I hope you don’t miss this great opportunity because we have invited a very good English teacher! I believe that under the guidance of her teaching, everyone’s English level will have obvious progress.

The services we are preparing to work in all directions are:

1) Translating letters

2) Make a doctor appointment

3) Justice of the Peace signature

4) English class

5) Apply for home care services.

6) Interview with Chinese and Russian family history

Justice of the Peace: Agatha Yinglan Ge                  Tel: 0416824699

Dance House Manager: Sasha Peng                          Tel: 0422035587

Dance Teacher: Arziguli                                             Tel: 0419688638

English teacher: Teacher Pang                                   Tel:

The Cabramatta event venue is our second home! Hope that your family can be satisfied with our services, what are the needs of your family please submit to us in time, we will increase the service at any time. I hope that everyone will actively participate, give play to your wisdom and talents and support us with practical actions!

Thank you for your support! With your support, our activities will be better and more active! Thank you for wishing everyone a happy, auspicious and healthy life!

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