By CASEY NEILL
A DANDENONG North playgroup has the state’s best team at its helm.
Rosswood Playgroup won the Community Committee of the Year title at the Playgroup Victoria Awards on Thursday 12 November.
Enrolment officer Daniela McCole was shocked when she was called to the stage to accept the honour.
“We were nominated last year as well and we weren’t successful,” she said.
“It’s definitely a credit to the members and the history of the playgroup.
“It’s the efforts that everybody’s put in year on year to create the place and turn it into what it is today.
“It’s great to have the award to have come at such an important time for us.
“It’s a really turning point for us.”
Rosswood has just finished renovations that were years in the making and is trying to recruit more committee members.
“It’s been skeletal with the committee members over the past few years,” Ms McCole.
“We’ve had a lot of change in the last six months.
“We’ve got all new amenities – new toilet facilities there for the kids, the kitchen’s been renovated so we can see out to where the kids are playing outside.
“The members have been saving money for years and years and have been waiting for those renovations to be completed.
“We’re really hoping that with our next AGM on Wednesday night we get a lot more involvement from the members and community.”
The awards are in their third year and an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of community members and volunteers.
Greater Dandenong was up for five nods, including Playgroup Agency of the Year.
Annita Keevers and Doris Wong were in the running for Supported Playgroup Co-ordinator of the Year and Jodie Skeels vied for Supported Playgroup Facilitator of the Year.
Email playgroup@rosswoodplaygroup.com.au or visit www.facebook.com/RosswoodPlaygroup to get involved.
