Awards honour outstanding WA Seniors
A long-time Country Women's Association (CWA) volunteer and a regional community leader are the WA Seniors Awards winners for 2022.
Delyse Ward has been involved with the CWA for nearly 60 years and the past four as its Volunteer Community Coordinator.
The 79-year-old travels hundreds of kilometres every week, distributing packages made by CWA members to hospitals, refuges, aged care facilities, indigenous communities, and organisations working with homeless people.
These packages can include items such as laundry bags, scrub caps, 'Share the Dignity' packages, 'Fiddle Muffs', and rugs for dementia patients.
Today she was recognised for her outstanding contributions to the community and honoured as the Metropolitan Senior Award winner
Comments attributed to Seniors and Ageing Minister Don Punch:
"As WA Seniors Award recipients, Delyse and Bernie are great examples of the valued contribution our seniors make to the WA community.
"Both are very active and heavily involved in community activities that benefit others, and age is no barrier to either of them.
"Delyse has harnessed the power of an army of volunteers from the iconic CWA and is ensuring people facing life's biggest challenges can do so with a little extra comfort.
"All nominees and winners of the 2022 WA Seniors Awards can be proud of their achievements - not just for themselves, but for the benefit of seniors and the wider community across WA."
