MINDARIE resident Meg Loveland has been volunteering for Red Cross since before man landed on the moon.
It’s a 50-year commitment to fundraising that last month earned her a WA Volunteer Service Award.
Ms Loveland began at the Red Cross in 1965 – four years before the moon landing – meeting with young mothers on a monthly basis in South City Beach to organise fundraising activities such as lunches and fashion parades.
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Seniors and Volunteering Minister Tony Simpson presented the badge to Ms Loveland at a ceremony during Volunteers Week in December.
She was one of seven recipients honoured for 50 years of service.
“To contribute 50 years’ continuous service to an organisation is a significant contribution to public life,” Mr Simpson said.
“Our society would be much poorer if not for the great work performed by volunteers.”
Others honoured came from a variety of fields including sports associations, business, scouts and St John Ambulance.