Women came together to celebrate their achievements at the second annual Women in Lithgow District (WILD) high tea on Saturday, May 27 at Lithgow Workmen's Club.
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The day celebrated the contributions of women to art, to charity, to their community and to business.
It featured a special presentation by Sunrise presenter, Edwina Bartholomew, who interviewed seven women from the greater Lithgow region who had been identified for their selfless commitment to the community.
Ms Bartholomew noted one thing linking all these women was their humility.
“All the women who are being honoured today, they said to the committee, 'Why me? What have I done in the community?’,” she said.
“That's the joy of women, isn't it? We are sometimes the last people to actually put our own hand up and toot our own horn.”
The seven women honoured were Kathleen Compton, Mary Dray, Roslyn Mitchell, Helen Drew, Sandy Fullerton, Margaret Burns and Annie Joseph.
“We honoured seven wonderful ladies who have given so much inspiration to us all for their selfless commitment to our community,” committee spokesperson Rhonda Collins said.
“Their stories were very inspirational, their commitment and their passion to volunteering and growth within our community, through the establishing of new and exciting opportunities for many to become involved in, was very inspiring.”
Speaker Cr Maree Statham encouraged women to find their own measures of success.
“You don’t need money to be successful. That's rubbish,” she said.
“You have to have a good heart, be kind and have people respect you. Respect cannot be bought. It can only be earned.”
Cr Statham said she was proud to be surrounded by such proudly successful women.
“Being a female is difficult at times – you’ve got to be like skittles, you get knocked down and get back up again,” she said.
She congratulated the group of energetic ladies who founded and continued to organise the WILD events.