Almost two week ago on a chilly Friday night, over 70 guests braved the cold to attend the Croydon Park Business Chamber’s Volunteers Thank You Evening.

The event was hosted at Hair Collections, a local hair salon located in Croydon Park and welcomed volunteers and sponsors from the 2014 Croydon Park Festival to an evening of nibbles and wine as a thank you for their efforts from the festival. Each volunteer and sponsor was presented with a certificate of appreciation.

CPBC President, Toni Franze` made a speech on the night thanking all the volunteers and sponsors present and non-present for their hard work. She also welcomed the idea of a festival of the same calibre in the near future.

On the night, the Chamber launched the CPBC Youth Committee, the first ever youth committee for the Croydon Park area.

On Friday, 26 June, the Youth Committee will be hosting their first event – Movie Night at the Western Suburbs Australian Football Club in Croydon Park. The committee welcomes youth from the age of 17-onwards on the night to watch Despicable Me. You can contact the Youth Committee at youthcommittee.cpbc@gmail.com.

The CPBC would like to extend their thanks to Franze Events Management who organised the Volunteers Thank You Evening and to Daniela from Envylicious who sponsored the food for the evening, and put on a wonderful display of fresh home-made nibbles.

By Marcella Gallace