A love for the beach led Lynda Cremer and her family to Bundaberg Surf Life Saving Club but it was her passion for volunteering and community that saw Lynda become the first female president in the club's 100 year history.
Armed with community spirit and a Thermomix, Carmen McEneany supplied hundreds of meals to emergency workers and those in need following the 2013 flood event.
Rose Aston found friendship when she joined the Gin Gin QCWA and is now giving back to the organisation and the community with her passionate advocacy for the Country Kitchens program
Bundaberg nine-year-old Maddison is now cancer-free after 700 days in hospital and she is thanking the healthcare worker who walked alongside her during the marathon treatment journey.