Volunteering Stories

Ian Jarvis

Kids are Kids! Is a not-for-profit organisation that provides speech pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and educational support services for children with any learning or social difficulties or disabilities.
Ian Jarvis, a volunteer at Kids are Kids! has designed and implemented an innovative and groundbreaking information system. Ian’s daughter is a speech pathologist with Kids are Kids! and that’s how he came to be a volunteer using his professional experience and expertise to design and manage a database for the Agency...read Ian's story

John Charlesworth

I was intrigued and set out to find this man, John Charlesworth. I was there at Stock Road Meals on Wheels kitchen when he roared up on his scooter. We loaded up the van off we flew delivering meals to 35 City of Melville residents. While we zipped around Melville and Attadale, I asked John to share his thoughts on volunteering…read John's story

Robert Cocks

Rob is a full time student at Murdoch University in his final year of a degree in Sustainable Development. As the ‘Volunteer – Special Projects’ at the Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, Rob is able to put his passion for the environment and sustainable development into practice...read Rob's story

Soka Gakkai

Soka Gakkai International Australia is a lay Buddhist organisation that is dedicated to peace, culture and education. About 23 members of the group volunteer with the Friends of Piney Lakes to undertake tree planting, weeding and watering in the Piney Lakes bushlands. Members of the SGI...read Soka's story

Halim Sajogo

Halim Sajogo came to Australia from Indonesia eighteen months ago. He operated his own computer business in Indonesia... Now he is a volunteer at the Melville Discovery Centre...read Halim's Story

Lesia Logam

Lesia is a a fourth generation Chinese born who grew up in Indonesia who is a practicing Buddist who cares for nature and the environment. Last Autumn, Lesia helped form groups to plant hundreds of new trees in a designated plot at Piney Lakes...read Lesia's Story