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Reg. No. A0032167S

Friends Network

Each year the Friends Network Committee sponsor a "Best Friend" award to mark outstanding service to Friends Groups throughout Victoria. In 2001 Millie Howell was presented with an award at the Friends Network Conference at Tidal River

The Hon. Sherryl Garbutt, Minister for Conservation and Environment, made the presentation and our Vice President Liz Devlin read the "Citation":

"Millie Howell has been an enthusiastic and tireless member of the Friends of the Prom for approximately twenty years, having joined shortly after the group was formed in 1979. She was one of the group's Joint Co-ordinators from 1990 and continued as President when the group became incorporated. She writes the regular FOTP newsletter and has played a leading role in the group's successful applications for a succession of Government grants, including those for the nursery, picnic shelters, walking tracks and viewing platforms.

Millie has attended nearly every working weekend in the park, as well as the fortnightly Friends' Nursery work at Tidal River. She has been an enthusiastic leader of the Nursery Program and has recorded and photographed nearly all the orchids in the park, making a very important addition to the park's flora database.

In her time as co-ordinator and President, Millie has played a significant role in the development of the FOTP into an extremely successful Friends group with a high membership and an excellent mix of young and old members. She has been the mainstay of the group, cheerfully accepting responsibility, working co-operatively with the park rangers and extending a friendly welcome to new friends. She continues to be an inspiration to all".