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BROTHERLY LOVE
● Anthony Bucca, Frank Foo and Emmanuel Marabeliotakis were on hand on Australia Day to raise $6000 for a community relief program that provides essential food and supplies packages to the needy. Anthony, of Banyule, is Deputy Grand Master of Freemasons Victoria, a men’s fraternity. More photos on Page 22.
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OUR TOP CITIZENS
■ Nillumbik Shire’s Citizen of the Year Award recipients – who were also named Volunteers of the Year – are Eltham residents Miranda Armstrong and Marlis Dopheide. Miranda and Marlis (nicknamed ‘M&M’) have spent many years assisting refugees to move to Australia, secure housing and safety for their children, and start a new life.
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Both widows, M&M purchased a house together in 2013, had the property extended, and began offering a place for refugees to stay. They helped families and individuals fleeing places like Syria and Somalia to find homes and follow educational and professional pursuits. n 2021, M&M were instrumental in securing safe passage for two women from Afghanistan. The women’s husbands (who M&M regard as family) were living in Australia and desperate to see their wives – who’d been trapped in Kabul when the Taliban took over – come to Australia. They were reunited in November. Proving age is no barrier to community contribution, 12-year-old Stephanie Rujak and her 15-year-old brother Hayden are the joint recipients of the Young Citizen of the Year Award. The duo behind Hayden’s Helping Hands also received the award for Community Group of the Year. Hayden’s Helping Hands began as an initiative to raise money for homless people.
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