Local CWA branch buoyed by stream of new members

The Manjimup Country Women’s Association has been given a new lease of life with close to a dozen new members joining the ranks of the club as it celebrates its 90th birthday this year. The new wave of support comes after the CWA put a call out three months ago for a new batch of women to step up and help out. Manjimup CWA secretary Maureen Barton said the new members would be important for the continuation of the club. Mrs Barton said the CWA performed a vital service to the community in the various work it carried out. “We’re not a social club, we are a service club,” she said. “Our main purpose is service, service to the community, however wide that community is; local, WA, Australia, the world.” The Manjimup Branch was founded in 1931 to provide the women of the area with a place where they could channel their ability to help in a greater capacity than through individual efforts. Mrs Barton said the CWA also adapted to the times. “We do what we can with what we have got.”