Mel volunteers her time at the Landsborough P&C and GHMNC
By Kirra Livingstone
MEL Kaese is a seasoned community volunteer, who has been volunteering for the Glasshouse Neighbourhood Centre and Landsborough P&C for four years.
Despite having her trip around Australia getting cut short and finding herself stuck in Landsborough during peak COVID-19 lockdowns, she admitted it wasn’t a bad place to get stuck.
“We lived in Kalgoorlie for many years until my husband injured himself in his mining job, so we decided to travel around Australia for 18 months,” Mel said.
“This was until we got stuck with COVID at the Landsborough Caravan Park, so that became home for about six months, and we fell in love with the area.
“We thought we’d rent until we could find somewhere that we absolutely loved, and Glass House Mountains became that.”
Once they were settled, Mel found volunteer spots available at the Glass House Neighbourhood Centre and Landsborough P&C, as she enjoys being heavily involved within the community.
“I love mixing with alike people, everyone I’ve found in my volunteer roles and with the committees I join, I don’t know if it’s my influence but I would like to believe it’s a joined alliance,” Mel said.
“We all just kind of have the same mindset of providing for the community, but in a manner that is creating connection and that’s what I love about volunteering.”
Mel is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist, and has recently excused herself from an executive position in the Landsborough P&C committee, to study full time to get her degree in counselling.
“I am formalising my counselling I’m doing a psychology sciences and counselling degree, many people come to me wanting formal counselling so I’m formalising that to help out a bit more in that aspect,” she said.
kirra@gcnews.com.au