Locally  we have lost our Country Women’s Association  our Red Cross branch is staggering along  a close Country Fire Service unit is being propped up in numbers by retired farmers  only to keep it from dissolution  other nearby CFS units will end soon without a major influx of new volunteers  and even our local annual Country Show was teetering on the brink of collapse due to lack of support and voluntary membership  until the community were alerted to this fact  and took action