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Bushfire response
 Playgroup
Victoria has won the 2009 Victorian Government Early Years Award for
its support for playgroups affected by Victoria's February bushfires.
The award was presented by Victorian Minister for Children and Early
Childhood Development Maxine Morand at the Early Years Awards at the
National Gallery Victoria in September.
Two weeks after February's bushfires, Playgroup Victoria began a
campaign to bring affected playgroup families some comfort with
telephone support, by seeking donations and by travelling to affected
playgroups to set up playgroup activities and deliver donations in a
borrowed van.
Soon after, Playgroup Victoria received Australian Government
funding to purchase a van to add to two others borrowed from Save the
Children Australia. The funding as well made it possible to employ six
playgroups consultants to continue taking playgroup sessions to
affected towns and offer whatever support was needed.
Before the funding announcement Playgroup Victoria staff
voluntarily ran playgroups for families in Traralgon, Traralgon West,
Callignee (pictured), Wandong, Whittlesea, Yea, St
Andrews and Healesville.
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