On Thursday the 23rd of January 2014 Tegan was announced as the Winner of the Young Citizen of the Year 2014 Australia Day Award for the Moreton Bay Region.
As you can imagine Tegan was over the moon with the recognition she has received by her peers. Tegan was told by the Mayor Councillor Allan Sutherland that the judging panel voted unanimously for Tegan after reading her story. They were amazed that in just 3 short years Tegan has raised over $70,000.00 for conservation as well her other projects, such as clean up Australia Day sites, towel drives, out of date medicine drives and locating groups to help in knitting Possum and Kangaroo Pouches for the injured Wildlife in and outside of the Moreton Bay Region. They were very happy to also hear that Tegan did well in School and regularly received Academic Achievement Awards for her good grades.
Tegan got to join in on celebrating Australia Day at the Moreton Bay Citizenship ceremony. The Strathpine Community Centre was where Tegan and many others welcomed 150 new Citizens – from all over the world – to live as an Australian Citizen in Moreton Bay area today on Australia Day.
Tegan and Mrs Jane McMillian, the winner of Citizen of Year 2014 Australia Day Award, had the honour of cutting the Australia Day Cake for everyone to enjoy.
Well Done Tegan! We are very proud of you and all your hard work
Looking forward to a very exciting 2014!