Helen (Lyn) Sparks is the International Officer at the C.W.A Condamine Country Warwick Branch.
She has lived in Warwick for seven years, living in Rosalie Shire prior to that.
Lyn didn’t know anyone when she first moved here and decided to attend a line dancing group at St Mark’s to meet people. One week, a woman was missing and when Lyn asked where she’d been she was told about the CWA.
When she first joined, she didn’t know a lot about the organisation but knew how to work. She’d started working when she was 16 years old, and had only been retired a few years.
“I had to sit and learn the first 12 months,” she said.
But then she was “thrown in the deep end” looking after the photography competition for the branch.
Since joining the branch, Lyn has also achieved her certification as a Country Show judge through the CWA.
She said one thing led to another, and now she’s done four years as the International Officer of the branch.
“It involves a lot of community work,” she said.
Lyn has two more years in the role and enjoys it immensely.
She said the role involves a lot of fun, but she also enjoys all the good work they get to do for the community.
The branch recently granted three bursaries to local high school graduates and raises funds to donate things like spectacles and hearing aids with the help of other groups.
They also donate domestic violence packs for women and focus on keeping money in small towns where they can with things like conferences.
