MAISIE Scott was almost not going to attend a Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary lunch this week.
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But it was a good thing she did, because it turned out that she was the guest of honour.
Mrs Scott has resigned as a member of the auxiliary - which raises money to benefit the residents of the centre - after 40 years and her fellow members took the chance to recognise that incredible effort.
"I was not coming in today," Mrs Scott, who lives at Meadow Flat, told the Advocate. "My two sons, who normally put me on the bus, are away, so I rang and cancelled my bus trip."
One of her fellow members ended up driving out and picking Mrs Scott up so she could be part of the lunch, where she was surprised with flowers to mark her decades of service.
"My husband was very interested in all community things; he always thought of others before himself," Mrs Scott said in explaining why she had been involved for so long.
"I have made a lot of friends through volunteer work.
"They are a great lot of ladies."
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Mrs Scott said those who criticise and "condemn" would be better off putting their time into good causes such as the Macquarie Care Centre Auxiliary.
"Volunteer work is a great way of helping and making friends," she said.
She said the Macquarie Care Centre was a particularly good cause because "one day, we might all end up in Macquarie Care".
Mrs Scott received an Order of Australia Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2017 for her decades of volunteer work.
