Santa Teresa to celebrate their national success
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Santa Teresa prepares to celebrate their community pride after being named the tidiest town in Australia.
Pride and engagement across the entire community was central to Santa Teresa’s success when named the 2019 winner of the Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Town Award. That same community pride will be on show and celebrated next Wednesday when Santa Teresa gets together to honour their national success.
The iconic trophy has been shown off to councillors of the MacDonnell Regional Council at their recent meeting and will now be presented back to the community. Key among its stakeholders at the celebration will be Atyenhenge Atherre Aboriginal Corporation, the Ltyentye Apurte Catholic Church and its Education Centre as well as the MacDonnell Regional Council.
Media opportunity: Community-wide celebration including barbeque, bands and banter from 12noon on Wednesday 22 May 2019 Santa Teresa Store precinct
Santa Teresa cleaned up at the national awards ceremony last month, winning the following award categories:
Litter Prevention Environmental Communication and Engagement Community Health, Wellbeing and Interest and Young Legends – Groupas well as being highly commended for its:
Resource Recovery and Waste Management Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Town Award – Overall Winner 2019ahead of being named:
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