Carole Young QSM
Margaret (Carole) Young of Opotiki, received the Queen’s Service Medal for services to the community. Mrs Young has been involved in the Inner Wheel Club since 1986, was President of the Ōpōtiki branch and National President before serving as an International Board Director from 2008 to 2010. She has recently been elected to the position of International Vice President of Inner Wheel. She has been a Justice of the Peace since 1995 and has been the President of the Eastern Bay of Plenty JPs Association. She is a marriage and funeral celebrant, was a member of the Ōpōtiki Citizen’s Brass Band, and has played the organ at her local church for more than 20 years. She and her family own organic kiwifruit and dairy farms and she is a significant motivator in the organics industry.