Hospital staff joined about 20 members of the auxiliary as well as the town’s volunteers drivers at the Cowra Services Club on Friday, where they were thanked for their service again in 2017.

The auxiliary raises money which goes towards valuable hospital equipment while the volunteer drivers support patient transport and the ambulance service.

Cowra Hospital staff member Susan Schofield said there’s a need for more volunteer drivers in Cowra.

“They don’t have to be available all the time,” Ms Schofield said.

Cowra’s Hospital Auxiliary is the oldest in the state.