It's hard for Tammy Greenhalgh to pick one thing that makes her role at Bloomfield so rewarding, but if she had to choose, that'd be it.

The Tigers' stalwart is known by many in Orange as a tireless and remarkable volunteer, but Greenhalgh was recently acknowledged on a wider scale when she received the Western Region's Volunteer of the Year award.

Greenhalgh is amid another winter as the club's jack of all trades as she's absorbed an unthinkable amount of work at Brendon Sturgeon Oval.

"It's nice to get recognised outside of your club for the things you do," she said.

"To watch these kids come through the ranks from the age of six, to when you're saying goodbye in the under-16s... that's an incredible journey."

While the on-field experiences will change player's lives forever, it's the external adventures that the youngsters also find so rewarding.

"It's so amazing to have created opportunities for these kids," she said.

"We've taken groups of them to NRL games and for some of them, it's their first time at the footy and their first time in Sydney."

After losing her son Harry at the beginning of last year, there's been many times she could have thrown in the towel. But, she thought to herself "is that what Harry would want?"

"We could have said it was too hard, but he wouldn't want that," she said.

"He'd tell us don't stop just because I'm not here. So, we're here doing it for the kids."

Harry would have been in the under-15s this winter and Tammy set out to stay in her role until his last year in juniors... that'll be next season.

You might have noticed there's been no specific title for Greenhalgh yet, and that's because her contribution can't be put down to one role.

"Secretary, registrar, publicity officer," she said.

"The make-it-happen lady. But, we've got Jason [Greenhalgh] as well and our other executive members. It's definitely a team effort."

There aren't plans to hang 'em up anytime soon, but Greenhalgh knows there will eventually have to be a successor.

"You've got to put the right people in the right position and make sure you're handing over the club to the right person," she said

"It's no good getting someone who will only have their kid there for another year or so, you need to get someone who can do the job for a few years."

Greenhalgh was sure to point out that more often that not, it's females who dominate these volunteering roles... something that can't exactly be argued with.

"It's girl power," she said.

"Nerissa [Clarke at CYMS] and I always say 'this is why we're on the big bucks'," she laughed.

"Imagine if there was only one club at Orange and we both ran it... imagine how organised we'd be. She works just as hard as I do."

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