March 3, 2015
The Kingaroy Rotary Club has $30,000 burning a hole in its pocket so it’s seeking ideas from the local community on how to spend it.
Last April the service club joined together with Kingaroy Police to stage a special charity ball at Kingaroy Town Hall.
The Police Ball aimed to mark the 150th anniversary of policing in Queensland, and also hoped to raise funds towards the establishment of better palliative care facilities in Kingaroy.
However, the possibility of Kingaroy getting a new hospital – which would most likely include palliative care facilities – appears to have derailed the project that Rotary had planned to support.
Hence the problem.
“The community joined with us to raise these funds so they really belong to the community, not us,” Rotary spokesman Wayne Bushell said.
“We don’t want to hold on to the money. It won’t do anybody any good if it just sits in a bank account.”
Instead, Kingaroy Rotary would like to use the money to buy and then donate needed equipment to local not-for-profit community groups who could do with a hand.
“There are a lot of really wonderful organisations in our area who get very little funding,” Wayne said.
“Perhaps an organisation like Meals On Wheels could use a new oven. Or maybe the South Burnett Pantry needs more shelving for their store room.
“We don’t know, but groups like these do know what they need, and we’d very much like to hear suggestions from the community about good causes that could do with a hand.”
Importantly, the club wants to purchase items for groups, not make cash donations.
Suggestions can be made by contacting Kingaroy Rotary on Facebook or Sgt Wayne Bushell at Kingaroy Police on (07) 4160-4900.
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