June 26, 2018
The Centre For Supervised Distance Education – a special facility in Kingaroy for Distance Education students – now has almost $1000 worth of new equipment, courtesy of the local Westpac Bank branch.
The facility caters for children who qualify for medical enrolment to receive Distance Education lessons.
It officially opened in its new location on the corner of First Avenue last month with 14 students.
Westpac Kingaroy manager Brendan Dayes and staff member Donna Richards presented the facility with a new wide-screen TV, laptop computer and noise-cancelling headphones on Tuesday.
CSDE Director Laurel Cohen said the TV would allow parents and students to view webinars about various topics together.
“And as all the lessons are done online and we needed a good noise-cancelling headset,” she said.
Mr Dayes said the equipment had been brought out of a Westpac community grant.
“We do it as a tangible donation of goods, not a cash donation,” he said.
“We buy something that will be useful.”
Mr Dayes said the community grant was the first one in Kingaroy by Westpac but would be part of an ongoing program by the bank.
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