Bellbowrie Kindy seeking help/donations of items
Hi to everyone!
As you are all aware our centre was completely submerged in the recent flood. The level of damage sustained rendered the building unusable and a large proportion of the kindergarten materials and furniture were unsalvageable. The kindergarten building has been assessed by a structural engineer as structurally sound and the committee has engaged a contractor to rebuild at the current location. Ideally the aim is to have the kindergarten up and running by the start of the second term this year
Unfortunately we have been advised that we will be receiving minimal insurance and consequently we have a massive task ahead of us to get the centre back to being the wonderful centre that it was. It will take time to source and collect the resources that we have lost and at the moment we need to put all our funds into the re-building of the centre. Many emails have been sent out requesting cash donations, goods to be donated or offers to purchase at cost – to no avail.
We have been advised by experienced fundraisers that this is to be expected and the only way you can successfully source donations is by having a contact. As there is a handful of members on our committee at the moment we thought if we opened this up to all our contacts we have we might have a better chance of finding someone who would be willing to donate cash, donate the goods or offer to have us purchase at cost.
We are looking for:
- 1 refrigerator with no freezer
- 1 camera
- vinyl flooring
- carpet
- floor mats
- CD / tape player with speakers
- 1 cook top
- 1 under bench oven
- 1 microwave
- Compactus brownbuilt shelving
- Paint
- 1 computer
- Multi function printer to replace the Canon one that we purchased 2 years ago
- Titan shed
- Bark, sand and builders’ loam for the playground
- Turf
- Large water tank to replace the one we lost
- Kitchen cabinets
- And even a kitchen sink!
Please get in touch with us if you think you can help. We can forward photos if needs be.
Kind regards,
Robyn Bowman Centre Director
You can contact us in a number of ways:
Phone: 07 3202 6626 Email: bellbowriekindy@iinet.net.au Post: 47 Birkin Rd, Bellbowrie QLD 4070