MEDIA RELEASE Surplus furniture
MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 6 March 2015 Surplus furniture Resourceful: Tailem Bend Aged Homes residents Basje Wellmann and Julie Horan with some of the chairs donated by Council which will help furnish the new recreation hall at the homes. Tailem Bend’s new council offices have had an unexpected additional outcome for the district, as community groups benefit from some left over furniture. As well as providing a stunning flagship building Coorong District Council residents can be proud of and which is developing into a great community space, the move to the new purpose-built Civic Centre has seen some spare furniture become available for repurposing. Numerous community groups have already benefited from the donation of furniture, including the Tailem Bend Community Centre, Coonalpyn Community HUB, Tintinara Community Men’s Shed and Taberefta (Tailem Bend Aged Homes). Taberefta are transforming one of their units into a recreational space for residents and some of the council’s surplus furniture has been donated to this project. Resident Basje Wellman said the furniture would be put to good use. Postal Address: PO Box 399 TAILEM BEND SA 5260 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coorong.sa.gov.au Coorong Civic Centre 95 – 101 Railway Terrace TAILEM BEND SA 5260 Phone: 1300 785 277 Fax: 08 8572 3822 Meningie Customer Service Centre 49 Princes Highway MENINGIE SA 5264 Tintinara Customer Service Centre 37 Becker Terrace TINTINARA SA 5266 “We have been relying on donations to create the communal room. As a residents’ committee we don’t have very much money, but the support we have had from the council and community has been fantastic,” Mrs Wellman said. “Someone kindly donated a fridge and a microwave and the Community Centre have given us some shelving – all we need now is an upright vacuum cleaner.” Mrs Wellman said the recreation room would become a meeting place for residents from the 22 units and provide them with important social interaction opportunities. There will be a public open afternoon for the new space at Taberefta on Monday 16 March at 2:00pm. ENDS Contact Nat Traeger DIRECTOR COMMUNITY & CORPORATE Phone: 1300 785 277 Postal Address: PO Box 399 TAILEM BEND SA 5260 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coorong.sa.gov.au Coorong Civic Centre 95 – 101 Railway Terrace TAILEM BEND SA 5260 Phone: 1300 785 277 Fax: 08 8572 3822 Meningie Customer Service Centre 49 Princes Highway MENINGIE SA 5264 Tintinara Customer Service Centre 37 Becker Terrace TINTINARA SA 5266
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