Canowindra Pre-School students, educator Denise Fisher and Greater Bank representatives at the grant funding presentation from Greater Bank.
Replacing a much-loved slippery dip is top of the list for Canowindra Pre-School Kindergarten following its success in the July round of Greater Bank’s #GreaterCentralWest community funding program.
Canowindra Pre-School Kindergarten Inc received $2,000 for winning the public vote, ahead of runners-up, Country Hope Central West and Towri Multifunctional Aboriginal Children’s Service Centre, who took away $500.
Director, Bronwin Lay, said Canowindra Pre-School Kindergarten has been operating in the area for more than 60 years.
“We are a community, not-for-profit pre-school that is guiding the education of more than 60, three, four and five year old children from our local area,” Bronwin said.
“Our Preschool is beautiful, but takes a lot of maintenance and upkeep, and we are currently in the middle of upgrading our outdoor spaces. We have a double slippery dip that’s something of a local icon which has been here for more than 20 years. It’s been repaired on numerous occasions, but the time has now come for it to be replaced with an up-to-date model,” said Bronwin.
“Sadly, they don’t make them like they used to, so we have to improvise somewhat, but the financial burden has been significantly eased thanks to this funding from Greater Bank,” continued Bronwin.
“We greatly appreciate the grant from the Greater Bank that will allow for the replacement of the old slide to happen,” said Bronwin.
By Greater Bank