It has been a pretty exciting and amazing day today.
You will be aware that last year we demolished our old adventure playground that stood outside what was then Rooms 9 to 12. Our School Fair last year was the beginning of our fundraising efforts to replace that playground with a new and exciting playground for our children to use.
Clearly we are not able to raise funds from within our community at this time. We know that people are struggling financially, and its just not going to happen.
A couple of things have happened over the last week to make the provision of a new playground something that we can again look forward to with anticipation.
Firstly I was contacted by our architect, Ross Maguire. Ross had designed an adventure playground for another school and has offered to gift the plans to us. Awesome! This is a generous offer that will save us a significant sum. Regardless we are still looking at a goodly amount. Mmmm....a bit daunting!
Today I was blown away by a phone call from New York. Graeme Lindsay, a member of the board of directors of the American New Zealand Association rang me. He has offered the American New Zealand Association's support to raise the funds necessary for our new playground. The first event they are organising in association with Kea ( a Kiwi ex-pat organisation) is a hangi at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington. Can you believe it?
I am just so humbled to think that ex-pat Kiwi's, in the U.S.A, are doing so much to help our school. We are so fortunate. It just amazes me.
To find out more about the American New Zealand Association have a look at their website www.americannewzealand.org
Isn't is great to have something to smile about? It will be great to see something being built rather than being demolished.
Keep safe and warm.
John
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