MEDIA RELEASE 25 September 2008
Farmers Market donates $5,000 to supply crucial medical equipment for
Grenfell Community Health Service
The Capital Region Farmers Market and its founder, the Rotary Club of Hall,
presented a donation of $5,000 yesterday to the Grenfell Community Health
Service. This donation will help the organisation buy the necessary equipment to
best care for the local community.
Grenfell Community Health Service provides a wide range of clinical and allied
health services to the community including nursing, social workers, mental and
physical health as well as visiting services such as psychology, dietician and
occupational therapy.
Lynne Peterson, team leader at Grenfell Community Health Service, said the
Community is thrilled and very grateful to the Capital Region Farmers Market and
the Rotary Club of Hall for their generosity.
"Donations like this are extremely rare and a great asset to our ability to
provide and enhance care to the people of the Weddin Districts. Sometimes our
Community Health Service can be overlooked for the hospital's more acute service
needs so such a large donation is crucial to us," Lynne said.
Community Health Service plays a large part in the life of the Grenfell
community and the $5,000 donation will help it purchase a mobile palliative bed,
portable baby scales, a carry bag and a baby measuring tape as well as a marquee
used during outside education sessions.
"I am looking forward to using this equipment to care for the people of all ages
in the community," Lynne added.
All funds generated from the Farmers Market, approximately $150,000 a year, are
fed back into the Canberra regional community and other international charities
through projects chosen by the Rotary Club of Hall.
Using the funds generated by the Capital Region Farmers Market, the Rotary Club
of Hall has been able to support various local organisations such as the
Greenhill Youth Centre, a Community Pipe Band, SouthCare, SmartStart for Kids!
Program, the Paediatrics group at the Canberra Hospital (PaTCH) which makes
patchwork quilts for kids in hospital and many more community organisations.
Market funds have even been able to refurbish books for a primary school in
Vanuatu.
The Capital Region Farmers Market is a genuine farmers market with over 100
stalls offering a diverse range of fresh food and agricultural produce straight
from the producer to the customer. It is open every Saturday morning at the
Exhibition Park (EPIC) in Canberra from 8 am to 11 am.
For more information on Capital Regional Farmers Market, visit
www.capitalregionfarmersmarket.com.au.
Released for Capital Region Farmers Market by Dennis Rutzou Public Relations (www.drpr.com.au)
For further information please call Kim Larochelle or Gemma Crowley on (02) 9413
4244.
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