PUB FUNDRAISER PROVIDES New Playground for Tieri Health Centre

For years, the Tieri Family Unit and Child Health Centre had a playground on site for kids to play on during their visits.

“It made trips to the Centre feel less scary for them,” says Nurse Sue. “They used to love playing on it before and after their appointment or whilst they waited for mum or dad.”

Unfortunately, after years of use, the playground died last year.

In true Tieri spirit, word got around and soon enough Cheryl Tabone and the team at the Tieri Brolga Hotel had set up a fundraising event to raise money for the Centre to buy a new playground. “Thanks to the generosity of our community, they raised $750 – it was incredible,” said Sue.

In January, the Centre used the money to purchase a brand new wooden frame with steps leading up to a fire engine red bell and a sunshine yellow slide. On the side of the frame, is a swing complete with a safety bar. Over the course of five hours on 10th February, local Tieri residents, Craig Walker and Darrell Hall, constructed the new equipment in the grounds of the Health Centre. Then came the all-important test: the first use of the playground! And it was smiles of approval from 2-year-old Kelsey Booth, who christened the equipment during a visit to the Health Centre with her mum and baby brother from a rural property 60km away, near Capella.