Alan Wort, Peter Rubin, Ray Southeren, Peter Hamilton and Tom Perry from the Gosford North Rotary Club
Preparations are underway to demolish the former Gosford Public School buildings with surplus furniture to be donated to hospitals and schools along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea.
“This is a great initiative that will provide much needed supplies to these communities while diverting products from going to waste in landfill,” said Minister for the Central Coast Mr Rob Stokes. Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein said that it was great to see that this donation would lend a hand to the less fortunate. “I am delighted that some disadvantaged communities along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea will be helped by this equipment and congratulate the rotary clubs for their endeavours,” Mr Holstein said. The contractor, Australian Demolition and Scrap Recovery Pty Ltd, has concluded onsite preparations, erecting perimeter fencing and completing the internal strip out. The Central Coast Regional Development Corporation is the lead agency facilitating the redevelopment of the Gosford Waterfront area and specifi cally the former Gosford Public School site. Central Coast Regional Development Corporation executive manager Mr Greg South said the Corporation was working with the contractor to ensure the demolition and preliminary site work aimed to maximise recycling and divert the demolition waste away from landfill. “It is most gratifying to have enabled the Gosford Rotary Club and Gosford North Rotary Club to participate in the recycling program by shipping surplus furniture to Papua New Guinea. Gosford North Rotary Club president, and former Gosford Public School principal Mr Alan Wort, said the partnership with the Gosford Rotary Club to donate much needed school supplies, resources and furniture to Papua New Guinea had been a year in the making. “We are delighted to be able to ship a container of furniture, part of which came from the former Gosford Public School, along with other donated instructional resources, to isolated communities in Papua New Guinea.
Media release,
12 Sep 2014
Stephanie Prouse, Central
Coast Regional Development
Corporation