RangeCare has time on its side

Gary also said that RangeCare is writing a book on the organisation’s history, and is hoping to get it into the time capsule before they rebury it.

“Past staff and volunteers are already talking war stories, and that’s the kind of spirit we wanted to capture today,” he said.

“As we talk about our history as an organisation, as we grow we want to keep our main cause to provide support to the community front and centre, because it still remains a constant for us.

“We are in the process of writing a history book, we have some information but the

RANGECARE Flaxton had a blast from the past on May 31, after digging up the RangeCare time capsule, first buried in 2000 but reburied again in 2008.

The organisation plan to rebury the capsule again in September, adding things such as a Covid-19 RAT to symbolise how life has been over the last few years.

As for what was in the time capsule, there was newsletters, a USB and a disc with photos and videos stored on them, and old photos of past staff and volunteers.

RangeCare COO Gary Holland said it was great to invite past volunteers and staff, especially Peter Wellington and Gillie Warren who buried the time capsule back in 2008.

“Gillie was a long term secretary, she wore multiple hats, she’s a volunteer at the moment and Peter was a past patron of the organisation, and we asked them here today to dig up what they buried 15 years ago,” he said.