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Community Preschool Centre Manager Rachelle Laugesen has been with the Woolston Community Preschool since it opened 25 years ago and is the driving force behind the centre’s current fundraising to facilitate the building of a new deck and pergola.
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he preschool’s home for the past 17 years is a former Council Depot on Glenroy St in Woolston. Following the February 2011 earthquakes, the Woolston Community Preschool experienced an influx of students as a result of the closure of many neighbouring community preschools. Laugesen said their role grew by 25 per cent after the earthquakes, with students coming from as far afield as New Brighton, Haslwell and Burwood. This has placed pressure on the preschool’s available space and infrastructure. The preschool’s plans for a new deck and pergola will provide much needed additional space, offering a warm, dry area for the winter months, with shelter and shade for summer. Laugesen anticipates that the project will cost approximately $15,000 and has turned to fundraising activities to raise the
necessary funds. No stranger to fundraising, Laugesen says the centre relies on regular, low-key fundraising activities to fund teaching resources and equipment, but the latest project is a bigger goal than usual. The centre is eager to commence work as soon as possible and have a team of skilled and enthusiastic dads ready to undertake construction. When The Tannery was made aware of the preschool’s endeavours, they were keen to get on board and show their support. Being a locally-based, not for profit organisation, the Woolston Community Preschool met the criteria for The Tannery’s community engagement initiative, and the decision to support the Preschool was obvious. “The Tannery is strongly rooted in the local community. We believe in the importance of community and providing support to organisations and individuals within this
community base. The Woolston Community Preschool has provided a fantastic and much needed role within the Woolston Community for the past 25 years. We are delighted to be able to provide some financial assistance to help them to continue to grow, nurture and educate our communities’ children,” states marketing manager Ali Cassels.
The Woolston Community Preschool has provided a fantastic and much needed role within the Woolston Community for the past 25 years.
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