Peterborough School at Warilla will be able to purchase much-needed equipment after receiving an annual donation.
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Peterborough School provides individualised programs for students aged four to 18 years old with moderate to severe intellectual, physical and multiple disabilities, including autism.
The school has been a beneficiary of Kiama Gamefishing Club fund-raising for several years now.
Kiama Gamefishing Club’s recent 15th annual Children's Charity Fishing Competition raised $2371.
This included funds collected from a charity raffle and $500 from Minnamurra Lions Club's charity barbecue.
A cheque was presented to Peterborough School principal Susanne Corkery on Thursday morning.
The donation will be used towards the purchase of a Meywalk 4 walking aid.
The Meywalk will be utilised by a female Peterborough primary student who resides in Kiama.
“For her to have the freedom to be able to walk rather than be in her wheelchair all day is great,” Ms Corkery said.
Previous donations from the club to the school have been used to purchase items such as a defibrillator and iPads.
“Any community support we get is just excellent, because we have little funds to run on,” Ms Corkery said.
“So any additional things that we need, it would be relying on donations and things like that.
“So it’s invaluable to get that community support.
“There’s little things that we need, up to really big things, so having somebody on board that can donate an item is really good.”
Mark Way, president of Kiama Gamefishing Club said this was the fourth year they had donated proceeds from the tournament to the school.
“The club has been running these events for 15 years, but four years ago we found out about Peterborough School and it’s such a worthy charity,” he said.
“Before we went with different charities, but since then we’ve stuck with them.
“It’s a total commitment, not only from the club, but from the Kiama township to support them.”
Mr Way said there was “always a need” at the school for them to fund-raise for.
“There’s always a different project,” he said.
“We no doubt will have another project to fund-raise for next year for Peterborough. It does give you a great feeling to know we’ve helped out in some way to achieve getting these types of things for the school.”
The competition took place at Kiama Harbour, in order to provide a safe area for children to fish and a variety of fish species for youngsters to catch.
The main aims of the competition are based on encouraging children to participate in a healthy outdoor activity, plus teach them the concept of the “catch ‘n’ release” approach practiced by the club.