Sounds of music and excited children will ring out from Gayndah schools this week

WHAT: RURAL AID AND EVOLUTION MINING BRINGINGTHE JOY OF MUSIC TO GAYNDAH SCHOOLS

WHERE:Saint Josephs Catholic Primary School(10.30am) 38 Meson Street, Gayndah QLD 4625

WHERE:Burnett State College (1pm) 65 PineappleStreet, Gayndah QLD 4625

DATE: Tuesday. 23 June 2020

TIME:Saint Josephs Catholic Primary School 10.30am and Burnett State College - 1pm

CONTACT:Rural Aid Media 0447 116 757 | media@ruralaid.org.au

SPOKESPERSON: Rural Aid CEO John Warlters | 0409 618 641

ON-SITE CONTACT: Jen Curnow-Trotter Rural Aid CommunitySupport 0416 765 678

Rural Aid is delighted to announce theCommunity Support team is delivering musical instruments to Burnett State Collegeand St Josephs Catholic Primary School in Gayndah, tomorrow.

Rural Aid CEO John Warlters said Burnett State College and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School are part of a generous $120,000 donation of musical instruments from Evolution Mining to eight schools around their Mt Rowden and Cracow mining operations.

"I would like to thank Evolution Mining for their generous donation, which is part of a $1.5 million donation to help support Aussie farmers with disaster assistance and their communities," John Warlters said.

In the past, weve been well knownfor our disaster assistance program: providing hay, drinking water, financialand counselling assistance to farmers, rural and regional communities. Buildingsustainable, stronger futures for primary producers and rural communitiesunderpins everything we do.

Were pleased to announce a new remitfor community focused support, including schools. All community initiatives,from July 2020, will fall under the auspice of Rural Aids Stronger FuturesProgram.

Schools are a key element of allrural communities and we will continue supporting them as part of our focus oncommunity sustainability. This was evidenced recently with our technology forschools initiative to assist rural schools with at-home-learning.

Weve had some challenges thrown ourway with Covid-19 in having to place Rural Aids Our Town and Farm RescuePrograms in hibernation. And, our volunteers are readying themselves for therecommencement of community support activities.

Im please to say weve been workingin the background to deliver fodder and drinking water during Covid-19 andplanning for when schools return and, our workforce can make their way safelyback out in the field.

Were helping schools prepare for thecommencement of Term 3 music programs with deliveries underway this week.

Our thanks go to Rural Aid sponsor,Evolution Mining, a large employer of local communities backing localcommunities. They have made this and many other opportunities possible for farmersand rural and regional communities," John Warlters said.

Other schools also receiving musical instruments in the Gayndah region, thanks to Evolution Mining's generosity, are listed below.

Some of the schools receiving musical instruments:

Date

Time

School

Tuesday 23 June 2020

8.30am

Coalstoun Lakes State School

Tuesday 23 June 2020

10.30am

St Josephs Catholic Primary School

Tuesday 23 June 2020

1.00pm

Burnett State College

Tuesday 23 June 2020

2.00pm

Gayndah State School

Wednesday 24 June 2020

10.00am

Eidsvold State School

Wednesday 24 June 2020

11.15am

Mundubbera State School

Wednesday 24 June 2020

12.15pm

Boynewood State School

About RuralAid

RuralAid is one of Australias largest rural charities. Well known for the highlysuccessful Buy a Bale campaign, the charity also provides financialassistance, water and counselling to farmers in times of drought, flood orfire. Other initiatives support its vision that farming and rural communitiesare safeguarded to ensure their sustainability both during and after thesenatural disasters. Visit http://www.ruralaid.org.au for further information onthese programs and other support for our rural communities.

Media: 0447 116757 | media@ruralaid.org.au

Spokesperson: Rural AidCEO John Warlters | 0409 618 641

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