Linda Osborne is helping to raise funds for the Lake Hawea
Community Centre extension with a breakfast function next
Friday. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
Lake Hawea people are being urged to support a
fundraising venture for a planned extension to the township's
community centre.
A "business-style" breakfast, which will feature two guest
speakers - members of Parliament Todd McClay, of Rotorua, and
Jacqui Dean, of Oamaru - is being held at the community
centre on Friday.
Billed as an "entertaining way to start the day", the
breakfast is one of a series of funding initiatives which
local volunteers have organised in a bid to expand the
centre's function-hosting capacities.
Fundraiser Linda Osborne said about 100 tickets were
available for breakfast with the MPs.
The funds would go towards a proposed 488sq m extension,
which would more than double the size of the building, she
said.
The existing 327sq m community centre was built in 1991. It
doubles as a town hall for Lake Hawea residents and includes
a small library, part of the Queenstown Lakes District
Council's library network.
Population growth at Lake Hawea had increased demand for
services, with more than 2000 residents in the area compared
with about 300 during the early 1990s, Mrs Osborne said.
A larger library and expanded facilities for weddings,
funerals, conferences and public gatherings were needed, she
said.
The fundraising breakfast starts at 8am on Friday at the Lake
Hawea Community Centre. Tickets cost $40 and can be purchased
from Sailz Cafe.
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