Boonah’s gift to Vanuatu

Like new, workmen welded extender legs onto all the cut off pipes, sanded back and repainted them.
By Lara Hart

As far as gifts go, this one is spectacular because Boonah State School gifted a school in Vanuatu a playground. The Scenic Rim school was given a grant that paid for a new playground so the old one had to go. That’s where Boonah Rotary stepped in with its Donations in Kind project. The club’s […]

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