$15,000 Donation for Life Education Trust

$15,000 granted to Life Education Trust in latest round of Dunedin Casino Charitable Trust funding. 

Dunedin Casino Charitable Trust chairman Stan Rodger presents a $15,000 donation to Life Education Trust Coastal Otago chairwoman Aileen Winmill (right) and Life Education Trust Coast Otago educator Maria Sinclair in Dunedin this week, which allowed it to buy a new car.

Mr Rodger said it was a happy occasion to present the "outstanding" Life Education Trust with the donation. The Charitable Trust gave about $200,000 a year, in grants of between $500 and $1000, to the Dunedin community — but this was a major donation, he said. The money meant Life Education could replace an old and unreliable vehicle, which Ms Sinclair was using to visit schools between south of the Waitaki River and Dunedin city, with a safer car. "We cover about 20,000km a year," she said. Harold the Giraffe was pictured on the side of the car. "I look out and see Harold on the car and it makes me smile," she said.

Ms Winmill said it was a relief as replacing the old car had been on its risk register for a while. "We are really grateful ... being non-government funded and not-for-profit, we rely on local support."

Article courtesy of Otago Daily Times

Pictured (L to R): Damian Newell Mediaworks, Jamie Angus Dunedin Casino, Stan Rodger Chairman Dunedin Casinos Charitable Trust, Maria Sinclair Educator Life Education, Aileen Winmill Life Education Trust Coastal Otago Chairwoman