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Article: LAKE COLERIDGE OPEN DAY; Day whistles up funds for local school
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- The Press
- Article date:
- March 31, 2009
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The Lake Coleridge Open Day was first run in 1997 to raise funds
for the community school at Windwhistle which, at the time, had only
seven pupils on its roll.
A new board of trustees had just been appointed and the open day
was its way of raising badly needed funds and local confidence in
the school.
It was a resounding success, thanks to the support of the local
community as well as TrustPower, which agreed to open the doors of
the Lake Coleridge Power Station to the public for the first time.
After the second open day was held in 2000, the event became a
triennial favourite for the community, with almost every member
throwing in their time and support for the fundraiser on each ...