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BOTH the Crookwell Senior Citizens building and the Binda Memorial Hall recently shared in grants funding for renovations provided from Southern Phone to the value of $25,000.
The grant has enabled some important projects to be completed including the construction of a pergola at the Senior Citizens building to the value of $10,000.
The members can utilise the covered veranda area for a shady place to sit in summer or for use for barbecues or as an outdoor meeting area.
The members are now also protected when it rains.
Repairs have also been carried out by Council at the Memorial Hall at Binda including replacing some of the floorboards in the Hall that had been damaged by a leaking ceiling. The ceiling has also been repaired.
The hall is a well-used facility by the community for weddings, meetings and other functions. The Hall was allocated a $15,000 share from the recent grant.
The Managing Director of Southern Phones, Mr Mark Warren said, “The Company has allocated $1 million to community grants for the past year and has announced they will be allocating a further $1million to community grants again this year.
“We will be coming back to the Upper Lachlan Shire with another $25,000.
“Two-hundred and twelve community projects around NSW have benefited from a share of $1 million in the past twelve months from Southern Phone.
“Anything that the community can do getting behind the Southern Phone business in terms of becoming customers, allows the company to return funds back to this Shire.
Southern Phone is growing quite quickly throughout this region winning many customer service awards along the way.
“A company called Ray Morgan does surveys of telecommunications in Australia, handing out awards yearly for the best of the best. Southern Phone has won the award for the last two years.
“I am also happy to report we have won the award every month this year as well.” Mr Warren concluded.
The Mayor of Upper Lachlan Council John Shaw said, “Many residents will benefit from these generous grants allocated by Southern Phone and the Council is pleased to be a shareholder of this Australian company.”