Students at Bridgewater Elementary have been touched by the community’s generosity.
In a December storm, an aluminium shed used to store playground toys blew over the school fence.
Principal, Lindsay Willow put out the call, hoping someone would come forward to provide a replacement.
The Nova Scotia Community College answered.
Students in the Heritage Carpentry program built a new shed and donated it Friday.
Academic Chair Blair Lipsett says this type of community outreach provides hands-on learning for NSCC students.
“And the students really, really enjoy seeing what they’re doing being applied in their own home communities. And it’s really something, a great source of pride for all of us.”
Principal Willow says the shed allows the school to provide younger kids with toys since their play structure had to be dismantled last summer due to water damage.
“The easiest thing for me to give kids right now is loose toys. But obviously, they would get stolen if they weren’t in a secure location. Having the shed will provide that security.”
Willow said, she needed to provide transportation to get the shed from the NSCC campus to Bridgewater Elementary.
McCarthy’s towing donated a truck and driver to deliver it, but as luck would have it, the truck wouldn’t fit through the playground gate.
A call was made and Town of Bridgewater staff also jumped in with a front-end loader to move the shed into place.
The school ended up receiving two sheds as staff from Bridgewater Sobeys have also donated one for another playground.
Willow says she is grateful, and will be using this act of kindness to teach the students the importance of “paying it forward”.
.@TownBridgewater lending @ssrsbbes a hand to place their new playground shed donated by @NSCC_Lunenburg heritage carpentry pic.twitter.com/w0UFELIa1u
— Ed Halverson (@edwardhalverson) April 27, 2018
Reported by Ed Halverson
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