Donated timber improves Tumbarumba school and community facilities

A partnership between Forestry Corporation of NSW, Pentarch Forestry and the Tumbarumba community has seen donated timber enhance facilities at Tumbarumba Carcoola Children's Centre and Tumbarumba Public School.

The partnership has seen renewable resources used to benefit children and the community, said Forestry Corporation's Billie-Jo Brown.

"It's great to see the Tumbarumba Carcoola Children's Centre use this timber to create screens to beautify their playgrounds, provide shade and privacy, and give a talking point for kids and families," Ms Brown said.

"Likewise Tumbarumba Primary School has used the donated timber to rebuild a number of old playground benches.

"Some of them may well have been around when I was a student there in the early nineties!"

The Community Timber Partnerships program saw donated timber used to improve community facilities across the state.

"This program was formed to salvage around 1,000 cubic metres of flooring and decking products impacted by the Murwillumbah floods in 2017," Ms Brown said.

"When we heard about such a large volume of timber being written off, in some cases for damage as minor as water staining, we were determined to salvage it for local community projects.

"We're working with a range of community groups to give the timber a new lease of life and create renewable, durable, beautiful timber facilities for many more local communities to enjoy."

The Community Timber Partnerships Project is endorsed by Planet Ark, under their Make it Wood program.

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