By Jesse Graham
THE Badger Creek Men’s Shed will have a ventilation system installed in its workshop, following a donation of $500 from the Healesville Grand Hotel.
Hotel owners Michelle Schiavello and Richard Fretwell presented Men’s Shed president John Layton and vice-president Mario Herodotus with the $500 cheque on Friday 21 October.
Ms Schiavello said the donation came from the hotel’s Friday night raffles, which are held during happy hour from 4pm to 6pm.
“We put on a raffle with the locals and whoever’s in here, and someone will come up with a suggestion of a good cause,” she said.
“Someone wins a meat tray, second and third prize wins a bottle of wine and whatever’s left goes into the donation box – whenever we hit $500, that’s when it goes off.”
Ms Shiavello said Tobi Hamer, of Yarra Valley Quality Meat Supply, suggested the Men’s Shed as the donation recipient.
Mr Herodotus said the money would go a long way for the shed, and would go towards installing a dust extraction system for the shed’s workshop.
“We’re getting to the point where … we need the money, and so we appreciate it so much,” he said.
“We’ve got a lot of things we can do, and it’s not just for us … we’re working with the kids at Badger Creek (Primary School), and trying to do things in the community.
“We definitely appreciate it.”
The next donation recipient will be the Healesville CFA.
For more information, visit the hotel at 270 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, or call 5962 4003.
