Five local primary schools swung into immediate action and responded to a mufti day appeal to urgently raise funds before the terms’ end.

Within two weeks, Ladysmith, Sturt, South Wagga, Kapooka and Uranquinty public schools donated over $2000 from various fundraising activities.

2AAA and ABC Riverina promoted the event and WIN News and The Daily Advertiser covered one of the fundraising mufti days at Ladysmith public school.

I am writing this letter on behalf of The Salvation Army Schools and Community Program, to thank the amazing Wagga public schools and school community and local press for their collective response to the mufti day appeal.

As the Schools and Community Worker for The Salvation Army, and as a singing teacher for the Riverina Conservatorium of Music, I work with schools and children and see first-hand how important school and other educational programs are for the safety and well-being of children as well as for families.

Cyclone Pam devastated every school in Vanuatu, leaving 75,000 children vulnerable - not only to emotional and mental distress, but also at risk of abduction, as well as not returning to education at all.

I received phone calls from people willing to do their bit, so the exact amount raised from this initiative alone cannot be determined, but the schools involved raised over $2000 from their efforts.

What an incredible achievement. 

But it’s not so much the amount that is so impressive but rather the generosity and kindness of those who got involved and contributed to this particular initiative.

The ripple effect of a coin dropped in a bucket of eternal need goes on forever and has a boomerang effect.

So thank you once again to our wonderful Wagga public primary schools and community and also to 2AAA,  WIN News, ABC Riverina and The Daily Advertiser for their support in press coverage for this appeal.

Judy Marshall-Schutte

Rural Schools & Community Worker – The Salvation Army

To all who support or strive for same-sex marriage. In all your striving there is one thing you perhaps completely overlook or ignore or sweep under the carpet.

All of us human beings have a life that begins with birth, then a certain lifespan, then death and then eternity. Irrespective of whether our lifespan is five days or 50 years or 100 years our lifespan compared with eternity is extremely short, like the blinking of an eye.

Then inescapably comes eternity. This is not opinion or philosophy but plain fact.

Think about it. It is infinitely more important then all your wishes fulfilled in this extremely brief lifetime.

What happens in eternity is by no means hidden or unknown or secret. It’s all there out in the open, even available on your mobile or computer.

We can’t say “but I wasn’t told”. We can say “but I chose to ignore it”.

Think about it, it’s more important then all your wishes or worries in this “blink of an eye” lifetime.  

Paul Bosman

Estella

Wagga City Council should disclose all the information the ratepayers of Wagga with regards to Douglas Aviation and the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RIFL) Hub.

Jeff Stien

Wagga