The Painting of Pennant Hills Community Health Centre
The poor condition of the Pennant Hills Community Health Centre came to the attention of the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills nearly 2 years ago. The centre was opened in November 1987 and has never been repainted in the intervening 26 years! As a community centre which is used every week from Monday to Friday, it was felt that the public areas and the consultation and treatment rooms needed to be brightened up.
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The club decided to get quotes to paint the ground floor area inside and see if funds could be obtained to have the work carried out. Facing a cost of over $9,000, the club decided to apply for a Rotary District grant to help. This was finally obtained late last year so that a painting contractor, David Feeney, could be engaged to do the work. Due to the need to comply with Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital O H & S policies, work was delayed until mid March when the centre closed for a week to allow the work to be done without interruption.
The result has been a transformation of the centre throughout. Manager Vera Bucci was ecstatic about the result as were the various staff members who operate clinics and provide treatment to patients. The community hall at the rear of the centre, used by over 300 people on a weekly basis according to Vera, is so much brighter and users are also delighted with the upgrade.
The General Manager of Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital, Frank Bazik, in his Monday Memo to all staff, acknowledged the work as follows-
“The Pennant Hills Community Health Centre is getting a makeover thanks to the generosity and the outstanding community spirit of the Pennant Hills Rotary Club. The Centre was painted last week and is looking immaculate.”
This is the third project the Rotary Club has completed at the Community Health Centre, having previously provided a kitchen in the community hall and later funded new floor covering for the hall.