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17 December, 2024
Wooden holiday wonders
The Burpengary Men’s Shed has donated nearly 950 wooden, handmade toys crafted by members on December 12.
The 14 elves spent every week of the past year working on various wooden toys at their workshop in Burpengary East, making everything from trains and cars to building blocks and trolleys.
The toys will be donated to the domestic violence units at Burpengary Police Station and Deception Bay Police Station.
Burpengary Men’s Shed President, Rodney Hanson, said the toy crafting gives “the old blokes” a sense of importance and motivation to get up and keep going.
“As the old blokes age they don’t feel they are as important or as wanted as they use to be,” he said.
“By being involved in doing this, it gives them that feeling again and a reason to get out of bed.”
The ladies from the QCWA Burpengary Green Wattles catered the handover event, while also providing numerous handmade children’s quilts, knitted bears and material toys.
Money for material and the shed were raised with various raffles throughout the year, with their big Christmas raffle involving a handmade, wooden rocking horse.
