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\nAll proceeds from Welcome Bay School\u2019s PTA fundraiser will upgrade the three outdoor courts for students. Photo \/ Kelly O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n
Welcome Bay School\u2019s PTA is asking people to rummage through their backyards, homes and businesses to find scrap metal to aid a court resurfacing fundraiser.<\/p>\n
The school of 267 Year 0-6 students has two basketball courts and one netball court that need resurfacing \u2013 and the PTA has made this its goal for 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe metal [on the courts] is coming up, which has caused fine pebbles to surface, which the kids slip on. Each time it rains this further deteriorates the courts, so they need resurfacing for health and safety reasons,\u201d said Welcome Bay School PTA administrator Lesley Beaver, who came up with the fundraiser.<\/p>\n
\nAll proceeds from Welcome Bay School\u2019s PTA fundraiser will upgrade the three outdoor courts for students. Photo \/ Kelly O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n
The PTA has joined with Mount Metal Recyclers, which will take scrap metal the PTA collects.<\/p>\n
Beaver said the PTA helpers group will collect items from properties on March 6 in the Welcome Bay\/Maungatapu area.<\/p>\n
Find items now <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re asking for now is for people to dig deep at home, in their backyards and households to find items we can collect. We\u2019re targeting brass, copper and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Think electrical wiring, taps and pipes, hot water cylinders, roofing iron, clean steel, aluminium door and window framing without glass, mag wheels, electric motors, aircon units, right down to fishing sinkers.<\/p>\n
The team will not accept old TVs, gas bottles, household appliances, vacuums, barbecues or whiteware.<\/p>\n
Beaver said the QR code \u2013 on this page \u2013 leads to a Google document where people can fill in details on donations before March 6.<\/p>\n
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\nScan this QR code to fill in details on donations for the Welcome Bay School PTA scrap metal fundraiser prior to March 6. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
\u201cThey put down their names, contact number, address and details of what items they will donate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will contact them to confirm if we can accept the items, and if so collect them March 6 for free,\u201d Beaver said.<\/p>\n
She believed the project is win-win for all. \u201cWe get rid of people\u2019s rubbish and we make money for the school court project.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beaver can be contacted by phone if people are uncertain of an item\u2019s suitability.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will find out early if we can accept the items because we don\u2019t want to end up with rubbish that we would have to pay to dispose of.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people don\u2019t have the right stuff I will have to be very honest with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Large or small<\/p>\n
Beaver said donations can be small or large. \u201cIt\u2019s about weight not size, so if I get 10 fishing sinkers \u2013 that\u2019s lead \u2013 and could fetch something like $4 per kilogram. For example, 20 taps could earn me $100.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nWelcome Bay students Dylan Beaver, 10, Thomas Beaver, 8, Kade Eason, 7, and Amaiya Jones, 10, in front of a scrap metal truck ready to collect donations on March 6. Photo \/ Kelly O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n
A trampoline\u2019s springs and framing is another good money-earner, said Beaver.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone said they had a frame from an egg chair \u2013 that\u2019s perfect because it\u2019s steel. So people don\u2019t realise what they\u2019ve got in their homes and backyards.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlus, if it\u2019s a one-off item, a metal recycler probably won\u2019t collect it \u2013 but because we\u2019ll collect everything and place in one spot, they will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Businesses <\/p>\n
Beaver also hopes Welcome Bay\/ Maungatapu businesses will donate items.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, roofers who take an old roof off a house could donate the iron to our metal man and put it on the school account. Or a plumber with taps or pipes \u2013 or electricians with old wiring \u2013 can drop this off to Mount Metal Recyclers and add it to our school account.\u201d<\/p>\n
At this stage, the PTA will only collect from Welcome Bay\/ Maungatapu properties. \u201cHowever, if somebody outside of this area has a large amount of metal they\u2019d like to donate, of course, we\u2019ll make an exception.\u201d<\/p>\n
The goal is to raise $80,000-$100,000 to resurface the courts \u2013 so Beaver pleads for people to get digging.<\/p>\n