Sutherland Shire Council is excited to bring Christmas cheer to the streets of Moree Plains Shire, with a Christmas in July festive donation that will decorate the small town in the North West region of New South Wales.
Late last year, Moree Plains Council’s Urban Advisory Committee (UAC) began to address the lack of visual presence of Christmas in their main street, only to realise ornaments and lighting needed for the festive period far exceeded their Council’s budget.
The UAC Committee then decided they would reach out to a city Council to see if anyone could lend a helping hand in donating commercial Christmas decorations.
"As soon as Moree Plains contacted us, we started thinking about what we had that we could donate to this great little town and our country cousins," said Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce.
"We were not far from renewing some of our commercial decorations so our Traffic and Public Domain Services team started gathering some garlands, wreaths and a big Christmas tree and packaged them up ready to head to their new home."
One of Sutherland Shire Councils Community Strategic Plan outcomes is; a caring and supporting community and with this in mind, as well as similar views on recycling and sustainability, there was no hesitation in deciding to donate decorations.
"We are really excited with the donation and appreciate the generosity from Sutherland Shire to help in our efforts to decorate the public buildings in the main street of Moree during the festive period," said Moree Plains Council Communications Officer, Catherine Davis.
Deputy Mayor and UAC Committee member Councillor Stephen Ritchie explained the initiative had a number of outcomes in mind.
"This ticked a number of Council’s organisational objectives outlined in the Moree Plains Community Strategic Plan," Cr Ritchie said.
"That includes; building relationships between Council and community, Shire liveability and it also demonstrates our environmental stance of recycling."
The donated decorations include; 25 x 2.4 metre Christmas garlands, 20 x 90 centimetre Christmas wreaths, 4 x 90 centimetre Christmas wreaths with indoor fairy lights and one impressive 4.2 metre Christmas tree with a red boarder fence.
"We know that our residents value a sense of community and we want to share that, while also enhancing the connection between our two Councils," added Mayor Pesce.
"That’s why we are proud to be able to extend this festive donation to the people of Moree Plains and we wish everyone up there a Happy ‘Christmas in July’." ---
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