Shoppers dig deep for kids

By Tania Martin
EMERALD Rotary Club is calling on residents to help provide wheelchairs for sick kids in third world countries.
Its simple – all they have to do is shop at the town’s Ritchie’s IGA supermarket.
Since November the club has been collecting donations as part of the Wheelchair for Kid’s project.
Emerald Rotary has joined IGA’s Community Benefit Scheme to raise much needed cash for the project.
The scheme donates one per cent of customers’ bills towards the charity of their choice.
All customers have to do is fill in a form to join and say what they want to donate to.
Then each time a customer shops at Ritchie’s IGA they swipe their benefit card or key-chain and the proceeds will go towards their charity.
Each wheelchair costs $100 each and can help a child who can’t walk, is sick or injured.
All work on the project is voluntary so every dollar donated to the benefit fund would go towards building the chairs.