Knox schools to get $80,000 of sports equipment

MORE than 50 Knox schools will receive $80,000 in sports gear from Coles this month as part of their Sports for Schools program.

Thrilled students from Templeton Primary School after they received their delivery of equipment from the Sports for Schools Program.

MORE than 50 Knox schools will receive a sporting hand after being granted $80,000 in sports gear from Coles this month.

The move comes as part of the supermarket chain’s Sports for Schools program.

55 local primary and high schools will receive a range of equipment including

cricket and softball bats, footballs, basketballs, hockey sticks, skipping ropes and nets.

Schools in the area collected more than 2 million vouchers at local Coles supermarkets between February and April.

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Across the country, more than 200 million vouchers have been collected.

Knox schools were among more than 7000 schools across Australia that participated in the Sports for Schools program.

Templeton Primary School will see the most equipment in the Knox region after collecting nearly 100,000 vouchers.

Coles expect to give away $10 million around Australia as part of the program. Picture: PATRICK GEE

Coles State General Manager Mark O’Connor said the supermarket chain was delighted to be delivering sports equipment to local schools.

“We’re really impressed by the way the local community has got behind the program by collecting so many vouchers for their school,” he said.

“We hope the new sports equipment will result in a lot of healthy, active fun for school kids in Knox.”

Across the nation, Coles expects to give away around $10 million worth of quality sports gear.

For every $10 spent at Coles supermarkets, Coles Express stores (excluding fuel) or via Coles online, customers received one Sports for Schools voucher.

At the end of the program, the vouchers were then tallied and schools ordered the sports equipment it needed.

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