A group of Dubbo City Council employees has gone out on a limb to help a worthy local cause.
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Council's Organisational Services department presented a cheque for $1115.68 to Dubbo Hospital representative Peter Woodward this week.
The funds had been raised from a series of activities organised by the department throughout 2014.
"Every month our division has a meeting and we do a gold coin donation morning tea, with the proceeds to go towards a charity," Council's Supervisor Governance Susan Wade said.
"Sometimes we made cakes or organised catering or a muffin drive. Our records girls did a photo booth over Christmas to raise money.
"We thought it was important to choose a local charity and Dubbo Hospital was where everyone wanted the funds to go.
"It's somewhere that either ourselves or someone we know will use."
Delighted Dubbo Hospital representative Peter Woodward said the money had been earmarked for G Ward.
"It's a general ward for anyone who's got a medical rather than a surgical condition - it could be someone who's getting over a heart attack, who's living with diabetes or who's had breathing difficulties.
"We're finding these affect a lot of the ageing population. What we're looking at getting is some sort of comfort aids for people with limited mobility to encourage them to get up out of their beds. Some of them have difficulty getting out of bed and getting into a chair so with the funding we might get some aids to make that easier."
