By Abbey Cannan
The Noosa Sea Scouts building has received a free facelift with a fresh coat of paint through a Dulux community project.
Noosa Sea Scouts is a not for profit organisation that relies on sausage sizzles and camp fees to keep running, so assistant scout leader Debbie Deely was thrilled when she heard the offer from Dulux.
“We have been trying to get the halls back up to standard which takes a lot of hard work,“ she said.
“My husband and I have been doing all the painting ourselves by hand, so to have this group come in was just overwhelming.
“When they said that they wanted to come and do this, I was in tears and jumping for joy.“
Debbie said Scouts were taking over.
“We teach the kids so much now and it’s helping towards their schooling and education. They just absolutely love it,“ she said.
“The families are absolutely over the moon about this upgrade.“
Dulux Network area manager Andrew Pyne said they wanted to choose a local not-for-profit organisation to help out while they were in Noosa for their State Conference at Noosa RACV.
“We do a lot of community work around Australia so it’s all about giving back,“ he said.
“It’s also a great team building exercise. We have our team here from Lismore to Cairns and they’re having some fun.“
Despite the wet weather, around 65 Dulux staff and local Sunshine Coast Dulux Accredited painters chipped in to get the job done, using a few hundred litres of paint.
