27 June 2025
Article by southburnett.com.au/news
South Burnett Community Hospital Foundation (SBCHF) and South Burnett Online co-hosted the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s June meet’n’greet last Tuesday night.
The get-together of local business people was held at the Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital and compered by KCCI vice-president Jason Erbacher.
SBCHF Company Secretary Mark Pitt presented a ceremonial cheque for more than $44,000 to the hospital’s chief operating officer, Kelly Langdon, which represented the total amount the Foundation had donated to the hospital over the past 12 months.
Ms Langdon said she was very grateful to the SBCHF and the community for its support, which had allowed the hospital to buy a new theatre bed.
She said during the past 12 months, 2800 people had undergone surgery at the hospital.
Mr Pitt said the hospital redevelopment project was still progressing slowly with more than half-a-million dollars spent on the planning application alone, which has been approved.
“It is an ambitious and bold project to redevelop this site,” Mr Pitt said,
“Not one dollar of State or Federal money has been put into this project … it just shows what a community can do,” he said.
The future direction of South Burnett Online was also officially unveiled at the KCCI meet’n’greet.
Editor Anne (Miller) Martindale said a not-for-profit association had been formed, and a management committee put in place, to take over the running of the formerly privately owned business which operates this website as well as associated Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Soundcloud channels.
She invited community members to become members of the new association (see our Editorial) and urged community members and local businesses to support the new structure.
South Burnett Support Alliance
South Burnett Support Alliance secretary Marietta Wetzig spoke about the free weekly community meals project, co-ordinated by the Alliance but hosted each Wednesday night at the Salvation Army Hall in Kingaroy by a different local business or community group.
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