Heather Harvey (left) and Penny Lancaster of Levin Red Cross are pleased the group can reopen its hall and thrift shop after two years of earthquake strengthening.
Levin Red Cross is ready to swing back into action after their hall and facilities were forced to close for earthquake strengthening at short notice more than two years ago.
The organisation's hall at 524 Queen St has undergone a major renovation and building process, but is now ready for
use again, by both the Red Cross and the many community groups who rented it out on a regular basis before the closure.
The Red Cross thrift shop attached to the hall is also reopening and seeking donations of clean, sellable items but not furniture, to boost its stock.
The Levin group's secretary, Penny Lancaster, said the group was pretty thrown two years ago, when they were given short notice about the hall requiring extensive renovations to bring it up to code in terms of earthquake strengthening.
"It was a long and drawn out process," she said. "But because we are a disaster relief organisation we had to set an example."
