Grumpy Old Men give generously

Ed Boyd and Ivan Kendall from Grumpy Old Men Enterprises present a voucher to Tawhero School students Creo Baker-Pokotea, Soffia Duncan and Ivy Turner. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

A group of Whanganui people are taking scrap metal and turning it into sports equipment for local schools.

They call themselves the Grumpy Old Men Enterprises, and they're a group of Rotary Club and Vintage Car Club members who decided to raise money for schools.

"Most of us are old - we range in age from 55 to 92 years old," spokesman Ed Boyd said.

The group will re-purpose any kind of old metal and sell it for scrap.

"We pull to bits anything like old computers, motor mowers, old desks with metal legs. The metals get separated out, and obviously it's great if we can get anything like copper or brass," Mr Boyd said.

The metal is sold to scrap dealers.

With the money raised the group buys $500 Stirling Sports vouchers for a school, and Stirling Sports chips in an extra $75.

"The idea is that the school can buy sports equipment," Mr Boyd said. "It's only for sports equipment, and it must be bought at Stirling Sports Whanganui."

The programme has been going for 18 months, and so far they've raised enough money to make donations to 20 schools.

"Hopefully we will be able to add to those numbers," Mr Boyd said.

He said volunteers to help dismantle old goods were welcome, and were donations of scrap metal. Call Mr Boyd on 027-2494686.