Fairfax Media reported today that a group of community members, along with the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, joined forces to grant the wish of a terminally ill mother from Metford.

Karin Reynolds walked into her new-look home last Friday, after renovations were performed on her Housing NSW home – complete with a revamped kitchen, some new flooring, tiles and curtains and a fresh lick of paint throughout.

Some new power points, windows and doors were even included as part of the overhaul of the Metford home.

It came after Ms Reynolds, a 43-year-old who has terminal cancer, made her wish known that her four children – aged between eight and 19 – would have a suitable place to live after she eventually succumbs to her illness.

“I just want to leave a hopefully happy life for my kids,” Ms Reynolds told Fairfax Media in April.

“It’d make it easier on the kids if they had a decent place to live. [The house] needs to go from front to back.”

A group of generous community members and local businesses, led by Karen Stackman and Belinda Fitzpatrick, sent Ms Reynolds and her family away for some fun while they got to work making their friend’s wish a reality.

“It feels magnificent,” Ms Stackman said after the job was complete.

“It has been harder than we thought, but we got there.

“We’re very proud.”

And it was an admirable move for the Department of Family and Community Services to jump on board too.

“We weren’t expecting that,” Ms Stackman said.

“Without their help this wouldn’t have happened.”

It was an emotional unveiling when Ms Reynolds stepped into her renovated home last week. Projects and gestures like this obviously have a profound impact on all involved.

Everyone who helped out with this project should be congratulated for their efforts and for the result. It’s another example of the good people who live in the Lower Hunter and the way tragic circumstances can bring people in communities together to provide love and support for each another.