Moyne Gazette
Thursday 20/12/2007 Page: 2
Pacific Hydro's Sustainable Communities Fund has donated almost $46,000 to nine groups and organisations that serve the communities around the company's wind farms at Codrington and Yambuk. Local sporting clubs were rewarded, receiving the largest individual grants.
Pacific Hydro executive manager Andrew Richards said the company's sustainable communities fund allowed the company to provide practical support to groups which were working to achieve positive outcomes in their communities. "Our sustainable communities fund aims to support programs that encourage sustainability at a social level, so we are very proud to see sporting clubs, who play a pivotal role in encouraging community participation, feature strongly this year," Mr Richards said.
The groups to receive large grants included the Port Fairy Amateur Basketball Association that received $8615 to upgrade a scoreboard and shot clocks. Moyne Health Services received $5000 to support an outdoor recreation program for the elderly and the Yambuk Recreation Reserve was granted $8000 to fund a commnunity fitness project.
Other grants included: Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail Committee, supporting the development of the project, $3350; Ex Libris Port Fairy Book Fair, support for book fair, $1000; Port Fairy Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Society, supporting installation of water tank, $5000; Moyneyana Festival, supporting CBD Live at the festival, $5000; Port Fairy Cycling Club, supporting the 100km Cycling Championships, $5000 and the Belfast Aquatic Centre, purchase of fitness equipment for the centre's studio, $5000.
This year is the third year of Pacific Hydro's Sustainable Community Fund. The prograin provides a portion of revenue from the company's wind farms at Codrington and Yambuk to the local community through support for education, sporting, cultural and environmental projects. The program will run for the life of the wind farms and has already provided in excess of $100,000 to local groups and organisations within the local area. "We always receive very large numbers of applications for a range of very worthwhile projects," Mr Richards said. "While it is never possible to fund everything, we aim to support a range of projects that are in line with the fund guidelines." he said.
0 comments:
Post a Comment