The Border Trust seeks to support charities which “fly under the radar” every year through its grant program.
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Eight organisations were announced as grant recipients and past success stories were shared on Tuesday night.
For board member Micheal Houlihan, it was a group of Yarrawonga and District CWA members from last year’s grant recipients that best reflected the Border Trust mission.
“We had three groups there last night and one was a group of women from Yarrawonga who had had decided to fill a book with women’s stories from across generations,” he said.
“We funded them to be able to run workshops and get local women to put their thoughts to paper.
“They were so empowered by the fact they actually did it, and they’ll have books coming out in January.”
Four organisations, including the Albury Wodonga Volunteer Bureau and Gateway Health, were recipients of the Refuge of Hope/Scanlon Foundation Grants.
Mr Houlihan said the programs helped the assimilation of migrants and refugees into the community. “The plan is to be set up on certain days at Lavington and Albury-Wodonga Libraries support centres … everything from helping people who don’t understand job applications, to renting a house,” he said.
Belvoir Special School and Albury Wodonga Regional Foodshare were among other recipients of more than $100,000 in grants.
Matthew Leeworthy received the $2000 2015 Young Business Leader Grant for his aspirations of a career in property development.
