More than $100,000 has been injected back into the Border community in just two years.
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And the grants program by Albury Wodonga Connected Communities celebrated the milestone with an extra "incentive grant" at their presentation on Thursday night.
The $500 grant to Friends of Wewak was the eighth grant presented at the Wodonga Bendigo Bank totalling $18,045 and bringing the overall total to $104,072.40 since the group's inception in 2017.
AWCC chair Susan Owens said the board decided to present the extra grant as a nod to the other 12 groups who weren't successful.
"In just two years we have put more than $100,000 back into our community and that is something we are really passionate about," she said.
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The other November grants went to Twin City Calisthenics ($1200), Boomerang Bags ($4151), Falcons Hockey Club (1500), PCYC Albury (2500), Lavington Jindera Little Athletics Centre ($2000), Riverina Scout Activities Fellowship ($3000) and Creators Artspace (1684).
Past grant recipients spoke to the 50 strong crowd including Hotspurs Soccer Club who put a grant towards championing their special needs team.
"We used the grant to really take a holistic approach to supporting the players and seeing their smiling faces out there on the pitch getting a kick was what it was all about," club representative Brad Howard said.
"We purchased new playing kits and all the players got a ball to take home each.
"We couldn't have done that without the connected communities grant."