Geelong Community Foundation News
Annual Grants Reception
Over 200 donors, grant recipients and guests gathered in the Captains Room on the top floor of the Premiership Stand at Simonds Stadium at 5.30pm on Wednesday June 18, 2014. After introductions by GCF President Val Lawrence and Executive Officer Andrew Lawson, Development Manager Leigh Wallace introduced students from the four schools in the Schools...
Read moreSchools in Philanthropy presentations in CoGG Chamber
On Monday June 2, students from four schools in the Geelong region presented their recommendations for the awarding of Grants of $20,000 per school, from the Geelong Community Foundation Grants for 2014. Student groups of 4-7 were from Bellarine Secondary College, Belmont High School, Christian College and Sacred Heart College. Excellent presentations were made with...
Read more2014 Annual Newsletter
The Geelong Community Foundation has published its annual newsletter.
Read moreGCF Ambassador Andrew Mackie’s milestone game with the Cats
Andrew Mackie played a 23 possession game for his 200th AFL match with Geelong Cats, who won against Brisbane by 25 points in a muggy hard-fought match on March 30. Andrew celebrated with his son Freddie before and after the match. All-Australian in 2013, Andrew still allows time to be an ambassador for our Foundation...
Read moreSchools in Philanthropy in the media
March 24: The Geelong Advertiser reported on the work being done by students at Belmont High, Christian College, Sacred Heart and Bellarine Secondary to decide how to distribute funds allocated by the Geelong Community Foundation in the GCF’s Schools in Philanthropy program. This year, the GCF has to decide how to allocate $700,000 among requests...
Read moreA great tradition of helping others
Under the above heading, the Geelong Advertiser Editorial for March 12, in highlighting why “Geelong is a great place to call home”, said that Geelong has individuals and organisations seeking to help each other out, mentioning Give Where You Live, Diversitat and the Geelong Community Foundation. GCF helped fund two Diversitat projects in our 2013...
Read moreClown doctors to prescribe laughter all year
From the Geelong Advertiser March 1: Along with two ‘Clown Doctors’, 7-year-old Liam Williamson checks the heart of GCF Development Manager Leigh Wallace. GCF granted $9,700 in 2013 to Clown Doctors who visit sick kids in the children’s ward at Geelong Hospital every month. Laughter can be the best medicine.
Read moreBack to School Program launched
On Tuesday February 11, Executive Officer Andrew Lawson met with North Geelong Secondary School Principal Nick Adamou and student leaders, for the 2014 launch of the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)/Sidney Myer Back to School Program. GCF Ambassador Andrew Mackie was present to meet everyone and have a little handball with student leader...
Read moreApplications for Grants for 2014 were invited and closed 3 March 2014.
Applications for 2015 will be advertised in February 2015 with forms downloadable from this website then.
Read moreSeeing one of our Grants in action
On November 26, Geelong Community Foundation Executive Officer Andrew Lawson and Chairman Val Lawrence were invited to see police volunteers meet their pen-pal buddies at Wexford Court Campus of Northern Bay College in the ‘Literacy Buddies’ program funded by a 2013 Foundation $11,000 grant.
Read moreMajor Bequest
Geelong woman Margaret Cody has bequeathed close to $1m to the Geelong Community Foundation after she died more than a year ago. In an article in the Geelong Advertiser on Saturday November 16, Page 3, Geelong Community Foundation executive officer Andrew Lawson said Margaret Cody’s bequest came as a very welcome surprise to the foundation....
Read moreGCF AGM
Director Wendy Maloney resigned following wonderful service over nine years and was unable to be re elected due to a nine year limit for board members in the constitution. Wendy brought the skills of accounting and taxation to the board through her role with Crowe Horwath (formerly WHK). Director John Skidmore retired after three years...
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