Lion Foundation invests more than $640,000 back into Bay of Plenty communities

The Katikati Cricket Club has received $75,000 towards replacing groundskeeper gear destroyed by fire. Photo / File

The Lion Foundation Regional Grants Committee for the Bay of Plenty met in early February and awarded $647,523 to Bay of Plenty organisations.

Included in those grants were:
• Tarawera High School - $14,278 towards their driver education programme.

• Katikati Cricket Club - $75,000 towards replacements groundskeeper gear destroyed by fire.

• Rotorua Intermediate School - $29,435 towards a replacement van.

• Tipu Waiariki Charitable Trust - $20,000 towards a remote-controlled mulcher.

• Graeme Dingle Foundation WBoP - $85,000 towards salaries.

• Grief Support Services - $23,337 towards Counsellors salaries.

• Linkt Community Trust - $10,000 towards lease costs.

• Tauranga Jazz Society - $21,282 towards costs of National Jazz Festival April 2021.

• Blue Light Edgecumbe - $18,577 towards a new car for their Driver Navigation Programme.

• Otakiri School $38,828 towards digital learning equipment.

• One Taupō Trust - $30,000 towards the costs of the Winter Light Trail.

• Surf Life Saving NZ – Eastern Region $80,000 towards salaries.

• Whakatāne Indoor Bowls Association - $11,882 towards operating costs.

The total amount awarded across the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region for February was $1,192,706.

The total granted NZ wide was $4,575,163 to 277 organisations.