Almost $20,000 has been awarded by the Franklin Local Board in its quick response funding round.
Among the grants is $1232 for the Ramarama School and District Reunion Committee, money that will allow the names of school students who have served since 1899 to be added to the school’s honours roll.
Board chair Andy Baker says Anzac and Armistice Day commemorations across the district take place every year and there is always a pledge to remember those who served.
“It’s fitting that a district will be able to commemorate its own when it gathers for the reunion. We Will Remember Them is not something we just say, it’s something we live up to," he says.
There will be new carpet and vinyl for the youngsters at Beachlands Playcentre, while at the other end of district, pests on the Awhitu Peninsula better watch out because Landcare has been awarded money for a global positioning system and laptop to manage the pest control programme.
Almost $40,000 was sought in the funding round, with several groups referred to other funding sources.
Grants:
- Franklin Mobility Bus, $1000, running costs for vehicles
- Beachlands Maraetai Playcentre, $2000, new vinyl and carpet
- Mercy Missions Trust, $1500, glasshouse
- Bellyful Trust Franklin, $1000, operational costs
- Bloom Pukekohe, $1800, seedlings and plants
- Hunua School, $500 pool chemicals and testing
- Waiuku Toy Library, $900 Whanau Fun Day 2020
- Hunua Ararimu and Paparimu Valley Residents Association, $1000, insurance to comply with licence to occupy Hunua Rd / Heald Road corner
- Pohutukawa Coast Community Association, $1535, monthly clean-ups
- Lesley Kidd, $2000, pruning Armistice oaks (publicly accessible trees)
- Awhitu Peninsula Landcare, $1556, GPS and laptop for pest control programme
- Ramarama School and District Reunion Committee, $1232, adding names to honours roll for those who served
- Waiau Pa Netball, $800, Pa 5000 Fun Run or Walk
- Bombay Lions, $1000, costs for Bombay Early Settlers Fun Run
- Franklin Branch NZ Genealogists, $1000, Pukekohe Cemetery walk materials
- Pohutukawa Coast Presbyterian Church, $755, sandpit materials.
