The Crawford Heritage Community Foundation has $18,000 available for distribution to a wide range community-improvement projects and applications for funds are now accepted.
Grant awards will range from $300 to $3,000 with an average of $1,000 to be awarded to deserving organizations to address a variety of issues including environmental protection and beautification, benevolent, charitable and civic functions, community development, education and literary pursuits, health and safety, and research and scientific development.
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Social enterprise, HandiConnect, wins the Audacious-Business Idea competition’s Doing Good category. The company is spearheaded by University of Otago entrepreneurship master’s student Nguyen Cam Van.