Seven worthy causes benefit from inaugural grants

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Seven worthy causes benefit from inaugural grants from The Harcourts Foundation in New Zealand

16 June 2009: Seven worthy community causes have benefited from the inaugural round of quarterly grants from The Harcourts Foundation in New Zealand, Harcourts New Zealand CEO Bryan Thomson announced today.

The recipients – a scout group, an intermediate school, a volunteer fire brigade, a boxing academy, a youth-focused social services provider, a kindergarten and a kohunga reo - were recently awarded grants totalling $15,000 having made successful applications to The Harcourts Foundation, which as Mr Thomson explains was established by Harcourts last year in New Zealand and Australia to provide financial support that helps, grows and enriches local communities.

With these recent grants together with more than A$70,000 donated to the Red Cross Victorian Bush Fire Appeal earlier this year following a special appeal within Harcourts and A$27,200 donated to 12 charities in Australia recently, The Harcourts Foundation has donated approximately $140,000 to 20 charities in its first nine months of operation. 

Mr Thomson says he is thrilled that through the voluntary donations and fundraising efforts of Harcourts’ people The Harcourts Foundation can support the efforts of a variety of groups who do such valuable and necessary work in the community.

“Harcourts has a strong tradition of giving and I am delighted to see The Harcourts Foundation continuing to grow and become a fundamental and significant part of what the name ‘Harcourts’ stands for, creating a very special legacy.”

As Mr Thomson explains, money raised for The Harcourts Foundation in a particular region goes back into the local area and 100% of the money raised is donated, as Harcourts International Ltd is funding all of the Foundation’s running costs.

To date The Harcourts Foundation has received more than $250,000 in donations from around New Zealand and Australia via voluntary contributions and fundraising efforts by Harcourts people in both countries. For more information visit www.harcourtsfoundation.org.

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