Second Highest Response to Clutha District’s Community Awards
Locals have really got behind their volunteers with 42 entries received for 39 different groups for the TrustPower
Clutha District Community Awards.
Entries for the Community Awards closed on Friday 26 July. The TrustPower Clutha District Community Awards, which
recognise and reward voluntary groups for the outstanding contribution they make to the local community, are run in
partnership with the Clutha District Council.
TrustPower Community Relations Representative Jess Somerville says she was excited to be celebrating so many generous,
talented, resourceful and hard working volunteers through this year’s TrustPower Community Awards.
“I’m over the moon with the amount of entries this year! The Community Awards are all about recognising the hard work
of these voluntary groups. The work is often done behind the scenes and the volunteers work tirelessly and give so much
for the benefit of those who live in the Clutha District.
A huge ‘thanks’ must go to the people who entered these wonderful voluntary groups as well,” says Miss Somerville.
The Awards cover five categories; Heritage and Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure,
and Education and Child/Youth Development. The category winners receive $500 and runners-up receive $250.
The Supreme Winner will take home $1,500, a trophy, framed certificate and an all-expenses paid trip to the TrustPower
National Community Awards. The 2013 TrustPower National Community Awards will be held in the Invercargill and Southland
region in March 2014.
The entries for the TrustPower Clutha District Community Awards are currently being prepared for judging. The TrustPower
Clutha District Community Awards will be announced and presented at a function on Monday 16 September, to which all
entered organisations as well as those that entered groups will be invited.
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