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Look at those smiling faces! Pambula Public School P&C used their Horizon community grant funding to purchase new canteen equipment including a stick blender, sandwich press, pie warmer, multi-cooker and other kitchen items that will allow the canteen to continue to provide fresh and healthy food to students. Pambula Public School P&C Canteen is a not-for-profit service and is staffed by two employees with the help of generous volunteers. The school canteen prepares healthy, fresh and delicious food for students and staff and is part of a 'whole of school approach' to student health and wellbeing. Most of the food is prepared fresh on site, with many ingredients sourced from the school vegetable garden. The canteen is managed in a sustainable way, with materials composted and recycled where possible. The kitchen items purchased with the grant money will improve efficiency, reduce workloads, and allow the canteen to continue to provide fresh and healthy food to students. Horizon’s Community Grants Program will open for applications in mid-2025. 

Recently Moruya Public School P&C Association were the worthy recipients of a $3,500 Horizon Bank Community Grant to assist with their canteen equipment upgrade project, meaning they could purchase a new oven as well as pans, cutting boards and more. The new oven upgrade was the star of the show, as their old oven had been inoperable for some time due to a shattered glass door. This update to the canteen equipment means that the canteen staff can provide more meals for the hungry Moruya Public School students. Here you can see the new equipment in action! Horizon’s Community Grants Program will open for applications in mid-2025. 

Windang SLSC used their Horizon Community Grant to run an "All in for the Sea" interactive exhibit for visually impaired children and their families. This program created a safe and interactive exhibit for the participants to touch replicate marine life. There was also great surf education provided in a UV poster created specially for the visually impaired. The highlight and everyone’s favourite part was pretending to be a lifesaver for a day. Everyone got dressed up in red and yellow uniforms and used the surf club facilities and equipment. A great day was had by all. Horizon’s Community Grants Program will open for applications in mid-2025. 

The Eurobodalla Woodcraft Guild were thrilled to receive a Community Grant from Horizon Bank totaling $1,958, enabling the purchase of a new chainsaw, case, and helmet set. This essential equipment will enhance the safety and efficiency of their members as they work on local timber projects. According to Rick Stanford, Vice President of the Guild, the new equipment allows members to safely trim donated tree trunks to fit into their milling machine, resulting in usable timber slabs for various community projects. “This grant will significantly improve our operations and enable us to support even more local initiatives,” Stanford stated in their Grant application. The Woodcraft Guild has a proud history of providing services to local organisations, including Anglicare, Eurobodalla Council, the Tai Chi Club, and the Moruya Jockey Club. The group benefits from skilled ex-Forestry members who offer safety and usage training, ensuring all members are equipped to handle the equipment responsibly. Jenny McKenzie, Horizon Bank Moruya Branch Manager, expressed pride in the bank’s commitment to supporting local communities. “The Horizon Bank Community Grants program has delivered over $22,000 to Eurobodalla-based organisations over the last couple of years. We are excited to support initiatives that make a real difference in the community,” Jenny said. Here you can see one of their senior members, Malcolm, giving a demonstration and training of the new chainsaw to some other members.    Horizon’s Community Grants Program will open for applications in mid-2025. 

Our Moruya Branch team spent their Saturday in the sun recently at the Festival for Sustainable Choices in Moruya held by the Eurobodalla Shire Council.Everyone gathered in Riverside Park Amphitheatre on September 14th for great day with plenty of stalls, activities, workshops, panel discussions and more, providing lots of information on how to make more sustainable choices. Jenny, Ella & Kim-Maree from our Moruya Branch manned a Horizon Bank stall at the festival. They enjoyed spending time chatting to the festival-goers about how Horizon could help them in making more sustainable choices. They provided information about our competitively priced Green Personal Loans as well as our Green Car Loans. At Horizon Bank we acknowledge our environmental responsibility. ‘Green Horizons’ is a key strategic initiative to be, and be seen as being, a responsible & influential environmental citizen. Being able to be a part of events such as this aligns with our values is fantastic and we look forward to more opportunities like this in the future. Well done to all involved.