Georgia Denton (2018 scholarship winner) and Jacob Driver (2020 scholarship winner) Hawke’s Bay Foundation offers four annual scholarships: The Colin and Diana Crombie Scholarship, France Scholarship, Barry/BEL Group and Alison Bevin Scholarships. All with different criteria to support different areas of the community. GEORGIA DENTON (2018 SCHOLAR) What are you doing now, since winning the … Continued
Jeanette Kelly from MTG and Amy Bowkett from Hawke’s Bay Foundation The public fund behind Hawke’s Bay’s beloved museum archival collection is being handed over for safe keeping to Hawke’s Bay Foundation. Established to support the development of the collections held at MTG Hawke’s Bay, the now $100 thousand donor driven MTG Fund has been … Continued
Mike Teddy from MPT with Amy Bowkett from Hawke’s Bay Foundation Setting solid foundations that last is a daily operation in more ways than one for Hawke’s Bay Foundation and its newest corporate sponsor. Laying concrete is a specialty that Mike Teddy and his team at MPT Concrete take very seriously, and he agrees the … Continued
Andrea Barry (left) with BEL Groups’s inaugural study grant winner, Von Mendoza Giving back to support local causes through their Community Foundation has been the cream on the top for an enterprising Central Hawke’s Bay dairy farming family. A named family fund and now a tertiary scholarship through Hawke’s Bay Foundation is helping BEL Group … Continued
Rachel McIlwaine Born and raised in the Hawke’s Bay, Rachel has a deep connection to the area and the local community. In her early 20’s, Rachel and her husband Jimmy were based in Melbourne for a number of years before returning to the Bay to have their first child. Three beautiful children later, they have … Continued
Kevin Callinicos, Chair Hawke’s Bay Foundation is delighted to welcome Trustee, Kevin Callinicos to the role of Chair. As the Foundation’s legal advisor, Kevin joined as a trustee in 2019, and being Napier born and raised has always held a strong and loyal connection to the region. With deep family roots to Hawke’s Bay, it … Continued
Volunteer Appreciation Day held in Hastings that was co-funded by local funders One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle has given community funding leaders time to positively reflect on the critical collaborations the crisis helped strengthen. United in Gabrielle’s aftermath, Hawke’s Bay as a community has rallied together and so too have the region’s community funders. … Continued
Crombie Scholars Announced Congratulations to this year’s winners of the coveted Diana and Colin Crombie Scholarship for tertiary studies. Year 13 Napier Girls High School student Lilly Seerden and Napier Boys High School’s Mitchell Baxter have been selected from a competitive group of 38 applicants, to receive $9,000 each over three years towards their tertiary … Continued
Leisa Epplett, Andrew Caseley & George Lyons Hawke’s Bay Foundation has welcomed three new Trustees, ushering in a new era for the established charity funder. The new look Board that sees the appointment of Andrew Caseley, Leisa Epplett and George Lyons also heralds the departure of long-serving Chair, Giles Pearson and Distributions Chair, Sarah Mulcahy, … Continued
Christmas Giving Forget the bottle of wine or box of chocolates, Hawke’s Bay businesses are increasingly looking to make their corporate giving more meaningful this Christmas by gifting back to their local community. Hawke’s Bay Foundation Executive Officer Amy Bowkett works at the coalface of the region’s charitable needs and says the ripple effect of … Continued
