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Will-fully Supporting Women’s Welfare
Noeline’s giving has created an invested community interest. She encourages those who haven’t updated their wills to consider leaving gifts to support the areas they care most about.
Local Students win 2024 scholarships to Outward Bound
14 students celebrated winning the 2024 Outward Bound Scholarship and will attend the Tangaroa Watch programme at Anakiwa in the South Island.
Acorn Foundation Inaugurates New Memorial Grove
The grove has been established to honour the legacy of donors to the foundation who have passed on and has begun with the planting of six young native saplings: three Kahikatea and three Pūriri trees.
Heart of the Community
Mums4Mums recently won the Heart of the Community Award at the Western Bay Community Awards. In order for new mothers and babies to thrive, Mums4Mums put volunteers into their homes to provide…
Page/Acorn Engineering
The Acorn Foundation honoured winners of the 2023 and 2024 Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship this week at a special awards ceremony.
Te Puke advocates who want to see the town thrive
We are sure that the names Michael and Ann Jones will be familiar to the people of Te Puke, as you may have seen and heard Michael as the town’s crier over the last 30 years.
Super Support
There have been a growing number of stories about superannuants experiencing hunger. Some are even going days without a nutritious meal due to financial stress brought about by rising living costs.
We're Hiring!
A exciting new role has been created with the Western Bay of Plenty’s local community foundation to allow the work you do to provide impact for generations to come!
2024 Jann Medlicott Acorn Fiction Prize
Internationally acclaimed writer Emily Perkins MNZM has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her novel Lioness at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.