The Acorn Blog
Where legacies take shape: insights, inspiration, and local voices that matter.
Celebration of Dale Carnegie 2023 Scholarship Winners
22 students from schools across the Western Bay of Plenty were excited to receive their graduation certificates for completing the 2023 Acorn Foundation Dale Carnegie Youth Programme.
Local students win scholarships to Outward Bound
These scholarships are awarded annually to Year 12 students from local Western Bay of Plenty schools, plus Whakatane High School, to attend the Tangaroa Watch programme at Anakiwa in the South Island.…
Happy National Volunteer Week – Lesley Jensen, Chair of the Acorn Foundation Board
Acorn would not be where we are today without the contributions of our hardworking volunteers over the last 20 years. Lesley Jensen has been volunteering with us for the last eight years and will…
Philips Search and Rescue Trust has received a welcome donation from Craigs
Almost $10,000 of this was donated via the Acorn Foundation to support Philips Search & Rescue Trust in funding helicopters such as the Areocool Rescue Helicopter.
2023 winners selected for the Page/Acorn Engineering Scholarship
Every year we look forward to awarding these deserving apprentices this scholarship. Congratulations to the seven recipients from local engineering firms.
Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund bigger than ever
Tauranga and Western Bay community event organisers now have access to more funding than ever before, thanks to a $200,000 boost to the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund.
The winner of the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for 2023 has been announced
Congratulations to the winner Catherine Chidgey with her novel The Axeman's Carnival which has been described as a novel that has been clasped to New Zealanders’ hearts.
Announcing the 2023 FAME Mid-Career Award Winners
We are honoured to announce the five recipients of The FAME Mid-Career Awards for 2023.
Large scale outdoor photographic exhibition celebrates 20 years of local generosity
Acorn celebrates 20 years with the unveiling of an outdoor photographic exhibition on The Strand, Tauranga.