For more than 20 years, The Cardinia Foundation has been supporting the local community.
To mark their anniversary the Foundation is hosting an event on Tuesday 5 September to celebrate the last 20 years, award the 2023 grant recipients and launch the new strategy for the Foundation.
Over the last decade the Foundation operated as The Casey Cardinia Foundation but has recently returned to its original status as The Cardinia Foundation.
Chairperson Paul Thomas noted: “Cardinia has grown so much over the last decade. We believe that the local businesses and individuals have a greater ability to support their local community. We have achieved much for the Casey Cardinia region but we are really excited about focusing our efforts in Cardinia.
“We welcome anyone to attend the anniversary celebration to see how you can partner with us to help our community thrive.
“We’ve had great support over the years and our charity dinners were always well attended and well supported.
“We know we live in such a generous community, the Cardinia Foundation really enables collective giving to make a big impact.”
The Cardinia Foundation is a registered charity bringing together the financial resources of many to support not-for-profit organisations dedicated to improving the lives of people in Cardinia.
The Foundation creates a community chest in perpetuity that will respond to the needs of the Cardinia community, both now and into the future.
The Foundation tracks its collective impact across six key focus areas: education, health and wellbeing, social cohesion, the environment, the arts and crisis support.
Over the past two decades the Foundation has distributed over $830,000 in grants and seeks to increase this support in the coming decade.
In 2023, the Foundation has a particular focus on the cost of living crisis and the impact on housing affordability and food insecurity.
All are welcomed to The Cardinia Foundation 20th anniversary celebrations.
This free event will be held on Tuesday 5 September at Outlook Australia, 24 Toomuc Valley Rd, Pakenham.
You can RSVP at admin@cardiniafoundation.org
