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New World Greenmeadows and Anchor thank shoppers for supporting local charities

Friday 4 May 2012, 1:25PM

By BEAT Communications

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Anchor Growing Communities with the three local charities
Anchor Growing Communities with the three local charities Credit: BEAT Communications
Left to right: Jordan Newton, Gareth Williams, Debbie Leahey (leader) Iain Beatton (NW Greenmeadows store owner), Ryan Jaggers
Left to right: Jordan Newton, Gareth Williams, Debbie Leahey (leader) Iain Beatton (NW Greenmeadows store owner), Ryan Jaggers Credit: BEAT Communications
Taradale Rotary: Selwyn Dyet and John Reid with Iain Beatton
Taradale Rotary: Selwyn Dyet and John Reid with Iain Beatton Credit: BEAT Communications
Greenmeadows School: Mark Johnson (principal) and Iain Beatton (store owner)
Greenmeadows School: Mark Johnson (principal) and Iain Beatton (store owner) Credit: BEAT Communications

Anchor Growing Communities has announced how the funds raised through its joint funding initiative with New World Greenmeadows will be split amongst three local charities.

The three recipients are Greenmeadows Scout Group, Greenmeadows School, and Taradale Rotary who will share a prize pool of $3,500, the breakdown being:

Greenmeadows Scout Group   $840
Greenmeadows School    $1,435
Taradale Rotary     $1,225

 

The scheme, which ran over three months, encouraged shoppers to donate tokens at the checkout counter when they purchase Anchor Milk and place them in the specially designed box for the charity of their choice. The more tokens a cause received, the bigger the donation the charity receives.

Anchor Growing Communities is a recently launched community scheme where Anchor has joined forces with local supermarkets to donate funds to locally based charities and good causes over the next 12 months.

“Anchor Growing Communities speaks to people at a community level. Anchor is focused on growing communities by letting local people decide where the money should go. It is all about locals supporting locals and making sure there are much needed funds for local organisations. We want to encourage shoppers to make a real difference to their local community,” says Anchor Helena Jannetta.

 

Fund Intention:

Taradale Scouts:  To spend money on upgrading their scout hall.

Greenmeadows School:  To spend funds on sports equipment

Taradale Rotary:  To spend on the upkeep of Dolbel Reserve in Taradale