The Community Bank Galston has proudly sponsored a variety of community clubs, events and projects this year.
In February the Community Bank sponsored $8,000 to help the development of the Dural Community Garden, a project by the Dural Men’s Shed at The Centre in Kenthurst. Emily Lambert is overseeing the project, “We are so excited to have received a generous grant from Bendigo Bank, which will see us continue to establish our community garden and improve our plumbing and irrigation.
It will also contribute to supplying soil, plants, seeds, mulch, tools and so much more.”. The garden is already providing a strong sense of community spirit as people volunteer their time and skills to ensure a wonderful space is created for members of the Hills District to cultivate connections as well as vegetables!
In March Branch Manager, Savio Pereira, and Chairman, Ralph Steele, attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new STEM building (M Block) at Cherrybrook Technology High School, having sponsored $85,000 towards fitting out the classrooms with modern benches and equipment to aid in their lessons.
St Judes Anglican Church Dural held their Annual Winter Food Drive in July with the help of a $1,500 sponsorship from the Community Bank to assist in their collection of non-perishable items for people in Sydney who need extra food and hygiene support over the colder months.
In September Bendigo Bank Galston joined in the end of the season celebrations and presentations for the Kenthurst Football Club, the Hills Puma Football Club, the Hills Hawks Football Club and the Hills Hawks Junior Rugby Club; sponsoring $40,000 (over 4 years), $7,000, $10,000 and $8,000 respectively.
The branch also partnered with Kenthurst Rotary Club, donating $35,000 to help launch the Food Truck project that will serve the nourishment needs of the homeless in The Hills. These services will also extend into schools, beginning with Galston High School, to give disadvantaged students hot meals once a month.
Stay tuned in the lead up to Christmas, there are still some wonderful community partnerships to come. If you’d like to continue to see more great sponsorships helping to grow and nurture the local community, feel free to get in touch and support the bank.
Visit us in the branch at 348 Galston Road, Galston, NSW, 2159 or call us on 02 9653 2227.
