Food hampers donated to community
Last week, Cadia distributed hampers to landholders in the local Cadia District to show its support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Everyone has been affected by the pandemic in different ways and the hampers have been a way to show Cadia’s support to the local community – even if it’s as simple as stocking their cupboards with fresh produce and ‘hard to access’ products.
This small gesture would not have been possible without the assistance of many local businesses including Ashcroft’s IGA, Bernardi’s IGA Blayney, Hillside Harvest, Manildra Group, MSM Milling and Delivered To Me. A special shout to Clontarf Foundation Canobolas Academy for helping pack the hampers. We were even fortunate to have our Local Member Phil Donato call in to lend a hand.
Some local residents opted to donate their hampers instead, with the packs also shared with Blayney Rotary Club, Orange Food Bank, Molong’s Pantry, Canowindra Food Basket, Canowindra CWA, Cudal CWA, and Yeoval Community Health Centre.
Community Support Fund donations
Cadia’s COVID-19 Community Support Fund has contributed $251,402 to the local community to date.
Other recent donations include:
· $38,972 towards laptops for the Orange District Early Education Program (ODEEP) to assist families in accessing ODEEP’s telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
· $25,000 towards the Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. Funds are being used towards the provision of internet, educational programs and devices to assist children in remote learning during this time.
· A donation of 10 Samsung tablets to enable Uniting Central West elderly clients to connect virtually with their support groups.
Newcrest funds vaccine
Newcrest has announced a A$1 million funding contribution to support cutting edge COVID-19 vaccine research in partnership with the University of Queensland (UQ).
The contribution has been made by Newcrest as part of its recently launched A$20 million Community Support Fund and will be specifically deployed to support UQ’s ground-breaking ‘molecular clamp’ technique to develop a vaccine for COVID-19.
If successful, the technique being applied by UQ will not only bring the promise of overcoming COVID-19, but also demonstrate the efficacy of a new approach to vaccine development globally.
Newcrest’s donation towards COVID-19 vaccine research provides financial support towards developing a measure to protect the health and safety of our community, and also contribute towards saving lives and reducing the impact of COVID-19 globally.