ACT - Australia
One Life, A Second Chance
Developing healthy lifestyle behaviours is very important for those who have suffered a heart event and those at risk. Heart Support's training DVD was designed to assist heart patients across the country, in cardiac rehabilitation units and for those individuals who do not have access to cardiac rehabilitation, in rural and remote areas. This project will train up to 2,500 Heart Support members to assist heart patients in their recovery. The DVD will be available for all heart patients at no cost.
This grant from Fosters will enable us to bring all our facilitators to a central training venue to ensure consistency in training and content. These facilitators, all heart patients themselves, who have lived this program, will be able to deliver the program and offer long term assistance to those who require help in developing healthy lifestyle behaviours – Kerri Buzza, Heart Support Australia.
ACT - Australia
OzHarvest
The OzHarvest program collects excess food from hospitality venues and fresh food markets and delivers it, free of charge, to organisations that feed disadvantaged men, women and children in the ACT and nearby Queanbeyan. OzHarvest provides the ACT region with the "missing link" between excess food and those who are hungry.
The Foster’s Community Grant is a fundamental component in helping OzHarvest to bridge the gap between surplus and need. Every day in Canberra many kilos of high quality, nutritious food is thrown away while, elsewhere, people go hungry. The Foster’s Community Grant has given OzHarvest a huge boost not only financially but also in terms of confidence to go forward - Maureen Cane, CEO.
New South Wales - Australia
Community Education Team
Headstart Acquired Brain Injury Service is a non government organisation that has been providing support services to people with Acquired Brain Injuries in the Hunter Region for the past 21 years. We specialise in supporting people with ABI, their families and support networks in the community. One aspect of the service is the Headstart Community Education Team in which all the educators have sustained an Acquired Brain Injury and lecture in various community venues about the impact of such catastrophic injuries and the prevention of injury on our roads. Lectures are conducted in primary and high schools, Traffic Offender Programmes, Driver Awareness Programmes and other generalist organisations.
We are excited to join in partnership with Fosters to have the opportunity to further develop such a worthwhile project. This Grant will allow us to expand this initiative in the Hunter Region making a positive and lasting difference to the community. Sue McHattie - CEO - Headstart ABI Service
New South Wales & Victoria - Australia
Catalyst - Clemente Program
Catalyst-Clemente uses higher education in the humanities, delivered in a community setting, to engage with people who are disadvantaged, involving a partnership between a university, community organisations and a range of external supporters. Subjects taught are all fully accredited by the university and are in areas such as history, literature, ethics and art. Humanities subjects are used to empower disadvantaged people to think about and reflect on the world in which they live. In turn, this intellectual engagement can promote a broader re-engagement with society, and assist them to eventually exit the cycle of poverty.
By supporting Mission Australia’s Catalyst-Clemente program in NSW and VIC, Foster’s in the Community is helping us to transform the lives of homeless men and women – this program provides an example of how people who face challenging lives can envisage new possibilities for themselves whilst promoting social inclusion and participation.
Northern Territory - Australia
Youth Development Unit Peer Support
This project involves the expansion of crisis/short term accommodation for indigenous young men and women, enabling them to receive safe accommodation whilst working on their individual needs and issues, including misuse of alcohol and other substances. The safe houses ensure the young men and women participating in the Julalikari program are not homeless or at risk of being homeless whilst undertaking the YDU program.
This partnership also involves the Northern Territory Police in Tennant Creek.
Northern Territory - Australia
200 Kilometres South' Project
The 200km South Project will engage Indigenous children and youth in the Adelaide River region south of Darwin through a music workshop program in partnership with the NT Music School. The music programs aim to engage the children with learning and their school, to encourage them to remain at school longer, to enhance their self-esteem and self confidence and strengthen their social skills and sense of belonging and community connection. The highly trained NT Music School staff will deliver the programs and train the local teachers.
This grant will directly help us to deliver the music and creative arts programs to some of Australia’s most disadvantaged and isolated Indigenous youth and communities. We know that these types of programs can help re-engage children with their school and help build self esteem and a sense of belonging - Caroline Aebersold, Song Room’s CEO.
Queensland - Australia
Woodworking Community Enterprise
The Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre will assist people with a disability to build their own business and work towards a wage to supplement their disability pensions from income generated from the sales of their handmade timber furnishings.
We are all very excited about this project as it will benefit so many people in this region as the items constructed are offered for sale at a price that will eventually enable a profit margin to continue supporting the project once the intial funding ceases - Sylvia Collins, CEO.
Queensland - Australia
Sporting Chance Academy
The Sporting Chance Academy program is designed to engage with children who are at-risk of not completing their education either through academic, behavioral, financial or familial pressures and provides them with a supporting environment in which to develop new skills, improve their academic performance, participate in mentoring and social development as well as participating in sport and active recreation. The Academy aims to improve school attendance and literacy and numeracy results and ensure that each child, irrespective of circumstance, can reach their full potential.
The support from Foster's is instrumental in the Foundation's ability to expand our Academy program further and will provide a life-long benefit to children who are most at-risk of not completing their education.
South Australia - Australia
Murray Darling Rescue
The Scout Association is indebted to the Fosters Group for this magnificent support. These funds will not only benefit the many young people who gain a first-hand appreciation for the environment, but also the South Australian community as a whole, will reap the future rewards of this wonderful project.
South Australia - Australia
Growing SA's Future
Dedicated to revegetating the State and protecting its remnant vegetation, Trees For Life is the largest volunteer revegetation and bushland protection organisation of its type in the world. The funding will enable the ongoing training in plant propagation for Trees for Life members.
We are thrilled that the Foster’s Community Grants program has chosen to support our Tree Scheme project, which will enable Trees For Life to provide better support to both new and experienced growers - Carmel Dundon, Chief Executive Officer.
South Australia - Australia
Native Fish Recovery Project
Healthy Rivers Australia is a not for profit organisation working to help improve the health of Australia’s Rivers by supporting community based environmental and education projects. Through its Community Environmental Water Bank, Healthy Rivers Australia delivers water to drying wetlands and streams during times of drought, thus securing the future for a range of native species. Healthy Rivers Australia is partnering with Alberton Primary School to establish an education facility for the small native fish the Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon. This is the first time the native fish, until recently thought to be extinct, will be bred as part of a special curriculum program in a South Australian school.
As a result of this grant students will have the opportunity to help save an endangered species and to receive hands-on education in environmental management.
South Australia - Australia
Wildlife Hospital
This project will see the development of a wildlife veterinary facility at Cleland Wildlife Park, thus improving the quality of veterinary care to injured and sick wildlife. Project funding will also enable staff and volunteers to deliver the best possible care and rehabilitation to rescued, injured and sick native animals.
The Fosters Community Grant will bring our project to life by enabling us to purchase specialised veterinary equipment which will allow us to deliver the best possible medical care and treatment to our native wildlife.
Tasmania - Australia
Drive
The Drive project is a way for young men to hold a mirror to their experience and to the fundamental experience at the heart of every young man. "Drive" is about identity and the rites of passage that young men face as they move toward adulthood, including gaining a driver’s licence and the legal right to drink alcohol. The project also aims to educate youth to consider the consequences of their actions.
At this very important post production phase of the Drive project, the Fosters Foundation grant will be used to build the involvement of the key young male participants as they begin to reflect on the wealth of material gathered and to increase the opportunities for new participants to engage as the Drive film nears completion and the education package is developed.
Tasmania - Australia
Exiting Men's Prison Program
The Holyoake Program is designed to support people with a history of alcohol or drug issues who are preparing for release from Prison.
The program offers a supportive, non-judgemental environment where attendees can begin to understand when, why and how they developed dependent behaviours including the use of alcohol or other drugs. Issues such as anger, domestic violence, gambling, sexual abuse, physical abuse, fear and anxiety, grief, intimacy, may have impacted on their life and affected their decisions.
Holyoake would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Fosters Group for their support of this program - Sarah Charlton, CEO.
Victoria - Australia
Future Sustainability Leaders
The Future Sustainability Leaders program aims to empower young people to make change, as future leaders, in their workplaces and communities. The program brings emerging sustainability leaders, who want to make a difference, together with mentors and leaders of industry to cultivate the next generation of environmentally responsible leaders. The resulting concept is innovative and powerful: help young people, who care about sustainability, get into positions of influence.
With the support of Foster’s, The Centre for Sustainability Leadership will offer three scholarships to diverse groups in order to make our program more accessible, and eliminate any barriers to potential applicants who do not have access to funding through their employer - Larissa Brown, Executive Director.
Victoria - Australia
Making Music Together
The Foster's Grant will enable Mallacoota Strum + Inc to create and host regional music gatherings which will include Mallacoota, Cann River, Buchan and other local communities in a series of participatory events - John Grunden.
Victoria - Australia
Bridge of Memories Exhibition
Bridge of Memories is a permanent exhibition and educational resource that aims to show the changing face of contemporary Australian Society - its cultural diversity, multiculturalism and identity - through the stories of nine communities who have migrated to Australia from across Asia during the 1950s up until 2000.
The Foster’s grant is a major contribution to the creation of a permanent exhibition at the Chinese Museum and an educational resource for the thousands of school children who visit the Chinese Museum each year, who will gain a unique appreciation of the diverse origins of communities and cultures that make up Australia’s multicultural society.” Bill Au, Chairman
Victoria - Australia
Regional Touring Program
Orchestra Victoria’s Regional Program has two components: free orchestral concerts and free mOVe! workshops for music students. The funding enables OV activities to be presented throughout regional Victoria including Mildura, Hamilton, Horsham, Shepparton, Bendigo, Traralgon, Morwell and Moe.
It is due to the generous support of organisations such as the Foster’s Group that Orchestra Victoria can continue to reach thousands of enthusiastic concert-goers and students in regional Victoria - Jo Beaumont, Artistic Director.
Victoria - Australia
Lake Hume Murray River Restoration
This project will enable Parklands Albury Wodonga to work with the regional community to establish the Murray River Parklands including the restoration of 50 kilometres of Murray River frontage from Lake Hume to West Wodonga and improvements to public access tracks along the Murray.
This grant means that Parklands will have the resources to establish the Murray River Parklands bush reserve. Through community involvement in the planning, development and management stages, we will build strong community stewardship - Brian Scantlebury, Chairman.
Victoria - Australia
2008 Ampersand Walk
The Ampersand Walk raises money for local not-for-profit groups engaged with young people in their local communities by challenging participants to volunteer their feet for a 30km walk around Melbourne's Capital City Trail. The Ampersand Network is based in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
With support from the Fosters Community Grants program the Ampersand Walk will bring young people together with worthy not-for-profit groups to raise money for great programs and services. The 30km walk is a day long challenge for volunteers who chose the organisation they wish to support. Ampersand couldn't bring the event to life without the generous support of Foster's.
Victoria - Australia
Custodial Mentoring Program
Whitelion's Custodial Mentoring Program provides one-on-one mentoring for young, repeat offenders and at-risk youth. The program aims to improve the self-esteem and social interaction skills of youth in custody.
Victoria - Australia
Yarra4Life Biolink
The “Yarra4Life Biolink” project is establishing habitat corridors to connect Yellingbo Reserve with iconic parks that surround the Yarra Valley to help protect Victoria’s threatened bird emblem, the Helmeted Honeyeater, and other important local species. The project has gained the support of local government, business (including Foster's Coldstream Hills vineyard) and community groups.
“Looking after the best biodiversity we have on Melbourne’s doorstep is really difficult without partners such as Coldstream Hills adding their support to the efforts of community, industry and government. “Historically, Helmeted Honeyeaters were present in this area, which adjoins Warramate Nature Conservation Reserve. The Yarra4Life Biolink gives them a chance to return to the area".
Victoria - Australia
Regional Million Paws Walk
RSPCA's regional Million Paws Walk event aims to raise funds to improve our animal shelters across regional Victoria. The Walk will bring together members of local communities through the participation of the event and through event volunteering. Funds raised through the Walk will go directly to the regional animal shelters.
RSPCA Victoria is very grateful that Foster's in the Community will help us run the Regional Million Paws Walk event across Victoria, raising much needed funds that will directly benefit regional RSPCA shelters. This in turn will help support our local communities - Maria Mercurio, CEO.
Victoria - Australia
Kitchen Garden 'Go for your Life' Project
The Foundation is creating a comprehensive and practical training materials package to enable the 22 new Victorian primary schools to more easily implement and operate this innovative Program for their students in Years 3–6. This new package will draw on the combined learning and experience of the existing 27 primary schools who are already delivering pleasurable food education through weekly kitchen and garden classes.
The Foundation appreciates Fosters’ support of our efforts to engage children in the wonderful adventure of learning how to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh delicious food at primary school – creating positive eating habits for life - Ange Barry, Executive Officer
California - US
Community Outreach Program for Performing Arts
The project aims to create greater access to the arts for disabled and low-income community residents in the Yountville region.
Thanks to the generosity of the Foster's Community Grant we will be able to serve individuals who would otherwise have limited access to performing arts opportunities and are currently underserved by local cultural arts organizations by offering them an opportunity for increased participation in our community.
California - US
CAP - Community Access Program
The Napa Valley Opera House is non-profit, charitable performing arts theatre located in the heart of downtown Napa and a national historic landmark originally constructed in 1879. Opera House patrons experience an eclectic array of performing arts including pop music, theatre, dance, comedy, jazz, blues, world music, and family programming in a world-class setting.
Washington - US
Solar Power and Water Implementation
FETCH! (Free Exercise Time for Canines and their Humans!) is a grassroots non-profit organisation whose purpose is to work with Island County officials to establish and maintain off-leash parks on Whidbey Island. FETCH! is devoted to promoting safe, responsible off-leash play time for dogs and their owners.
The Foster’s Grant enables FETCH! to install solar panels which will provide sustainable energy to run the lights at a community park. This provides senior citizens in the rural area with a safe place to exercise and socialise as their pets play off-leash.
Colorado - USA
Cultiva! Youth Program
The Youth Program aims to teach at-risk youth about environmental sustainability via organic gardening; it also aims to equip the participants with business and community leadership skills that can help them transition into positions of responsibility in their local community.
This project has over 200 youth involved in organic gardening and beekeeping activities, with the aim being to learn about healthy lifestyles and job skills. Further, the program helps to broaden the social horizons of at-risk youth through interaction with adults and peers from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
Illinois - USA
Backpack Program
The Food Bank program aims to provide low-income families with financial support through the provision of a backpack on a weekly basis, filled with nutritious food for the family.
The Food Bank is extremely thankful to Foster’s Wine Estates America for their generous donation to the BackPack Program. Because of this generosity, 500 low-income families now receive a food-filled backpack each Friday so that they have nutritious food for the weekend.
New Jersey - US
CONTACT-ability
This program will provide free, daily phone calls to isolated and homebound seniors to check on their health and safety. Physically impaired individuals who might otherwise find it diffucult to find employment, will be hired and trained to make these calls.
CONTACT Community Helplines is extremely grateful to Foster's for this Community Grant. It will enable us to engage the disabled, as volunteers, in a supportive role with isolated and homebound senior citizens. It is a win-win situation for both the disabled and the elderly on our Reassurance Program.
California - USA
WineBev Services Expansion Project
This project aims to reduce barriers to employment for adults with disabilities by providing training and wage-earning packaging jobs in a work environment with non-disabled peers.
Thanks to Foster's, more adults with disabilities will earn real wages and have exciting careers as valued employees of WineBev Services – our innovative social enterprise located in Napa Valley. Our employees take pride in providing excellent service and being a part of the wine industry. Through their generous support, Foster's is enhancing the quality of life for everyone in our community.
California - USA
SOS - Securing our Seniors' Physical, Mental and Financial Well-Being
Legal Aid Napa will provide subsidised and free legal assistance to the community's most vulnerable citizens - seniors, immigrants and disabled veterans - who require legal help but otherwise cannot afford it.
Foster’s grant is quite timely given the current economic crisis. It will help Legal Aid provide Napa’s seniors with critical services that will protect them against fraud and abuse. With Foster’s support, seniors will be more likely to remain independent and continue as active and productive members of our community. Thank you to Foster’s for enhancing the quality of life of all Napa residents.
California - USA
YMCA GirlForce
This project aims to teach the importance of having a healthy attitude body image. The YMCA team aims to do this by equiping participants with information about good nutrition and the importance of physical fitness, as well as addresing the issue of drug and alcohol abuse in society.
The Presidio Community YMCA engages kids and families from all over San Francisco in an environmental and personal sense. Through our YMCA GirlForce program, we aim to educate youth about the importance of healthy lifestyles and positive self image.
Canada
Bob Hayward Branch Renewal and Expansion
This project will provide individuals in the community who have difficulties with mobility with access to health, fitness and recreational activities.
This crucial support from Fosters Wine Estates is integral to increasing physical accessibility for those with mobility challenges. This is vital to establishing a healthier community.
California - USA
Connections for Kids
The program aims to provide low-income parents with essential pre-kindergarten parenting skills. The program will also seek to address issues of substance and physical abuse, as well as mental, physical and behavioural health issues and the impact on parenting.
Thanks to our community partnerships, the St Helena Family Centre is able to offer support to families in need. Foster’s Community Grants is the largest contributor to our “Connections for Kids” program, allowing us to offer disadvantaged families with parental skills relevant to pre-kindergarten preparation.
California - US
Power Hour: Make Minutes Count
Since 1962, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley has provided the critical means for parents who live and work in and around Sonoma Valley to ensure their children engage in meaningful and constructive activities during critical after school hours and all day during the summer months and school holidays.
We are very pleased and grateful for the Fosters grant. The monies will go to help fund Power Hour: Making Minutes Count, our daily homework assistance and tutoring program designed to raise the academic proficiency of Club members. Parents and teachers alike see the improvement this program has made. The program touches 400 kids every day - Dave Pier, Executive Director
