Welcome to Into Our Hands Community Foundation
We are a Community Foundation that supports projects
that enhance community strength, cohesiveness and wellbeing in the Alpine, Wangaratta and Indigo Shires. We invest in initiatives that build community capacity, resilience and sustainability within our communities.
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Where We’ve Come From
Our wonderful donated prize of two elton john tickets and wangaratta accomodation is still up for grabs for all those that donate to our local bushfire appeal. You could could be the lucky recipient. We draw the prize wednesday night! All funds donated will be going tonwards releif efforts and we aleady have two requests in to help local hospitals and the community recovery and planning processes. Watch this space !
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For 10 years Into Our Hands Community Foundation has been working across North East Victoria to provide relief and recovery funds and support following the devastation of Black Saturday in 2009. The Foundation was set up specifically to aid recovery from Bushfire and has local grant processes in pla...
10 reasons to give through your local Community Foundation - Community Foundations NZ
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Recently a journalist rang to interview me about a story and one of her questions was ‘why is it better to give through a community foundation rather than giving directly to charity?’We are thrilled to be gaining more likes and followers to our page and foundation updates! We now over 300 supporters. Thankyou for your support over the past weeks. Our local north east bushfire appeal has had great take up and we have had many donations now over $1500 ! See the link below donorbox.org/bushfire-support-relief-and-recovery-appeal-north-east-victoria
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For 10 years Into Our Hands Community Foundation has been working across North East Victoria to provide relief and recovery funds and support following the devastation of Black Saturday in 2009. The Foundation was set up specifically to aid recovery from Bushfire and has local grant processes in pla...As we wake up to a blue sky in Wangaratta today we know that other parts of north east Vic had a restless or difficult night. The video below shows where we came from after the devastation and renewal that came after black Saturday 2009. It also is a great record of the impact of fire in the region over time as described by Jim Carroll. Donations directly to us or to the Vic bushfire appeal fund will help us continue our role in supporting those affected. Donate now via this link donorbox.org/bushfire-support-relief-and-recovery-appeal-north-east-victoria
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It was 43 degrees at midnight when the Black Saturday fires roared through the picturesque Victorian Alpine town of Mudgegonga on February 7th, 2009. Drawing on…Merrill Rowland, some of Johns relatives are in this video. Following the 2009 fires.
A great article about all the philanthropy and giving mechanisms available around the bushfires! Thanks Australian Communities Foundation for promoting placed based foundations and helping people think through their giving and donations ! Our own direct appeal link is mentioned below! #givenortheast #wangaratta #alpine
Funding Australia's Bushfire Response
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It’s been a confronting start to 2020, yet people around Australia have responded swiftly and generously as the nationwide bushfire crisis continues to unfold. We have received many calls and messages from members of the ACF community who feel compelled to do something to help those affected by th...