Bendigo Bank: A Bank For The Community

At a time when many regional communities have lost their local banking services, one bank is proving its worth as a true community bank.

Bendigo Bank has donated $100,000 towards the build of two new units for Carinya House.

Honorary Secretary of Carinya Court, Lillian Southwell thanked the Bendigo Bank for their generous support of the Boorowa community.

“At a time when many communities have lost their local banking services, the Bendigo Community Bank has not only provided services to our small community, but continually puts back into the community,” Ms Southwell said.

“Each year, the Bank supports many local community projects and as a beneficiary of this, through Carinya Court, we express our appreciation for this support.”

Over the past 40 years, Carinya Court has been providing low-cost accommodation to the aged and disadvantaged of Boorowa and, with the generous support of Bendigo Bank have been able to upgrade many of the older units, replace water tanks, provide each unit with a garden storage shed and construct a gazebo within the grounds for tenant barbecues and meetings.

“As a not-for-profit organisation, none of this would have been possible without community support,” Ms Southwell said.

“Carinya Court is now looking to complete the complex on Court Street with the building of four new units and, again, with the support of the Community Bank and others we have almost met our first target with the design, Council approval, etc, to start on the first of the two duplex builds. Please remember, when you support your Community Bank, you are supporting your community.”

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