Second $5,000 Local Legends Grant Winner

Christmas came early this year for the Papamoa Surf Life Saving Club.

The club has recently been announced as the winner of our $5,000 Local Legend grant.

Poppy Crouch, chair of the club’s lifeguard committee, is one of many feeling thrilled. The money will go to subsidising first aid courses for volunteers (many of them students).

“This will not only increase our capability on the beach and in our community, it might increase membership from people who find cost a barrier. In reality, this knowledge will directly help to save lives.”

The Tauranga Crossing management team delights in selecting local community legends four times each year. The last winners were Bay of Plenty Coast Rowing Club. The money helped them right the wrongs of vandalism attacks.

Is your club a Local Legend too? Or do you know an organisation worth nominating? For more information and to nominate your community club or team, click here. We’ll be announcing our next legends early next year, 2021.