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Jul 13, 2021 | 4:23 PM
The Pierre/Fort Pierre Area Community Foundation along with the Youth Philanthropy Fund have distributed over $21,000 ($21,346) in grants to 14 community organizations.
Foundation president Becky Burke says this year’s distributions demonstrate the importance of maintaining a healthy fund that will make our communities a great place to live and work. She says the Foundation is currently participating in a $50,000 challenge grant from local philanthropists to raise funds to continue and broaden the groups’ ability to boost local organizations and projects.
Photo credit Pierre/Fort Pierre Community Foundation.
This year’s Pierre/Fort Pierre Community Foundation grant recipients include:
Special Award winner, Saoirse Mullaney
Young people, community groups, and clubs across Waterford were honoured at the Divisional Garda Youth Awards last night
The ceremony which took place virtually saw awards being handed out across a wide range of categories
Category winners and the overall winner were revealed in an online ceremony.
Childerian Choir were recognised for their work in addressing Youth Suicide Prevention.
The winner of the Special Award category was 13-year-old Ballygunner girl, Saoirse Mullaney.
Saoirse suffers with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
But Inspector Gavin Hegarty says she hasn’t let that hold her back:
“She has gone on to achieve some amazing things. She was National Champion in 2018 and 2019 in Taekwondo. She won gold at the UK ITF International Championships in Crawley in 2019.
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HOLYOKE Not long ago, Aidan Burke was working in a local supermarket, making pizza for minimum wage. It was not a job he believed held much promise for him. But life has changed a lot since then for the 29-year-old.
In February, Burke started a free, intensive cybersecurity training program for people with disabilities offered by Holyoke Community College (HCC) and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC). Ten months later, he is now poised to begin a career as a cybersecurity analyst.
“I liked working at Big Y, and I could pay my bills, but there was nothing I could really do with that,” he said. “Now I’m looking at positions that have salaries and benefits. That’s a big change for me. It’s fantastic. This class has just opened so many doors. It’s life-altering, or at least has the potential to be.”
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