Regional Australia Bank has handed out $65,519.15 to the Cobar community from their Community Partnership Program (CPP) for the 2020/2021 financial year. Their members can choose a local community group that they would like to support, and Regional Australia Bank calculates the average annual balance in that account and matches that with a donation of one per cent to their chosen group at the end of the financial year. Among this year’s recipients were: Cobar Junior Rugby League ($8,757.29); Cobar Preschool ($3,300), Cobar Auto Club ($3,545), the Mayoral Chest ($1,238) and the PP’s charity group ($1,661.) Pictured are staff Hayley Walker and Ashleigh Martin with the “big cheque”.
Regional Australia Bank has handed out $65,519.15 to the Cobar community from their Community Partnership Program (CPP) for the 2020/2021 financial year. Their members can choose a local community group that they would like to support, and Regional Australia Bank calculates the average annual balance in that account and matches that with a donation of one per cent to their chosen group at the end of the financial year. Among this year’s recipients were: Cobar Junior Rugby League ($8,757.29); Cobar Preschool ($3,300), Cobar Auto Club ($3,545), the Mayoral Chest ($1,238) and the PP’s charity group ($1,661.) Pictured are staff Hayley Walker and Ashleigh Martin with the “big cheque”.
It was National Homelessness Week last week and, while we may not see people sleeping rough on the streets in Cobar, there are homeless people in our community. CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes’s Housing Support Officer, Gina Lyons said just because we can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. “There’s just not […]
There was a field of 17 shooters for the Beryl Jones Memorial Trophy event at the Cobar Clay Target Club on Sunday, with some visitors joining the local contestants. It was a sunny but chilly day, with a slight breeze in the air, which helped to keep the shooters alert […]
Earning Cobar High School Principal’s Awards during Term 2 were Year 7 student Sarah Nicholson, Macee Brown (Year 9), Jayden Greenwood (Year 10) and Braydee Mackay (Year 11) who are pictured above with school principal Shane Carter. Due to Covid restrictions regarding visitors to the school, the Term 2 awards […]
