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Finley resident takes a cool $10,000 IT WAS a one time entry for Finley resident, Mary Beattie into the 2016 $30,000 GMCU Giveaway that saw her walk away as the major prize draw winner of a $5,000 local shopping spree and $5,000 holiday voucher. Following six weeks, it came down to the final $10,000 draw by Independent Member for Shepparton District, Suzanna Sheed along with GMCU general manager, René Deen and The Adviser managing director, Geoff Adams. Full report and winnrers continued on page 14
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$1M donation brings new SAM one step closer DONATION A WIN… Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) director, Dr Rebecca Coates is excited about the recent announcement that the Sir Andrew Fairley Foundation and the Gantner family would each be committing to a donation of $500,000 to the new SAM. Photo: Alicia Niglia.
THE new Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is one step closer to being fully funded, with the announcement last week that the Sir Andrew Fairley Foundation and the Gantner family would each be committing to a donation of $500,000. The $1M donation brings the SAM Foundation’s collection of funding to over $3M, which includes $25,000 collected from the SAM Tree of Giving. On top of the $10M pledged by Greater Shepparton City Council and $10M by the State Government, the $42.5M project, which includes $8M to finance running costs, is still shy by $19.5M and an application lodged with the Federal Government’s National Stronger Regions Fund for the funding of a further $10M is still awaiting Continued on page 16 an outcome.