NORTH HARBOUR CLUB News - October AIMES Awards month
October is the month that all the fundraising efforts of North Harbour Club and its members come to fruition with the presentation of the annual AIMES Awards. These annual awards reward excellence achieved by outstanding young people from the North Harbour region in the Arts, IT Innovation and Science, Music, Education, Sport and Service to the Community.
The North Harbour Club has awarded over $1.2 million worth of AIMES Awards grants since 1995.
The first 2011 presentations that will be made are the Hayes Knight sponsored North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Awards. This is a cocktail evening that is being held at the Spencer on Byron in Takapuna on Wednesday October 26th. This year six young people are receiving these awards. These are people who have not won any of the main AIMES Awards but the judges believe still deserve recognition for their achievements. Many previous Emerging Talent Award recipients have gone on to pick up AIMES Awards in subsequent years. The 2011 Hayes Knight AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients will each get a cheque for $4000 as well as the framed award.
The big event of the year is the North Harbour Club AIMES Awards Gala Dinner which is being held at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna on Saturday October 29th. This year this event is titled “A night with Our Stars” as many previous winners are returning to perform. The event is also being MC’d jointly by Shane Cortese and previous AIMES Service to the Community Award winner Cam Calkoen. This is one of the highlights on the North Shore social calendar and is attended by over 450 people. At this dinner AIMES Awards will be handed out to winners in the six categories detailed in the first paragraph. Each will receive their framed award and a cheque for $10,000. One of these six winners will also win the AIMES Supreme Award and receive a further $10,000. In addition, at these 2011 awards, a judges Special AIMES Award is being handed out in one of the categories.
Previous North Harbour Club AIMES Awards Supreme winners have included:- Jacko Gill (2010 – Sport); Melissa Ingram (2009 – Sport); Tom Ashley (2008 – Sport); Matthew Flinn (2007 – Education); Juliette Haigh/Rebecca Spence (Joint Winners 2006 – Sport); Nodira Khoussainova (2005 – IT Innovation & Science); Heather Brown (2004 – IT Innovation & Science); Kristen Darragh (2003 – Music); Terenzo Bozzone (2002 – Sport); Mark Robinson (2001 – Education); Clarissa Dunn (2000 – Education).
The North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust raises funds during the year through the generous sponsorship and contributions of many organisations – who’s logos are included on this page. In addition four Lexus of North Shore sponsored lunches, these AIMES Awards functions, and other functions are held to raise funds. The members of the North Harbour Club – and others – purchase tickets to these functions.
The Trustees of the North Harbour Club wish to thank all of these organisations and people for their contributions during 2011. It has been a great year for the club.
The current Trustees of the North Harbour Club are:- Peter Wall (President) Matthew Bellingham (Vice-President), Aidan Bennett, Phil Brosnan, Andrew Hiskens, Kris MacCauley, Gary Monk, Gary Simpson, Sue Stanaway, Peter White. There are 150 members of the club, all leaders from the areas of local affairs, business, education, sport and social development.
For more information visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz
There are still tickets available for the 2011 AIMES Awards Gala Dinner at the Bruce Mason Centre on Saturday October 29th. For more information contact:- Catherine Lidgard – catherine@northharbourclub.co.nz or phone 419-0273.
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