Monday, 10 December 2012

Building a brighter future through MIT Awards

Auckland Mayor Len Brown with recipient Benetta Faualo and her niece


The 2012 MIT Awards gave a scholarship of $1500 to two aspiring nurses, Benetta Faualo and Lucy Scott) and a secondary school teacher Lydia Zhu to assist them with their continuing studies.
 
The MIT Awards are organised annually by the Rotary Club of Papatoetoe West on behalf of the Chenery Memorial Trust. The Awardees have returned to education to create a better future  for themselves.  The Awards were presented by Auckland's Mayor, Len Brown at a ceremony held at the Papatoetoe Cosmopolitan Club and was supported by Rotarians from a number of surrounding clubs.