New Zealand Community Trust awarded the following grants in the Bay of Plenty region in December:
Alzheimer's Society Rotorua: $15,000 - Towards salary of support co-ordinator
Canoe Slalom Bay of Plenty: $10,000 - Towards annual van lease.
Homes of Hope Charitable Trust: $6322 - Towards replacement shade sails and awnings.
Horohoro School: $956.52 - Towards costs associated with 'Kiwican' programme in 2018.
Kaimai Outdoor Centre: $2000 - Towards tables and trestles.
Kawerau Fitness Community Trust: $8946 - Towards health and fitness equipment.
Kayaking Tauranga: $15,000 - Towards airfares to attend New Zealand Secondary School Whitewater Canoe Slalom Champs in Otago.
Lake City Athletic Club: $11,643.25 - Towards operating costs for 2018 Rotorua Off Road Half Marathon.
Mataatua Sports Trust: $2000 - Towards bus travel for a waka ama event in Whakatane.
Ngati Pukenga Iwi ki Tauranga Trust: $1000 -Towards playing uniforms and equipment.
NZ Cuban Festival Trust: $9000 - Towards instructors' fees for Aotearoa Cuban Festival in Rotorua.
Oropi School Board of Trustees: $5000 - Towards swimming lessons for Term 1 2018.
Otakiri School: $20,000 - Towards a mini-van.
Papamoa Mount Pony Club: $4000 - Towards show-jumping equipment.
Papamoa Surf Life Saving Club: $20,000 - Towards salary of Head Coach.
Rotorua Association of Triathletes: $4,314.08 - Towards costs associated with Blue Lake Multisport Festival in Rotorua.
Rotorua Lakeside Concert Charitable Trust: $50,000 - Towards fee for Artistic Director for Lakeside Concert in Rotorua.
Swim Rotorua: $991.30 - Towards floating fins.
Tauranga Agricultural and Pastoral Association: $5000 - Towards marquee hire and grandstand seating for A&P show in Tauranga.
Tauranga Jazz Society: $10,000 - Towards sound, staging and traffic management costs for 2018 Festival in Tauranga.
Team Shorebreak: $1650 - Towards electronic timing costs for Round the Mount Swim.
Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty: $15,000 - Towards salary of general manager.
Waimarino Education Trust: $2000 - Towards purchase of rash shirts for safety swimming.
Whakatane Lawn Tennis Club: $1395 - Towards a defibrillator.
A disregard for authority could be why those attending court are thumbing their noses.