The winners of last year's Graeme Dingle Foundation Waikato Youth Excellence awards. Photo / Supplied
The annual Graeme Dingle Foundation Waikato Youth Excellence awards to be presented in Hamilton on Tuesday evening will celebrate Waikato youth overcoming the odds.
A total of 18 awards will be made to young people in the Waikato community recognising their struggles and their contributions to society through the
help of programmes run by the foundation.
Founded by Sir Graeme Dingle to help youth in the Waikato the GDF awards has had success running programmes in schools to challenge negative youth statistics and help form the leaders and business people of the future.
"The awards are an amazing opportunity to celebrate this country's future - our children and our young people," Sir Graeme says.
The foundation's annual awards evening is an opportunity to celebrate more than 3000 students, their mentors, leaders and volunteers across the Waikato who have been involved in their various youth development programmes including Kiwi Can, Stars and Career Navigator over the previous 12 months.
