The community trust's latest donations totalled $249,000 to 33 organisations, including the gasworks museum, trust chief executive officer Keith Ellwood announced yesterday.
Dunedin Gasworks Museum Trust chairman Barry Clarke was "thrilled" with the donation, which had lifted the trust's overall fundraising total to $120,000, and $50,000 short of its target.
The Dunedin City Council, which owns the gasworks complex, has earmarked the balance of about $500,000 to safeguard the heritage-listed brick building.
An engineering report had warned that the building was "likely to collapse" unless quick action was taken.
The main building contractor, Stevenson and Williams Ltd, this week secured one wall at the fitting shop with 6m-long metal props.
Other larger donations from the community trust included $10,000 to iD Fashion Inc to assist with costs and, in particular, the Emerging Fashion Designer Awards at next year's event, at the Dunedin Railway Station.
The New Zealand Masters Games received $30,000 for its community volunteer programme and the Mornington Bowling Club $30,000 for its new artificial playing surface.
The trust also donated $20,000 to the Ngai Tahu Maori Rock Art Trust towards its new visitor centre in Timaru.
Other donations. -
Dunedin: Dunedin Orienteering Club $6000; Fire in Ice Outrigger Canoe Club $750; Go Otago Exhibition Society $10,000; Kaikorai Presbyterian Church $2000; Launch Pad Scholarship Programme (Malcam Charitable Trust) $5000; Little Sisters of the Poor $500; Mihiwaka Art Circus $1000; Mornington Roslyn Lawn Tennis Club $500; National Heart Foundation of NZ, Otago branch $2000; Otago Bridge Club $2000; Otago Embroiderers Guild $300; Project Steam Dunedin $800; Saturday Morning Music Classes Dunedin Society $2000; Show Me Shorts Film Festival Trust $600; St Clair Surf Lifesaving Club $5000.
Mosgiel: Outram Playcentre $750; Taieri Dramatic Society $1500; Taieri Musical Society $3000.
Waikouaiti/Palmerston: Big Steps Educare $2500.
Balclutha: Balclutha Golf Club $6000; Balclutha Kindergarten $6000; Clinton Community Squash Club $2500; Rosebank Kindergarten $1500; Stirling Athenaeum $5000.
Oamaru: Citizens Advice Bureau North Otago $3500; NZ Oamaru Life Stone Art $7000; Oamaru Pacific Island Community $3000; Orwell Street Gospel Chapel Oamaru $3500.
