Commonwealth Bank will be sharing the celebration of its centenary this year along with the Castellorizo Association of Western Australia and nine other community organisations also celebrating their 100th year anniversary.
Ten community organisations will each receive grants of $10,000 as part of the Commonwealth Bank’s Centenary Staff Giving Back initiative, a program which enabled the bank’s staff to make suggestions on how they thought the bank could make a difference to Australian communities.
100 years ago, the Castellorizo Association was the very first regional fraternity to be formed anywhere in Australia and whose roles involved addressing the social and cultural needs of Castellorizians, as well as catering to the private and public concern of the wider Greek community in Western Australia.
Spokesperson Jim Manifis says the organisation plans on using the grant to fund their own centenary celebrations planned for May 2012, which will include a conference, during which members of the community will be able to “share their stories and discuss the past, present and future of the association”.
