The Grand is making an impact with our Friday Night Meat Tray Raffle!

Head down to The Grand on Friday nights to help us raise funds and awareness for a different charity each month.

A massive thank you to our community for their kind generosity and ongoing support.

TOTAL RAISED IN 2023: $15,886.80

CURRENTLY RAISING FUNDS FOR: 

FEBRUARY & MARCH: The Good Friday Appeal
$3,008 raised from our February/ March Meat Tray Raffle and The Big Brekkie Parma initiative. The Grand Hotel then matched the amount raised with a further $3,008 donated. Together, we raised $6,016 for The Good Friday Appeal. 

APRIL: Warrandyte Netball Club

MAY:

JUNE:

JULY:

AUGUST: RULE Prostate Cancer

SEPTEMBER:

OCTOBER: Pinking Up Warrandyte (McGrath Foundation)

NOVEMBER: Movember

Total raised so far in 2024: $6,016.00

Do you know of a charity or community initiative that would benefit from The Grand’s support in 2024? Let us know!

State Winner of The Prestigious ‘Heart of The Community 2021’ Award with The Australian Hotel Association Victoria

National Finalist of The Prestigious ‘Heart of The Community 2021’ Award with The Australian Hotel Association

State Finalist of The Prestigious ‘Heart of The Community 2022′ Award with The Australian Hotel Association Victoria

State Finalist of The Prestigious ‘Heart of The Community 2023′ Award with The Australian Hotel Association Victoria

State Finalist of The Prestigious ‘Heart of The Community 2024′ Award with The Australian Hotel Association Victoria

The local organisations and charities we sponsor yearly, or support through raffles and donations:

SPORTING CLUBS

• Warrandyte Football Club – Platinum Sponsor
• North Ringwood Football Club – Major Sponsor
• North Ringwood Vets Football Club – Major Sponsor
• Warrandyte Netball Club – Major Sponsor
• Warrandyte Cricket Club – Major Sponsor
• Warrandyte Junior Football Club
• Park Orchards Junior Football
• Park Orchards North Ringwood Parish Jr. FC
• Heathmont Football & Netball Club

EDUCATION

• Warrandyte High School
• Warrandyte Primary School
• Warrandyte Kindergarten
• Anderson Creek Primary School
• Yarra Warra Pre-School
• Kalinda Primary School
• North Ringwood Primary School
• Yarra Road Primary School
• Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School
• Park Orchards Pre-School
• St Anne’s Primary School
• Kangaroo Ground Primary School
• Wonga Park Burch Memorial Pre-School
• Chirnside Park Primary School
• Aquinas College

ORGANISATIONS

• Melbourne Dietary Disorders Association (MDDA) – The Grands aligned association. Our Executive Chef and General Manager volunteer a week annually to educate and demonstrate to the members of the association who require a low protein menu options due to inborn errors of Metabolism for their annual National Family Retreat
  
  
• Fireball Fundraiser – Major Sponsor
• Run Warrandyte – Major Sponsor
• League of Gentlemen – Major Sponsor
• Park Orchards Strawberry Fair (St. Anne’s Primary) – Platinum Sponsor
• Warrandyte Fire Brigade
• Warrandyte Historical Society
• Warrandyte Diary
• Warrandyte Sporting Group
• Park Orchards Lion Club
• STOP. One Punch Can Kill
• Blackwood 8
• Rotary Warrandyte
• Girls Night In (Cancer Council Foundation)
• World’s Greatest Shave
• Black Dog Foundation
• Movember
• White Owl Foundation
• Spectrum Journeys Inc
• Park Orchards BMX Club
• Pat Cronin Foundation
• Ripple Kindness Foundation
• Warrandyte Movie Festival
• Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
• Rosanna Golf Club
• Warrandyte Lions Club
• Vermont Lions Club
• Croydon Lions Club
• Park Orchards Lions Club
• Warrandyte & Donvale Rotary Club
• Baxters Ball
• Miles for Smiles
• The Mens Table
• Rotary Club
• RULE Prostate Cancer
• The Good Box
• Tough Guy Book Club
• McGrath Foundation
• Garden Party for Lighthouse

ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS

The Grand has successful utilised the BottleCycler machine for almost 2 years. The BottleCycler is an innovative glass-crushing machine that efficiently recycles glass and reduces land fill and waste.

Since installing the BottleCycler, The Grand has saved the greenhouse gases of more than 11 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere, saved 124 gigajoules of electricity, 44,359.2 litres of water, 43.63 cubic metres of landfill space saved plus more impressive statistics below. These statistics are increasing every single day. 

This is a small, yet vitally important, way that we are supporting our community and acknowledging the impact that we all have on climate change.

ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS

Adding to our commitment to the environment, we welcome Mil-tek cardboard baler and waste compactor to our venue.

This reduces our carbon footprint and improves our sustainability targets to minimise the number of waste collections weekly.

In addition to our BottleCycler, we are excited to have two of Mil-Tek’s products on board.

Here’s our team training upon installation and our two new Mil-Tek products at The Grand:

THE GRAND COMMUNITY PRACTISES IN ACTION: