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Fundraising groups throughout Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast could get a boost in future, thanks to a new regional role created by real estate group Harcourts Cooper & Co.
The company has appointed Hiria Kayes as its community relationship coordinator to support and help with events in the area covered by the seven new branches it acquired last year – Orewa, Whangaparaoa, Silverdale, Millwater, Warkworth, Snells Beach and Matakana.
Kayes, who lives at Manly, will liaise with local agents and organisations to support and help with a range of community fundraising events.
“We can support an event in a number of ways – sometimes it can be with money, it might be our time or with equipment, such as gazebos, or with our Coffee & Cone ice cream and coffee truck,” she says.
“It will be a real privilege to cover the northern Auckland region, and meet and assist the people that really work so hard to provide events and raise funding to enrich communities.”
Some of the organisations already being assisted in the region include Harbour Hospice, Youth in Transition, Silverdale Rugby Club, Saving Hope, the Orewa Bike Cruise, Run Orewa and Women’s Centre Rodney.
Kayes joins a team of four – plus casual staff – who make up the Harcourts Cooper & Co community team, which has existed since 2013 and has raised more than $6 million in that time.
Cooper & Co managing director Martin Cooper says the company’s growth will see an increase in its community fundraising, which already supports more than 400 events each year.
“As a company, we have always believed that you give back to those who support you, and I believe we have the largest community outreach programme in northern Auckland,” he says.
“We are thrilled to be bringing the team to the Coast and Rodney, and Hiria is the ideal person to engage with all the communities we operate within.”
Anyone interested in seeking support for a community group or event should visit www.cooperandco.co.nz/do-you-need-some-help or contact their nearest Harcourts Cooper & Co branch.
