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As a difficult year for many draws to a close, Mahurangi Matters is launching its annual Christmas appeal.
We will be collecting gifts at our office for Homebuilders Family Services, Women’s Centre Rodney, and Warkworth Christian Foodlink to distribute. All three have dealt with a significant increase in requests for help as the cost of living crisis takes a toll on families.
Your generous donation of food or a gift, left under our Christmas tree at 17 Neville Street, could make all the difference to a struggling family as they mark a day that should be – but is not always – a time of joyful celebration.
We’re once again encouraging the giving of gift vouchers from local businesses, an option that both benefits the businesses and provides the recipients with a wider choice of gifts.
Homebuilders coordinator Quentin Jukes calls the appeal “a practical way for people to offer support and assistance to families who are doing it tough this Christmas”.
“For many children, Christmas morning won’t involve unwrapping a gift,” he says. “They will have seen the adverts, have a good idea of what their friends are likely to receive, but know for them, there won’t be anything from Father Christmas.”
Encouraging everyone who is able to contribute to do so, he suggests as good ideas indoor or outdoor games, balls and other sports equipment, beach gear, books, art supplies and anything else that encourages children to play and to use their imagination.
Food, vouchers and gifts can be left at our offices on weekdays between 8.30am and 5pm from now until Monday, December 11, which will give the agencies the time they need to deliver them.
