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Farmers has released a special limited-edition Christmas bauble to raise funds for hospice.
The Farmers Christmas Campaign runs until December 24 and the baubles sell for $10 each, with Harbour Hospice receiving 100 percent of the purchase price.
This year’s bauble is inspired by Matariki and features a shooting star to symbolise loved ones who have died. It is also filled with tiny stars to represent comfort from those who are no longer with us.
Customers are also able to give a donation to Harbour Hospice and leave a message for someone they are thinking of on its Tree of Remembrance instore.
Over the last eight years that the campaign has been running, it has raised just under $6 million for hospice services across the country. The funds are used to provide vital funding to deliver services and care free of charge.
Locally, Harbour Hospice cares for one in three people who die on the Coast and, in the last year, provided specialist care and support to 1239 patients and their families.
Kenina Court, whose mother Clara Gillanders was cared for by Harbour Hospice in her final months of life, knows first-hand the impact Harbour Hospice makes in the community.
“I had some understanding of hospice before Mum became ill but I had no understanding of the care and attention and the time they give to families,” she says. “The hospice nurses and doctors are incredible people.”
Waitematā District Health Board funds about half of Harbour Hospice’s operating costs, but the charity is heavily reliant on the generosity of donors within the community to help ensure that vital palliative care and support remains free to those who need it.
