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Pink Ladies with sets of pyjamas and other items to keep children warm this winter. From left, Brenda Marsh, Pam Nielson, Rosalie Bradnam and Olwyn Hill.
News that children were leaving Middlemore Hospital, returning to poorly heated homes and getting sick again spurred the Lions Club of Kowhai Coast into action.
Club members, known as “The Pink Ladies”, joined forces with the knitting club of Warkworth Library and The Warehouse in Snells Beach to provide essential items to keep children warm this winter.
The Pink Ladies used Warehouse discounts to purchase warm pyjamas, fluffy socks, blankets and hot water bottles for children in need. They also made covers for the
hot water bottles.
Meanwhile, the knitting club made woollen beanies.
The club was able to put together 24 sets to donate to the Middlemore Foundation for children in need.
Lions spokesperson Olwyn Hill says the club did something similar for the Women’s Centre during a previous winter.
“It’s one of those feel-good things. It made us feel warm to know that we were helping kids keep warm,” she says.
