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Editor Terry Moore is pictured, left, handing vouchers to Christine Alesbury of the Hibiscus Coast Community House (centre) and Julie King of Love Soup.
This year, local businesses and the public donated a total of $1974-worth of vouchers to Hibiscus Matters’ Buy Local Give Local campaign.
With vouchers still coming in, we expect to end up donating a similar amount to last year’s record total of just over $2000.
We would like to thank everyone who donated – you have made Christmas more Christmassy for many local families.
The largest single donation was $500 from New World Whangaparaoa.
Special mention also to Hibiscus & Bays Local Board deputy chair Janet Fitzgerald for her generosity – Janet donated $200 worth of Countdown vouchers.
Most donations were supermarket vouchers – $920 from local New World stores, and $280 from Countdown.
The Warehouse vouchers were also popular –$130-worth were donated. A total of $84 cash was found in the boxes, which we spent on Paper Plus vouchers.
The campaign, now in its fourth year, asks residents to purchase gift vouchers from local stores and donate them to families who need a helping hand at Christmas.
This year the vouchers will be distributed by Hibiscus Coast Community House with their Christmas food parcels; Love Soup Hibiscus Coasst will add the vouchers to gifts at their first Christmas Day dinner at Whangaparaoa Hall.
