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Hibiscus Matters’ annual Christmas collection was the best yet, with $1240-worth of vouchers donated as well as a big pile of treat and staple foods.
Every year our office in Florence Ave, Orewa, provides a hub, collecting donations designed to make Christmas more festive for local people facing hard times.
All donations are passed onto three local organisations – the Hibiscus Coast Community House to stock its foodbank and fill Christmas food parcels; Love Soup Hibiscus Coast for its Christmas parcels and local Police for the boxes of treats they give to families in need.
The collection ran for a month, and ended on December 7. Most donations came in from local residents, with special mention to the anonymous donor of $300 as well as Hibiscus & Bays Local Board member Leanne Willis – and Cr John Watson for their generosity.
The Hibiscus & Bays Local Board provided lots of pool and Leisure Centre passes.
In total there were $850 of supermarket vouchers, $320 of petrol vouchers and also gift vouchers for Farmers and The Warehouse.
The items were handed over to the Community House and Love Soup on Friday, December 11 and will be taken to the Police this week.
We can’t thank everyone enough for digging deep after the challenging year this has been to give to others less fortunate.
