Tag: Charity
Guide dogs need you
There are many ingredients needed to breed and train a Blind Foundation guide dog.
Next Friday, the most important one is you.
Bakers across the country...
Grant will help community
The Sowers Trust has received $1339 towards funding to purchase a freezer in which to store frozen meals and other food donations.
The group started...
A day of netball in memory of Belinda-Jane Burns
Around 600 eager netballers arrived at the Howick and Pakuranga Netball Courts on Sunday for a very special tournament.
Organised by Bo Burns for her...
Students go without for a good cause
It’s New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising event and this year World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine will see close to 30,000 Auckland students from around...
Locals asked to give to rescue helicopter service
No matter where in the country you live, if you get into trouble, help from above is probably closer than you think.
Westpac is launching...
Another year, another successful fun run
Walkers and runners gathered bright and early for the eighth annual Howick Rotary Fun Run earlier this month.
With running shoes and sweat bands at...
Changing lives one dog at a time
Wrangling four black Labradors for a photoshoot was no easy feat.
They’re inquisitive, playful and full of energy.
But in between belly scratches and tug-o-war, these...
Christmas lunch on Jesus
Between paying bills and general household expenses,
Christmas time can be difficult for some families.
One generous parishioner from All Saints Church in Howick started an...
Helping prisoners heal through yoga
Juliet Slogrove has always believed in the healing power of yoga.
Now the Bucklands Beach local is taking that healing power to the Auckland Women’s...
Quilters step up for a worthy cause
On August 25 and 26 the Fencible Quilters of Howick will be hosting a Triennial Show at the Howick Bowling Club, Sale St, Howick.
Every...