Plunket and Huggies Nappies® team up for makeover of Plunket Family Centre

Plunket New Zealand and HUGGIES® Nappies have joined forces to renovate and make over the 15 year old Plunket Family Centre in Henderson.

The Waitemata Family Centre will receive a new kitchen and will be redecorated inside and outside in just three days!! Work starts Wednesday 19 August and will re-open its doors on Friday 21st with a kaumatua blessing attended by the Honorable Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development.

Tristram Wilkinson, General Manager for Kimberly-Clark which produces HUGGIES® Nappies said that as with many good ideas this one came from one of the Huggies nappies team who were looking for a way of doing more than simply providing funding support to Plunket and wanted to give personal time to the community where they work.

“HUGGIES® Nappies have been a partner to Plunket for over a decade. It’s a relationship which makes sense to both organizations. Over 40 members of our team have volunteered to swap their usual roles and I am incredibly impressed by their collective ability to paint, decorate, build kitchen cabinets and landscape the garden. It is amazing what are group of people can achieve together over just a few days”

Caro Watts, Plunket Area Manager for Waitemata says it’s all like something out of a television show with a new kitchen, walls painted, new carpet and a newly landscaped garden, all in three days! 

“Plunket family centres are a gateway through which families receive support and information so it is important we are able to offer them a safe comfortable place to visit.  We want to say a huge thank you to the team from Huggies nappies for this wonderful opportunity to bring our centre up to date and better equipped for families to use.” 

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