15 charities benefit from Harcourts Foundation

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15 charitable organisations benefit from The Harcourts Foundation’s latest funding

14 June 2010: Fifteen charitable organisations from around New Zealand have received grants in the latest round of funding from The Harcourts Foundation, a charity set up by Harcourts real estate group to provide support that helps, grows and enriches our communities.

The recipients – two in the Auckland area, one in Hamilton, three in Greater Wellington, eight in Canterbury and one national charity -  were recently awarded grants totalling just over $45,000, having each made successful applications to The Harcourts Foundation in New Zealand.

These latest New Zealand grants together with a number made in Australia recently take the total amount donated since the Foundation was established in August 2008 to more than

$350,000 to a total of 81 charities in New Zealand and Australia, says Head of Real Estate Operations for Harcourts Australasia Bryan Thomson. 

As Mr Thomson explains, since The Harcourts Foundation was established more than $600,000 has been raised for through the voluntary donations and fundraising efforts of  Harcourts team members on both sides of the Tasman, with additional support coming from some of the group’s business partners and clients.

“As a result it means The Harcourts Foundation can support a variety of deserving charitable organisations doing valuable work in the community, including the 15 worthy recipients supported in our latest funding round.”

Mr Thomson notes that all of money raised for The Harcourts Foundation is donated and, aside from a small portion set aside to support major emergency relief efforts, the money raised for the Foundation in a particular region goes back into that area.

The latest recipients of grants from The Harcourts Foundation in New Zealand are:

West Auckland Hospice - $5410 for laptops for its Community Palliative Care Team to use as they carry out home visits throughout Greater West Auckland;
StarJam - $5950 to help fund Dynamic Drummers performance workshops for young disabled people;
Abbeyfield Waikato Incorporated - $1000 towards the cost of creating a warmer, healthier and more attractive environment for the older people who it provides accommodation for in Abbeyfield House;
WellTrust - $2000 for a new laptop computer for its drug and alcohol counsellors to use when out working in schools;
Thumbs UP - $500 to help fund the opening of the new centre where it provides a day service for young adults with disabilities;
Wellington Boys & Girls Institute - $500 towards the cost of running a youth group for the children/grandchildren of those attending its Positive Parenting programme;
The St George’s Cancer Trust - $5000 towards the cost of two linear accelerators for treating a range of cancers;
Order of St John Northern Region South Island Trust - $4827 to buy two vital suction units, which are used when treating unconscious patients;
·         Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust - $5053 to buy specialist wet weather clothing for its air rescue crews;

·         Christchurch Women’s Refuge - $5000 towards costs of its street appeal;

·         Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group - $2000 towards a pest eradication programme;

·         Shirley Intermediate School - $2000 towards library books and reference computers;

·         Waimari District Girl Guiding New Zealand - $2000 to help deserving families to pay for their daughters’ Girl Guide camp fees;

·         Volunteering Canterbury - $1500 to help it mark National Volunteer Awareness Week by presenting awards that highlight voluntary work being carried out in Canterbury.

·         Hearing Dogs for Deaf People New Zealand - $2276 to buy a single and double bed and linen for use in training hearing dogs to jump up onto a bed if necessary to alert their owner.

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