Women’s Refuge raise funds for youth development programme

Women’s Refuge and The Warehouse raise funds for youth development programme

Lens cloths sold over the counters at The Warehouse will help to make a huge contribution to the Women’s Refuge this year.

During the first three weeks of June, The Warehouse sold lens cleaning cloths to raise funds towards the Women’s Refuge Shero youth development programme.

More than $130,000 in proceeds from the sales will help Women’s Refuge contribute to its prevention work with young people around ways to help them learn about the warning signs of unhealthy relationships and how to create healthier ones.

Dr Ang Jury, CEO of Women’s Refuge says, “this significant partnership between Women's Refuge and The Warehouse will help to bring awareness messages about domestic violence to hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders.”

The Warehouse stores throughout the country participated in the fundraising campaign, and in-store radio ads helped shoppers to learn more about Women’s Refuge, and how to seek help if needed.

Paul Walsh, Executive General Manager of Community & Environment at The Warehouse says, “we are very pleased to be able to support this difficult and in many instances unspoken social issue. Thanks to the huge generosity of our customers, and our ongoing partnership with Women’s Refuge, we can continue to help change the lives of young people through the Shero programme.”

The Warehouse community partnership with Women’s Refuge also includes a Christmas campaign called Elves on Shelves which collects Christmas gifts for women and children needing sanctuary during the summer holidays.

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