Are you one of New
Zealand’s next group of puppy loving
volunteers?
Put your best paw forward! The search
is on to find this year’s pack of puppy loving volunteers
to hit the streets and collect money for the Blind Low
Vision NZ (formerly Blind Foundation) Red Puppy Appeal
street collection.
On Friday 26 and Saturday 27 March,
the collection will raise funds to train and care for a new
generation of much needed guide dogs.
Every day, an
average of six people turn to Blind Low Vision NZ for
support with their sight loss. Guide dogs help people who
Covid-19 cast a large shadow over our whenua. Inequality, already entrenched in Aotearoa, was magnified and exacerbated by the impact of Covid-19. The Fourteenth annual State of the Nation 2021 report from The Salvation Army, “Disturbed Present. .
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 7:16 am
The safety of all New Zealanders is our priority and due
to the new community cases of Covid-19, we have decided to
cancel our Big Heart Appeal Street Collection for
2021.
We are so grateful to the thousands of
volunteers who were prepared to give their time for us and
collect donations during our Street Collection. The Big
Heart Appeal is our largest public fundraising activity of
the year, generating vital funds for heart research and
without the street collection we need people more than ever
to support us.
Every 90 minutes, one New Zealander
dies of heart disease and the Heart Foundation’s vital
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Thursday, 11 February 2021, 6:45 am
Splore Festival is asking its audience to make one small
change to reduce their carbon footprint, and be part of a
collective movement towards a regenerative, zero carbon
future in Aotearoa. Splore festival organisers are calling
on the 9,000 festival goers to make one change to further
reduce their own carbon emissions, by getting involved with
the festival’s zero carbon
pledge campaign.
For the first time, Splore
Festival’s 2021 Event Operations will be certified as
carbon neutral by Toitū Envirocare. It’s a huge (and
voluntary) step for a multi-day music and arts festival to
measure its lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and achieve a