Christmas Appeal: Tauranga social clubs give back to Foodbank for Christmas
11 Dec, 2020 08:00 PM
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Mount Maunganui s Runners and Walkers president Julia Doake (left) and members Donna Kirkpatrick and Dawn Picken. Photo /George Novak
Mount Maunganui s Runners and Walkers president Julia Doake (left) and members Donna Kirkpatrick and Dawn Picken. Photo /George Novak
With one week to go, people are showing true community and Christmas spirit by joining forces to raise as much money and food for foodbank as possible.
The Mount Maunganui Runners and Walkers Club was one of those groups, donating a boot load of food and raising $580 for the Tauranga Community Foodbank in the fourth year of their annual collection.
Christmas Appeal: Thousands of eggs donated to Tauranga foodbank
9 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM
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Heyden Farms shareholder Paul Van Der Heyden. Photo / George Novak
The Easter bunny has some serious competition after Heyden Farms donated nearly 5000 eggs to the Tauranga Community Foodbank.
The first donation was soon after the Bay of Plenty Times annual six-week Christmas Appeal, in partnership with Gilmours Wholesale Food and Beverage Tauriko, kicked off last month.
A total of 200 dozen (2400) eggs was donated.
Last week, they did it again with the egg-xact same amount, bringing the grand total of eggs donated to 4800.
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Major shareholder Peter Heyden said they had a surplus of eggs from their new farm in the Waikato region, and sending the eggs straight to the foodbank for those in need was a no-brainer.