Kids show the way to care
We love all our donors but there is something extra special when children come to us and say they want to help others in our community.
You see kindness and you see a wonderful hope for all of our future when children get behind us and join us.
Here are just a few of the many we thank on behalf of our clients.
Cheese rolls to the rescue
Our work with homeless people and our emergency accommodation facilities inspired a group of young students to choose us as the charity to get the $660 they raised to make their city better.
This was a very special group of students – aged between 10 and 15 under the care of Oranga Tamariki – who are at Arahina Ki Otauhi-Kingslea School.
The students researched charities, picked us, then went to work making more than 100 dozen of the best cheese rolls you’ll taste in the Mainland. At a presentation at the school they wouldn’t say their secret recipe but said being generous with fillings was important.
The students are in a programme that aims to support them back into mainstream education and the project included researching recipes, developing promotional flyers and going out to get orders.
They are immensely proud of their achievement and love the feeling of giving back to their city.
The power of pyjamas
When Melissa Dunn wanted to do something to help the City Mission’s clients she thought hard about what would really help struggling families and came up with the idea of getting them new pyjamas.
It’s great idea because something as simple as that can be very comforting and supportive.
Melissa used savings she earned through babysitting, car washing, and gardening work and was backed by friends. All this meant she was able to give us over 100 pairs of warm flannelette pyjamas.
She chose us because of “the wonderful work you do in the community for people in need”.
The pyjamas are keeping Christchurch families warm at night and we appreciate Melissa’s big warm heart.
Schoolboy helps the homeless
One of our most popular Facebook posts this year was on great work from 11-year-old Bryn Seath.
Spotting beggars on the streets around his inner-city school prompted to do something about it.
Father David says Bryn worried about the people who didn’t seem to have enough and a warm place to stay and decided he would make a difference.
Bryn saved his pocket money for a couple of months, added to it his birthday money to it, and donated $150 to us.
We run the only Outreach social worker service on the city streets and offer emergency accommodation beds, so Bryn knew that backing us would give direct support to the people he wanted to help.
David said he was very proud of Bryn. “Bryn tells everyone how he has helped people get a warm bed and he hopes other young people are inspired to do the same.”