ABOUT US
Meet the team: Growth for the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust has led to a three-strong team looking after club operations. Peter White looks after Membership, Sponsorship & AIMES Applications; Christie Parkin (centre) Administration & Marketing; Gill Johnstone (right) Events & Administration.
ABOUT THE NORTH HARBOUR CLUB BACKGROUND
The North Harbour Club (and Charitable Trust) was established on 18 May, 1995. A group of North Shore business people met and established a constitution with the following objectives: 1. To promote the North Harbour region. 2. For business establishments of the region to meet and network for the good of the region. 3. To form a Charitable Trust to raise funds and present scholarships to the youth of the North Harbour region through the trusts annual AIMES Awards. To qualify for the AIMES Awards, recipients must have shown outstanding ability or potential in the areas of the Arts, Innovation, Music, Education, Sport and Service to the Community. The North Harbour Club is an association of Auckland’s North Shore and North Harbour leaders in local affairs, business, education, sport and social development. Members of the North Harbour Club, who are all residents or have their businesses in the North Harbour area, have, among other stated aims, the desire to promote excellence by encouraging and providing financial assistance to the young people of the North Harbour region who have significant ability in their chosen field and display personal characteristics which make them worthy of our support.
OBJECTIVES
The annual AIMES Awards are the highest-profile face of the North Harbour Club, but the objectives of the club are five-fold: 1. To establish and maintain a club of non-political character for members to meet through regular lunches and social activities.
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2. To establish a charitable trust, known as The North Harbour Club Charitable Trust, to promote and develop local talent in the fields covered by the AIMES Awards. 3. To support cultural, sporting and recreational activities in the North Harbour Region. 4. To foster a spirit of pride in the North Harbour Region. 5. To foster a ‘good neighbour’ and ‘good citizen’ ethos in the North Harbour Region. Membership of the North Harbour Club returns benefits to members as well as the young people the Club chooses to reward.
FUNDRAISING EVENTS A series of events throughout the year, including dinners, charity lunches and other functions/events, allow members to mix and mingle while enjoying good food and fine wine. In this way members receive an opportunity to meet each other, entertain clients and help our outstanding young achievers advance their careers at the same time. The aim of these events is also to raise funds to enable the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust to continue to make grants to the young people who receive the annual AIMES Awards. Financial contributions from members, through being involved in these events, are essential for ongoing funding of club.
SPONSORSHIP Funding is also gained by the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust through sponsorships. These include sponsorship of the AIMES Awards categories (called letter sponsors), and also through a group of sponsors called ‘We’re Building North Harbour’. There are also support sponsors who provide products and services to the club. n