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Wednesday 19 June 2024
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Olive Estate raises $28k for hospice
An eclectic collection of art Bernard Carroll is one of eight artists exhibiting their work, as the Richmond Art Group do from time to time, in a vacant site inside the Richmond Mall until the end of June. Photo: Anne Hardie. Full Story page 9.
It takes a community to make a hospice happen, and the month of May has seen Nelsonians put their hands up to help raise over $100,000 for Nelson Tasman Hospice’s bi-annual appeal. A grass-roots community campaign, the Hands up for Hospice appeal was championed by NBS and saw the people and businesses of Nelson Tasman join together in a mammoth effort to raise much-needed funds through everything from high teas to line dancing events! The stand-out fundraising contribution came from the team at Olive Estate Lifestyle Village & Paragon Eatery, who raised an incredible $28,500 through a series of 18 events and initiatives across the month. Olive Estate Lifestyle Village managing director, Kristin Nimmo, says the community had had the “time of their lives” fundraising for this worthy cause. “The Nelson Tasman
Hospice is such a key service within our region, and I think you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who has not had contact with them in one way or another. “What I could not have predicted was how much our Olive Estate and Paragon Eatery community would benefit from coming together to raise money for hospice. It has been incredible to witness the unity in our small community strengthen, along with new friendships being made, all while raising some $28,500 for a great cause,” Kristin says. Another appeal highlight was the MoreFM Heave for Hospice event, which raised just under $18,000 and involved 18 teams battling it out for tug-of-war supremacy, including an NBS Nelson Giants vs. Tasman Mako face-off and Tasman District Council vs. their Nelson counterparts. Ultimately,
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