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TOOT FOR TUCKER
Listen out between 6-7pm Tuesday 5th December Planning is now well underway for this year’s Toot For Tucker project. Property Brokers along with the assistance of the Lions Clubs, local Fire brigades, the Salvation Army, Wellbeing North Canterbury Community Trust – Kaiapoi Community Support, Oxford Community Trust Food Bank and volunteers from the community, aims to fill the Food Banks for the Xmas and New Year Period. Xmas is always a stressful time for families and it is not only those who receive welfare that find themselves needing extra support at this time of year. Many of those working full time find that the dollars simply do not stretch far enough as they try so hard to meet the expectations and needs of their families. Only those who have walked in their shoes will truly understand how difficult that walk is to ask for assistance. The purpose of this project is to ensure that the Food Banks are well placed to meet those needs particularly over Xmas and the New Year period. We just ask
that those who can afford it, ‘To give a little’ and this will assist our food banks to provide during this time of high need. All the food donated stays in the local community. Property Brokers Real Estate has arranged for over 12,000 bags to be delivered into the households throughout the region via the North Canterbury News and the bags will be collected by the volunteers on the evening of the Tuesday 5th December between 6 – 7 pm. All donations of dry goods are welcome and anyone who is prepared to help out on the night by helping with the collection of the goods should give the office a call on 3138022 and we will be happy to give you some further details. If you wish you can drop your bag into Property Brokers in Rangiora or give us a call and we can arrange a local pickup point. Again we want to thank our army of volunteers who assist us on the night by Tooting and Collection. Listen out for them on the 5th December.
Collection day changes for rubbish and recycling - see inside back cover