TOTARATALK JUNE 2016
your connection to Hospice tou hononga ki Hospice
LIVING LIFE WITH ADRENALINE! Are you up for a challenge?
Simply raise $1200 for Totara Hospice and in return you get to take on three of the Ultimate Auckland Adrenaline Experiences for FREE!
their families with life-limiting illnesses whilst also adopting the Hospice ethos of “Living Every Moment.”
Join the Hospice Adrenaline Angels team and experience some of the most exhilarating moments of your life - and you will be helping individuals and
The challenge includes a Bungy Jump off Auckland Harbour Bridge, a Sky Tower SkyJump and a Skydive from 13000 ft up in the air!
DIVING HEAD FIRST OFF AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE
BRAVING THE LEAP OFF AUCKLAND’S TALLEST BUILDING
If this sounds like your idea of the experience of a lifetime, then take the challenge and become a Totara Hospice Adrenaline Angel! Visit www.hospice.co.nz/adrenalineangel for more details, or contact Katherine on 09 640 0255.
JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE & FREEFALLING AT 200KM/HR FOR 45 SECS
SIMON GAULT IMPRESSES THE LADIES
REVVED UP TO HELP
An afternoon to remember for nearly 400 ladies, who enjoyed a Moroccan themed three-course lunch and a cooking demonstration by celebrity chef Simon Gault. With everyone’s support on the day a fabulous $25,000 was raised for your Hospice.
For Matthew Newman – a passionate South Auckland local – throwing the support of his company behind the popular Ladies’ Lunch fundraiser for Totara Hospice is a way of strengthening a community he loves to call home. vocation and giving – giving of their The CEO of South Auckland Motors, energy, their talent, their love and care. Matthew is preparing to mark his 30th And that’s just such an admirable anniversary with the company, after mindset that you can’t help but be starting as a dealer in 1986 (moving to inspired by it.” South Auckland from Canterbury, where he grew up) and being He says the sponsorship is also a way appointed Chief Executive in 1991. for his company to strengthen its ties Matthew says South Auckland and its with the community. “I just think that people are now part of who he is. “It’s doing good things leads to good an incredible community,” he reflects, things. In our business we are blessed “and we at South Auckland Motors to be well established and profitable… really like seeing ourselves as part of therefore, my feeling is that if we are in that community – drawing sustenance a position to help, then we should roll from it and giving back to it.” our sleeves up and we should help. It’s not so much a responsibility as just Part of that giving back saw Matthew doing the right thing.” jump at the chance to sponsor the Ladies’ Lunch in 2015, a highlight on While he acknowledges the the Hospice’s fundraising calendar. commercial returns from sponsorship Such was its success that he are difficult to measure, he says it is re-signed for 2016, the biggest event more about the intangible results. yet, with nearly 400 women gathering “What we do know is that we’re for a special lunch on May 6th, which supporting a worthy cause, and being raised over $25,000 for Totara associated with a worthy cause also Hospice. helps our image and reputation in our
For the first time, a fashion show showcasing both designer and high street fashion from our hospice shops was an event highlight, our 15 models consisted of hospice staff, including doctors, nurses and counsellors.
The lunch was personal and unpretentious, with key support from our local community: students from The Gardens School Manurewa and Alfriston College as well as our amazing Youth Ambassadors.
Thank you to everyone who attended and we hope to see you next year on Friday 5 May 2017!
We could not hold this event without our amazing sponsors so a huge thank you to the following supporters for Making Hospice Happen
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Matthew is delighted with the partnership and sees it continuing for many years to come. “The sort of work people in Hospice do is a very pure form of vocation, as distinct from ‘work’,” he says. “The nurses, the medical staff, the kitchen and admin staff are driven by a great sense of
community among a lot of good people in a variety of walks of life; it becomes quite a mutually sustaining relationship.
“Our staff are aware of what we do and they know they’re working for a good company that does good things and that gives them a sense of pride.”
My feeling is that if we are in a position to help, then we should roll our sleeves up and we should help. It’s not so much a responsibility as just doing the right thing.
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