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WEDNESDAY 22 June 2016

Z Energy helps out in the hood Z Energy Richmond did some Good in the Hood again this year when they handed out $4000 in donations to four of the district’s most deserving non-profit groups. Every Z Energy station in the country ran the annual Good in the Hood programme in May when their customers voted for one of four community groups to receive a share of $4000. St John Ambulance, Barnardos, the Nelson Ark and Richmond Riding for the Disabled were the community groups chosen by Z Energy in Richmond and those groups went to the Gladstone Rd station last Thursday to receive their donations. St John Ambulance topped the poll with 6000 votes which equated to a donation of $2043. Richmond RDA got 2170 votes and $738, the Nelson Ark received 2019 votes and $688 while Barnardos received 1559 votes and $531. St John’s Sarah McCabe says the donation will go towards supporting their ambulance services. “We have to raise $1000 a day to keep our ambulance service running in Richmond and Nel-

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son,” Sarah says. “We get 72 per cent of our funding from government but have to find the rest ourselves so every little bit helps.” Richmond RDA’s administrator Jenny Stebbings says their donation will be used to keep their 12 horses fed and fit for their 67 riders. “We have on-going costs with vet’s bills and feeding the horses. If they are not going, we are not going,” Jenny says. The Nelson Ark’s Karen Howieson says they will use the funds to help pay for the lease of a van used to transport students and their dogs to classes. Barnardos Nelson will use the $531 they received for their Active Dads programme. However, Z Energy Richmond’s contribution to the community had started long before presenting the Good in the Hood winners with their donations. on Thursday. “We go and help these groups with open days and fundraisers,” the station’s manager Gigi-

Z Richmond’s Gigisha Gandhi, left, and Ricky Timsina with Good in the Hood winners, from left, Peter Ward, Jenny Stebbings, Chris Reidie, Catherine Henry, Karen Howieson, Britta Bruns, Jolene Salmond and Vikki Amberger at Z Richmond on Thursday. Photo: Simon Bloomberg. sha Gandhi says. “We helped with the St John appeal and Ark open day and go out to the

RDA every couple of months and pick up poop and help clean up.” Good in the Hood started in 2012

and has donated more than $1million to community groups nationally.

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