26 INSIDE Harcourts NEWZEALANDUPDATE IN FOUNDATION Harcourts Foundation soaring to newheights It has been themost incredible quarter for Harcourts Foundation New Zealand. Fromwine auctions to gumboots, we have covered a lot of ground including reaching another incrediblemilestone. Since forming in 2008, Harcourts Foundation have raised an outstanding $7.5million. That translates to 1157 charities supported internationally. The impact the foundation continues tomake in the community, is as great as it ever was. Your support has providedmuch-needed support to the communities we live andwork in. We alsowant to say a huge welcome and congratulations to the four newoffices on board – Harcourts Clarks Beach, Harcourts Waiuku, Harcourts Whitianga and Harcourts New Windsor. Notable this quarter has been the collaboration across our offices for Gumboot Friday. Gumboot Friday is a nationwide initiative which provides FREE kids counselling when it is really needed andwe are delighted to have been a proud supporter in 2022. Alongside extending our commitment to the Hospice Grants Programme for the sixth year, we have increased the grant total from $225,000 to $275,000 thanks to a donation through the Harcourts Foundation for $30,000 and also to Riley Blackham, Business Owner - Harcourts Blackhamand Co. for his incredible $20,000 donationmade earlier this year at HX22. Gumboot Friday Over the past fewmonths, we have seen our network pull together in themost extraordinary way to raise funds and awareness for Gumboot Friday. In our biggest network collaboration to date, we have seen franchises, offices and individuals roll-out 53 separate initiatives. Everyone has put in a huge effort to help kiwi kids. Fromsausage sizzles, auction nights, gumboot throwing and the infamous Gumboot Song remake by the some of our auctioneers and Jackie Parker, we had a lot of fun and laughter. Emma Revell, Harcourts Foundation Ambassador said, ‘This of course is only the beginning of what we can do, but for nowTHANK YOU to you all. Our original goal was to raise $138,000 enough to fund 1000 counselling sessions at $138 each but we are delighted to say we raised an astonishing $167,652.45 which is enough to pay for 1,215 counselling sessions.’ Bryan Thomson, Managing Director added, ‘Themental health of young kiwis is something we need to address and look after. Harcourts Foundation are incredibly proud to support Gumboot Friday.’ Hospice NewZealandGrants Programme 2022 Hospices around NewZealand have benefited fromnearly $50,000 in specialised equipment, thanks to the 2022 grants provided by the Harcourts Foundation and its supporting business owners. The $49,408 in grants, have been distributed to 11 hospices nationwide, covering costs for items ranging frombeds andmattresses to syringe drivers and shower commodes. Harcourts NZManaging Director Bryan Thomson says ‘This year we are delighted to have given the largest sum to date of almost $50,000 reaching a total of $275,000 donated through the grants programme since it began in 2017, to the Hospice Grants Programme. The Harcourts Foundation funding for Hospice NZ has been distributed across the country enabling the work of hospice to help people from many regions.
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