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| Santa’s Sack: Rotarian Karl McInnes and President Mike Jaggs with the goodies for Santa’s sack |
The club has been partnering with the Local Council Board for some years, project managing the development of a pathway system in the relatively new Rongomai Park. It's a low socio economic demographic surrounding this park, and many families will be missing out on Christmas this year. The park provides a safe place for kids to play. Now at least fifty kids will have something this Christmas to play with.
The club has also worked closely for many years with the Salvation Army who have been engaged to identify the families most at need in the Rongomai catchment.
Concurrently the club is also targeting another group of kids who face a bleak Christmas.
It's an unfortunate fact that Kidz First Children’s Hospital will have many children filling their wards this Christmas whose families also can't afford Christmas. Middlemore Foundation Executive Director Pam Tregonning and her team expect an influx of kids through the Emergency Department in the Christmas holidays, as well as those who will be staying in hospital for longer periods. Thanks to the club’s generosity, some kids at least will receive a surprise visit from Santa they didn’t expect. Mike added, "We've boosted Santa's sack with another fifty $10 gifts for some of these kids.”
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| Christmas Kidz First: Rotary Club of Botany East Tamaki President Mike Jaggs and Middlemore Foundation Executive Director Pam Tregonning with Santa’s sack gifts |
