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Past
President Harry Maidment, PDG John Rennie and George Wong
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The Team
unloading at the Salvation Army Depot Manukau City
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CHRISTMAS VEGGIE COLLECTION
DECEMBER 2015
A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
The Salvation Army, the Growers
of Pukekohe, Auckland and the Rotary
Club of Drury
This Veggie
Collection project started in 2001, the year Harry Maidment was president of
the Rotary Club of Drury, District 9920.
Fourteen years later it is still going strong. This project is a wonderful example of
partnerships: working with the community, another charity group and the members
of the Rotary Club of Drury.
There
are now Fifty (50) Veggie Growers in the Pukekohe area who contribute to this
collection. These people work very hard
to produce their products and every year they are keen to be part of this
worthwhile Christmas Project.
The
initial contact with the Growers is made in writing with a letter from both
Thge Rotary Club of Drury and the Salvation Army endorsing the project. The Rotary Club follows up with phone calls
to confirm the pickup date. When this is
all done a team of three x three made up
of a driver and two workers head out in ten tonne trucks to pick up the
produce.
It is
then delivered to the Salvation Army main depot in Manukau City and then
redistributed to smaller distribution centres to be given to needy families at
Christmas. As there is always a huge
amount of veggies some that will keep, like onions and potatoes are distributed
later the following year
