The Star: July 13, 2017
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Thursday, <strong>July</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> best read and largest circulating newspaper in Christchurch<br />
Inside<br />
Grateful<br />
for others’<br />
generosity<br />
Quite literally life-changing<br />
is how former Brooklands resident Kathryn Jackson<br />
describes the Red Cross hardship and storage grants they<br />
received after the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.<br />
Kathryn, her husband Andy, and their son Cam were living in<br />
the now red-zoned northern Christchurch suburb and had just<br />
received approval to extend their “dream home” when the<br />
September 2010 earthquake hit.<br />
As the weeks of chaos with no running water or amenities<br />
progressed and their land was declared red-zoned, the<br />
Jacksons received a storage grant that paid for a shipping<br />
container to be placed on land they bought near Amberley.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y then built a small sleep-out – “an escape bolt-hole” – that<br />
they lived in while their future home was constructed nearby.<br />
Now happily settled in the Hurunui, the Jacksons will eternally<br />
be grateful for the small financial difference New Zealand<br />
Red Cross made to their lives, made possible by the generous<br />
donations Red Cross received through its 2011 Canterbury<br />
Earthquake Appeal.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Jacksons’ story is one that rings true with thousands of<br />
families who faced loss, hardship and life-altering circumstances<br />
after the September 2010 and February 2011 earthquakes.<br />
Immediately after the quakes struck, New Zealand Red Cross<br />
established the Appeal and received more than $<strong>13</strong>1 million<br />
in donations from people, businesses and Red Cross societies<br />
around the world.<br />
Through those donations New Zealand Red Cross has<br />
helped one in five Cantabrians with their recovery from the<br />
earthquakes. As well as a wide range of grants to target specific<br />
needs in the community, Red Cross regularly knocked on doors<br />
across the city, provided well-being workshops and messaging<br />
and worked closely with a range of specialist community<br />
organisations to improve the lives of those who might have<br />
otherwise gone unnoticed.<br />
In collaboration with <strong>Star</strong> Media, Red Cross has launched a<br />
suite of videos called “10 Good Stories” that highlights the<br />
good work done through the greater Christchurch Earthquake<br />
Recovery Programme between 2011 and 2016. You can watch<br />
them at redcross.org.nz.<br />
Former Brooklands red-zone residents Andy Cam and Kathryn Jackson have settled into their new home near Amberley.<br />
redcross.org.nz | 0800 697 277
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