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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Awesome fundraisers ... Friends of Rangiora Hospital members Susan Beatson (left) Margaret Donovan, Carol<br />
Jamieson, Marion Cotter, Jan McClennan and Judy Godman work on their plant stall which raises funds for the<br />
hospital.<br />
PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Fundraising plants stolen<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Agroup of keen gardeners who<br />
cannot bear to throw aplant out<br />
have raised more than $167,737<br />
for the Rangiora Hospital.<br />
But now the Friends of<br />
Rangiora Hospital Society have<br />
had their longterm fundraising<br />
efforts placed in jeopardy by<br />
‘‘lowlife thieves’’ stealing the<br />
plants from their stall outside the<br />
entry to the Rangiora Health Hub.<br />
In the twenty years since the<br />
Friends have been selling plants<br />
at the stall the money they have<br />
raised has been used to enhance<br />
the environment for both patients<br />
and staff at the hospital.<br />
The Friends propagate the<br />
plants from their own gardens, pot<br />
them up and care for them until<br />
they are ready to be sold.<br />
It is alot of work, but the women<br />
say they love gardening and enjoy<br />
using their skills to raise money<br />
for the hospital.<br />
But it is disappointing when<br />
‘‘lowlife thieve’’ choose to steal<br />
from this most worthy cause, they<br />
say.<br />
David Cotter, who has been the<br />
society’s treasurer for 23 years,<br />
says thieves have also stolen a<br />
custommade trolley used to cart<br />
the plants to the Friends’ display<br />
stand.<br />
David's wife Marion is also a<br />
member of the society, and his<br />
father Dr Arthur Cotter was a<br />
former medical superintendent at<br />
Rangiora Hospital from 1939 until<br />
1984.<br />
He says it is difficult to<br />
understand what makes people<br />
steal funds from ahospital, which<br />
is providing aservice they might<br />
need one day.<br />
‘‘We just hope they never need<br />
to utilise the hospital facilities,’’<br />
he says.<br />
The Friends of Rangiora<br />
Hospital also raise funds for the<br />
hospital by handknitting baby<br />
clothes for acraft cabinet in the<br />
hospital foyer, selling walnuts,<br />
gathered from awalnut tree in the<br />
hospital gardens and also selling<br />
hazelnuts collected from a<br />
member’s garden.<br />
The society is always looking for<br />
new members to join the group.<br />
Anyone interested in learning<br />
more about the Friends or<br />
becoming involved is welcome to<br />
attend its annual general meeting<br />
at the Rangiora Health Hub on<br />
Monday, <strong>August</strong> 30, starting at<br />
7pm.<br />
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