Pegasus Post: July 06, 2023

6 Thursday July 6 2023
New pyjamas for kids in need
Charitable Trust
DRIVER EDUCATION
• By Heidi Slade
CHOLMONDELEY
Children’s Centre has received
a donation of more than 200
pairs of brand-new winter
pyjamas and multiple pairs of
slippers, for a second year in
a row.
The Governors Bay charity
has been operating for 98
years and provides temporary
emergency and respite care for
children in need.
Donated by
the Kindness
Collective
Foundation,
the pyjamas
and slippers
“take a
Lisa Hurry
massive
weight off
our overhead
costs,” Cholmondeley practice
manager Lisa Hurry said.
“We are an organisation
that’s 80 per cent funded by
the community.”
Hurry said the donation
was part of a Kindness
Collective initiative, which
runs annually.
The collective is a
nationwide charity that
provides children and their
families with the items they
need, like pyjamas and
slippers.
“Every year they have a
pyjama drive,” Hurry
said.
DONATION: Thanks to the Kindness Collective Foundation, 200 pairs of brand-new
winter pyjamas have been donated to Cholmondeley Children’s Centre. ​
Community groups donate
the pyjamas to the collective,
which then distributes
them.
Over the past three years,
the collective has distributed
more than 25,000 pairs of
warm winter pyjamas to
children in need.
Hurry said a portion of the
pyjamas and slippers would
stay at Cholmondeley for
children when they come for
temporary stays.
The remainder would go
back with children to their
families, for them to keep.
“When children come
and stay with us, we provide
everything they need to stay,”
Hurry said.
“A lot of these children
might not have pyjamas.”
Hurry said Cholmondeley
currently supports about 350
children and their families,
and over 30,000 children
have come through the
centre during its 98 years of
operation.
“A lot of people have a
story or a connection to
Cholmondeley,” she said.
“And we can’t do it without
the community.”
The centre thrives off
initiatives like its annual
Giving Day, when donors
match all donations made to
the centre.
This year, the Giving Day
raised more than $50,000
with its donors Christchurch
Casino, United Fisheries and
Oakridge Homes.
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