Charity Press Releases

Simon Hutchinson has been undertaking an epic challenge this year – all in the name of a cause that is very close to his heart. Simon has been cycling across the world to help raise funds for epilepsy – a neurological condition characterised by recurring seizures; one of the most common neurological conditions in the world – and has now arrived in New Zealand!

Domino’s has once again teamed up with KidsCan – providing $15k of funding to the charity as a result of their national Doughraiser.

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Auckland requests the pleasure of your company at the their official launch night which is being held at New Zealand’s best music and entertainment venue, Sale St on Tuesday, April 24th at 7pm.

JCI Christchurch Launches as Christchurch Rebuilds JCI Christchurch is a local chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI); a worldwide non-profit organisation dedicated to giving young people between the ages of 18-40 personal and professional development opportunities and on the evening of April 20, it is officially coming to Christchurch.

Vicks Breathe for Life Project launches today as Kiwi celeb breathes life into battle against deadly disease. Well-known New Zealand personality Carly Flynn has announced her involvement in the initiative which sees the Procter & Gamble brand Vicks partner with Save the Children in a quest to reduce the number of child deaths from pneumonia.

Media mum urges others to join her in fight against global killer with the launch of the Vicks Breathe for Life Project. This initiative sees Procter & Gamble brand Vicks partner with Save the Children to reduce child deaths from pneumonia.

KidsCan and Domino’s pizza are teaming up to support underprivileged Kiwi kids with the first national Doughraiser. $1 from every pizza sold on April 16th will be donated to the charity.

26 March is International Purple Day for epilepsy, and Epilepsy New Zealand is doing its bit to ensure it celebrates that day proudly for all those with the condition – an estimated 90,000 people in New Zealand.

Pizza lovers welcomed the newest Domino’s store in Newtown with over 700 free pizzas being given out to the crowds to celebrate the opening.

Help is at hand for charities and community groups looking for fundraising ideas this year – staff at two Domino’s Pizza stores in Hamilton are ready and waiting to help out with weekly Doughraisers.

Three inspiring teenagers will have their first year of tertiary study partially funded after being awarded scholarships through the GABA Charitable Trust and the Cartier BereavementTrust.

Tens of thousands of dollars has been donated to charities and community groups throughout New Zealand in the past 12 months thanks to the generosity of Domino’s Pizza.

Levin residents won’t be going hungry this summer if the town’s Domino’s Pizza store has anything to do with it.

Community, school and sporting groups in Whangarei are set to receive an estimated $10,000 over the next year thanks to its local Domino’s Pizza.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has today announced New Zealand will provide a total of NZ$2 million in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa due to severe drought.

New Zealand Red Cross is accepting donations for the East Africa Crisis Appeal to raise money for and assist people affected by the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

More than 1.2 million people from 207 countries have logged onto a new website developed to help rescue the thousands of dogs abandoned in New Zealand every year.

Halobiz.co.nz – a world first in online business directories – launched in the Waikato this week. It’s the only business directory that details which businesses support which community organisations. At the same time Halo Biz Limited gives a minimum of 70% of its advertising income to these nominated charities and community organisations.

Seventeen charitable organisations from around New Zealand have benefited from the ninth round of the Harcourts Foundation funding, a charity set up by Harcourts Real Estate Group to provide support that helps, grows and enriches our communities. This round’s $30,133 was spread over the country with five successful recipients from Auckland, three based in the central North Island, five from Wellington and four in Christchurch. The biggest doantion going to Christchurch’s City Mission.

Two of New Zealand’s most revered sporting icons, Irene van Dyk and Dame Susan Devoy, have teamed up in a campaign to help battle the biggest killer of children under five in the third world – pneumonia.