Recent supporters

Major donors since our July ’08 newsletter

New Zealand Community Trust — helping ensure we can be there for every family who need us; NZ Children’s Transplant Support Trust thank you for your extra special additional donation this quarter; NZ Lottery Grants Board — our volunteer numbers are going from strength to strength thanks to you; Southland Community Trust — your families are a very important part of our family; TC Trust — thanks for your assistance with this newsletter and for your ‘wash up’ grant, we appreciate all of your past support and will miss you; Trust Waikato — we truly appreciate your ongoing support; Loyal Orange Institution of New Zealand Inc — thanks for helping both us and our sister houses this year and for the fabulous afternoon tea and once again, Ronald McDonald House Charities for your generous quarterly operating grant.

Regular business in-kind donors

Chris Millbank and the NZ Breakers — our families have the best seats in the house! Stampin’ Up — thanks to Emma Parkin-Wilson and Bridgette Paton-Tapsell of Village PR who brought us together, our fortnightly scrapbooking sessions are going down a treat, thanks also to Cecily our Sat volunteer who leads the group; Clearlite Bathrooms — thanks for letting us piggy back on your clearance sale; Monique Jackson for all of your help; Rainbow’s End; RoomMaster Holdings Ltd; Tip Top Bread — for our fresh bread delivered daily & something extra for the Clearlite sausage sizzle; Kerry Avery & everyone at Avery Team Architecture; Parex Appliances — our new vacuum cleaners were much appreciated; ADT — alarm monitoring; Barker’s Fine Foods & Anathoth Marketing for the yummy jams each month; Goodman Fielder for our milk; Poultry Distributors; Tegel Foods — thanks to Brett & his wonderful team who provide chicken for family use and shared dinners & Turkeys for Christmas, we are very grateful; Health Pak for family amenities; ASB Bank — Lance and his team for making their dinner nights special & for one of our new ‘barbies’, Kingdom Trust for the other 3 and Mitre 10 via the Vincents for donating another, thanks to Christine Johnston of Sunbeam for making them so affordable; Northern Health Schools for our wonderful Ronald McDonald in-house school & of course for the lovely Marion & Jocelyn; EZGO — we love our new cart; PCL Labtec; Epic Packaging; Paramount Floors - thanks for donating your time weekly; Cerebos Greggs; Paul and the team at Good Health; The Joyce Palmer Charitable Trust and Jill Simpson for her monthly donation of Amway products for family use; Sunbeam; Kelly Tarlton’s; Double Tree Motel; The Auckland Zoo; Heart Children NZ for Jo & the use of your van; Coca Cola Amatil; Merquip; SCA Hygiene — your paper products are a wonderful help; Kemsol — thanks for keeping us clean all these years; Shane Lamont of Emerald Foods; City Life — Nicole, Lyal, Fabio and the team; Brookfield Multiplex — Peter, Dan and the crew; Doug & the Hubbard’s team for our hearty breakfasts and for promoting our ‘mission’ on your packs; Anne Geddes staff & the bakers of McDonald’s head office — your weekly morning teas are a family highlight; our friends at City Mission; Dilmah — over 14 years of ensuring every family that needs a cuppa has one; Initial; Waste Management; Cadmus; Geoff and the Clorox team; Décor People; DDL (Dynamic Displays Ltd) — thanks Colleen; Lease Direct; Ray White for continuing to raise our profile through the property media; Radio Lollipop — Monday nights are always fun round here; NZ Herald & Sky TV for keeping our families entertained & abreast with the outside world; Stephen Marr & Andrea; MMC; Mighty IT & Don; Mindfood Magazine and Pacific Magazines — our Mums love a good read; EcoLab — a big thank you to Michael, Carl & the team — what a sparkling difference your expertise & products are making! Lastly but not least The Mad Butcher Head Office crew & their wonderful Pt Chevalier Branch for our regular family dinner meat donations.

Those who helped to make our 14th birthday special

Everyone that came along and helped us celebrate but especially Nicole, Lyal, Fabio and the team at CityLife — you did an amazing job on the catering once again, thank you to to every one of your staff that gave up their Sunday to make the day special; Zealfresh and Poultry Distributors — we couldn’t have fed all these mouths without your help again; Andrew at Wild Wheat — for the yummy fresh bread; Tania Potter and the team BCS Foodpak Ltd — for keeping our clean up simple; Claire at Carlton Party Hire; Simply Squeezed; Prepared Produce and Silwoods — for our salad greens; Bidvest — such delicious pavs; the City Cake Company — thanks for our mammoth birthday cake; Nina & Co for supplying all the beautiful flowers they were simply gorgeous; Carmel McCormick — for her award-winning face art (and congratulations on winning the NZ Bodyart Awards for a second year running!); Phil our balloon clown (Big Fun); Goff and the Production Company; DB Breweries; Coca Cola Amatil; Lucy at the Powder Room; our fantastic MCs Jordan & Vicki from Studio 2, Che-Fu and the Crates for giving up their Sunday afternoon and delivering an outstanding performance (a special thanks to Richard Lose for making this happen) and lastly but not least, Doug & Rua Walters — (where would we be without you two!) along with their friends and supporters; Hayden Ross of Countdown Hamilton, Tom Gore of Tommo’s Pizzas, Suresh Chimanlal of New World Rototuna, Chris Grace of New World Te Rapa, Damon Jakeman of New World Heaphy Terrace, Mike Golde of New World Glenview, Rick Donaldson of New World Ngaruawahia — all of whom made our birthday a bumper day with their amazing donations of food for family use.

Business Club function contributors

Connie Clarkson — our MC extraordinaire; Auckland Seafood School — Jo and Lynne, we hope to see you next year; OCEANZ — for our award-winning fish and chips; the chefs from AUT — we learnt a lot … really; Sunbeam — Christine and Susan for the great prizes; CityLife — the best hotel in town; Mindfood Magazine — great reading; Trilogy Skincare — just the best; Hayley from BDM Grange — something for the men too! Catherine at Dish Magazine; Guthy Renker — for the gift all the way from Oz for our winners! Rainbow’s End for the brightest bags; Ron from Charlie’s for the wonderful juice; Michelle — many thanks! Oli and Elizabeth — for donating their wonderful skills; Vicki from Prenzel in the Alps — who never stops helping us with gifts; Hemisphere Freight — thanks for the refreshments; and the team at salt for giving our club members a taste of kiwiana to take home.

RMHA second Christmas Ladies Who Lunch fundraiser

A big thank you to our generous Trustee Sheila McCabe for opening her lovely home once again to raise funds towards our new House van. Thanks to everyone who came and to these terrific supporters who made the occasion so memorable and the funds raised so rewarding; Peter Thornley and Kermadec Restaurant; Sanford; Allan Scott of Allan Scott Wines; Sean Kelly and band members — Baz and Julie; Cybele; Bronwen Newport Jewelery; Mindfood magazine; Sandy Evans of RMHA for all of her hard work; The Clare Inn; Douglas Lang; Source Mondial; Doug Leonard of Leonards Superior Smallgoods; Christine Johnston of Sunbeam; Orica Chemnet; Pukeora Estate; Simunovich Olive Estate; Team McMillan BMW; Tegel Foods; David Johncock; Gael Tarvenier. Plus of course all the hard work of committee members; Vaughan Wilkinson (Sanford) who was a fabulous contributor, Wes Jones and Leah Davey (Orica), Petrina Webb, Colleen Berry, the ‘boys’ in the kitchen and of course the indefatigable Sheila whose hard work, enthusiasm and hospitality was simply amazing.

Corporate kindness since our last newsletter

Vaughan Wilkinson and Sanford’s Pacific Tuna Division; Colenso.99, EECA/Smart Power — for kindly funding and supplying our energy audit; Lady Joyce Fisher Trust via the Guardian Trust for our brand new beds, Pinnacle Products — for our delivery of 20 brand new children’s bikes! McDonald’s Head Office, the McD Franchisees and the chair of the KLT (and NZ’s rep on the insurance council) Marcus Pohio, Franchisee from Gisborne for our massive insurance premium payment — what a big help that was; Petrece Ramsey and the Vodafone Warriors — for the special seats our families enjoyed at the last home game, we were very proud of you all! Karen Cox and the team from Fuji Xerox — for raising $1000; Reward Distribution; Sharlene Taylor and NZ Post — thanks again for the ‘lost’ Scratchies and Lotto tickets; ASG Education Programs New Zealand; BJ Ball Limited — a great auction and a great result we’re looking forward to next year! Ray White Fendalton — for donating the proceeds from your auction; RD 1 Dargaville; Tim Bray Productions — our kids loved the afternoon at the theatre what a treat; salt for selling Entertainment books; Starfish Consulting — we hope you enjoy the vintage ‘champers’ donated by Ross and Sharon Petherick a House family for auction; Tom & Stephanie Cashen our families thoroughly enjoyed their movie outing, Andrew Adamson for the memorabilia and for being there to introduce his film and to speak with our families about the magic of moviemaking; Tracey & Crighton Healthcare thanks for the chairs; EB Games & EB Games Auckland Region — you helped keep school holiday boredom at bay with our wonderful WI, Thiago Spies thanks also for personally donating your games the kids love them; Geared New Zealand Limited the 120 brand new Roadwork jackets which helped keep our kids dry this spring; Insight Consultants Limited; Massey Park Aquatic Centre; Pak ’n Save Mt Albert; Random House Publishing Limited — thank you for the beautiful new books; Safe Play; Sanitarium Health Food Company; Sara Lee; The Depot Artspace — thanks for the impressive artwork; TLS — Total Library Solutions; Shell Station site owners — Tony Ford and the Antara Group Ltd, Graeme Landon at Shell Hunters Corner, SSC Service Stations (Selwyn & Shirley Cook) and of course the wonderful Doug and Rua Walters; ANZ Birkenhead; Carlton Men’s Hairdresser; Export Meat Warehouse; Felice Coiffure Salon; Ray White Church Corner — congrats on your half marathon achievement; Prenzel in the Alps with your help we’ve now sold all our cookbooks! Cooper and Company — who also delivered a culinary feast for families; Feltex — you made one of our special Mums smile with your Warriors gift; Gen-I; Jayeta Valentine — your stunning artwork loves its new home; Sealord Group Ltd; Adrian & the team at Johnson and Johnson; EECA, Fisher & Paykel and Transpacific — what an amazing job you’re all doing with the fridge retirement programme, we are so grateful to be a part of it; Envelope World — for generously supplying this years red Christmas envelopes.

Community and schools

The Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland; Marina View School ‘Big Business’ fundraisers especially Leah, Rachel, Aeryne, Bradley, Caleb, Oliver and Bhavik, well done! The Lioness Club of Mt Roskill; Glen and Wendy Haddon; Susan and Orland Lewis; Nicole Calderwood and the students at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls; Horsham Downs Rural Women NZ; Wesley Papatoetoe Women’s Fellowship Methodist Church; Waipa King Country Rural Women; The Evergreen Club of Whangaporoa Baptist Church; Sue Davy and Janice Earwaker for helping to sell many of our cookbooks; East Auckland Zonta Club; Te Kauwhata Leos Club for the lovely gingerbread house; Te Atatu Ladies Klub; the Keightley-Trigg family & Vogeltown School; Waterview Friendship Club; Wendy Qin from Kristin School; Matata School; The Gardens School — in memory of their little friend Brylee Kent and once again special contributions from the staff and pupils of Howick College and Bayfield Primary.

Family Dinner groups since our last newsletter

Sue Le Grange and the team; Judy Elliott and friends; Margaret Alexander and her team; Karen Ngatai — McDonald’s Tauranga & Bayfair; Lance Hutchison & staff from ASB; David Lett — his Kiwanis & Mt Roskill Grammar Catering School pupils another great year of variety; Anne Craig — McDonald’s Greater Auckland region; Jason Venu & AA Insurance — ‘Making a Difference’; Katrina Gray — McDonald's Systems Ltd; Sheryn Cressey & her loyal band of friends now in their 15th year — what a record!!! Shubhankar Goswami & staff from Deloitte; Ted Berry, Carol Rowley & Kristin Middle School students; Greg Abbott & the Chosen Valley Christian Camp; Libby Weston-Webb & staff from DDB NZ; Debi Rush & McDonald’s Quay Street; Sarah Robinson & the IBM group; Tania, Sarah & staff from Cooper and Company; Shelley Hodges & a group from BNZ; Nicole Parish & the Little Treasures team; Deborah Harrigon CEO of Dell and her team; Persis Patel & the team from Gen-I; Matt Wright & friends who treated families to a weekend ‘barbie’; Caroline Collins & family (one of our House families this year who came back to express their thanks) and Margaret Evans, Adam, David & Stephen Thom her sons, from St Peters College, who cooked up a storm for our Family Room.

Regular donors

Assembly of God (Auckland Korean) Trust, Beatrice Ainsley, Elizabeth Alison, Akarana Maitahi Trust — Rose Whitehead, Dan Antonovich, Raquel & Robert Bannister of Uptown Kids, Joanne & Paul Barnfather, Rex & Lorraine Becroft, Carol Bennett, Melanie & Cameron Black, Bookworm Books — Beverley Healey, T H Booth, Peter J S Buckland, Ian Cannan, Brett & Mandy Carter, Yvonne Collett, Michelle & Simon Cossey, Margaret Couillault, Judy Crawford, Michelle Cray, Credit Union Mid Central Social Club, Geoffrey Davies, Ligi & Wiki Diamond, Elizabeth Donaldson, Wendy Dunn, Gail Edwards, Jon Ellison, Susan L Evans, T K Fung, Leon & Jessica Fredrichberg, Daxa Gandhi, Jenny Gower, Eric Grainger, Yvonne Ibarra, Anne and Bryan Jenkins, Tania Jones, Melanie Jones, Heather Kimber, Latu Lemeki, Fleur & Kevin Lind, Michael Madden, Linda & Fraser Maxwell, Anne-Marie McAuliffe, McFinance Agency Ltd — Maggie Chen, Emma MacLean, Aileen McNeil, Karen Millican, McDonald’s Papakura & Takanini — Martha Hill, McDonald’s Rotorua — Linley & Rob Parry, Aaron & Lucy O’Keefe, Doug Paulin, Richelle Redmond, Erana Roa, Rob Ronayne, Sharon & Paul Roux, Patricia Santer, Lisa Scott-Ritchie, David & Sheree Smail, B & S Soper, Sovereign/ASB’s (Just a Buckers); Peter Breytenbach, Wendy Casey, Patricia Fulton, Brad Howard, Amita Jamnadas, Peter Letica, Helen Moore, Susan Ross, Jennifer White, Lisa Brock, Wendy Chandler, Sharron Kane, Maria Kwok, Shane Lyons, Ian Perera, Wendy Piesse, Helen Service & Margaret Shucksmith; Ying Sun, Lina Tere, Grainne Troute, Gabrielle Visser, Mary Vosper, The Anne Walker Family Trust, Dee Wallace, Jack & Wilma Wharerau, Kath Watson, Hayley & Darryl Yorke.

July ’08 newsletter donors

Glenys Batkin, B S Ambler, Aversham House Resthome, Linette Bennett, Carl Boyte & Alison Downie-Boyte, Kenneth R. Browett, Joan Clark, Beryl Corkery, Belinda Dewar, Mrs K Douglas, Evelyn Freeman, Lane Goodwin, Margaret Goodwin, Mary H Hare, Mr & Mrs Rex Haultain, John & Jean Hooper, Mr & Mrs Keith Hooper, Violet Kloet, Mrs M L Lamb, Connie Lincoln, Mary & Graeme Lochmann, Celeste Lucena-Check & Kim Wills, Beverley Luxton, Ricky Mann, Susan Millar, Tracy Momsen, June Moresby, Brian & Suzanne Picot, Moya Tilsley, Yolanda Van Heezik & Phil Seddon, Jocelyn Wells, Jodie Whitehead & Mark Wilson, Sarah Williams, Naomi Willoughby, Beverly Pulham & Terry Lamsam, Kelly Taipeti & Marlene Clark, Mr & Mrs Bruce Doody, Mr & Mrs Wayne Sucich-Jones, Rex Baird & Leslie Knapp, Lesley Heyblom, Louise Buckley, Donella Knox, Fiona Young, Shirley Tapana, Venice Tamihana, Wendy Sawyer, Annette Middlemiss, Barbara & Graham Kent, Hayden & Jeanette Molony, Marina View School, Michelle & Tony Pihama, Mr & Mrs Ben Thomas, Mr & Mrs Warren Sleep, Peter & Helen Parham, Peter & Helen Parham, Plumb Limited, A F Panzic, D R Spillane, Jill Evans, Alana Smith, Lalita Natali, Mr and Mrs Arthur Wanless, Mr and Mrs R Kerr, Barbara Moore, Mrs V Crocker, Teresa Fang, Skincare Plus, Patricia Hallwright, Jenny Ranson, Mr and Mrs Tony Woolford, Christine Tan, Pitsinee Chaisarn, Alaric Wood, Jane and David Weikart, Mace Cook & Jeanine Gribbin, Mark & Sara Hayward, Motor Science, Rik Van Bergen & Tania Fraser, Mrs Little, Trigg Family Trust, Fonterra, Mr & Mrs David Kamper, Mikayla Mullins, Nicky Rusk Lisa Scott-Ritchie & Shaun Johnson, Erica Gibbs, Junghyn Choi & Hyeweon Ha, Gordon Wallace, Mrs Audrey McCarthy, Mrs Dawn Gerbick, M J A Toes-Karnas, Margaret Titter, Mary Patricia Ashby, Nese & Fred Mapusua, Andrew & Debbie Glendinning, Charles & Heather Lowe, Colin Carson, Daryl & Kathy Curtin, Ian Kaywood, John & Pauline Dale, David Verry, Don Peck, Peter Briscoe, Ronald Denham, Roy Savage, Annette McClelland, Beverley Kirby, Denise Rocard, Raewyn & Paul Stott, Rob & Joanne Wills, Robyn & Paul Christie, Andree & Brian Timbs, Aya & David Duncan, Beverley Luxton, Brenda & Neil Lawson, Brian & Louise Bear, Brian & Sally Simpson, Bridget & Mark Watkins, Bruce & Angela Spooner, Chris & Suzanne Boyle, Christine & Merv Lowe, Clare & Andrew Ladd, Colin & Mara Cameron, Dominic & Philippa Ryan-Kidd, Donna & Mita Henare, Edward Broad, Elizabeth & Keith Prohl, George & Jill Paterson, Greg Smith, Heather McCammon, Ian & Sandy Hughes, Ingrid Burke, Irene Jaegersborg, J Duff, Jaw-Min Yeh, Jean & Micheal Gray, Jeanette Cartwright, Jennifer McIndoe, John Ward, Judy & Mike Stringer, Julie McCullough, Kate McDiarmid, Kerri Tait, Kevin and Helen Fraser, Lewis Summerfield and Chris McDonald, Lilian M Fox, Lily O'Neill, Linda Wihongi, Lynn McPhail, M A Gilberd, M Parkinson, Margaret & Shane Helms, Mary and Graeme Lochmann, Mary and Kevin McCormick, Maurice and Dianne Taylor, Miss C Fanselow, Miss Beverley Warren, Miss Beverly Cameron, Miss D M Babich, Monya Beck, Mr & Mrs W M Nicol, Mr & Mrs Moody, Mr & Mrs Bryan Rosoman, Mr & Mrs Colin Belcher, Mr & Mrs Derek Alston, Mr & Mrs Gerald Clements, Mr & Mrs Grey Whitney, Mr & Mrs Ian Johnston, Mr & Mrs James Waddell, Mr & Mrs Karl Quinn, Mr & Mrs Lloyd Lincoln, Mr & Mrs N Dekker, Mr & Mrs Phillip Cregoe, Mr & Mrs R Goodson, Mr and Mrs R Ziegler, Mr & Mrs Stuart Doig, Mr & Mrs W Greenshields, Mr & Mrs William Abercromby, C Bieshaar, Graeme Duff, Graeme Wahlers, Hugh Ross MacKay, Ian Charles Varcoe, Jim Brown, John Cardis, Nigel Trickett, Ronald Lay, T Blythen, TeRatahi P M Ratahi, Tim Crick, Mr & Mrs A Speedy, Mrs & Mr Robyn Green, Averil Boyd, Beryl Kelliher, Betty Barton, Betty Reed, Betty Stevens, Evelyn Freeman, J A Bracken, Jacqueline Plaistowe, Janet Duck, Jill Nunney, Jocelyn Geange, Judy Maynard, June Moresby, Karen Howard, Kendra Breen, Lorna Cormack, Margaret Langford, Marlene Walshe, Mary Hughes, Mary Patricia Ashby, Muriel Bell, Nora Wallis, Norma Catley, Pam Hillford, Patricia Minnell, Ray Wellington, Rene Ansell, Rhyl Beggs, Rose Henderson, Shirley Bottomley, Shirley Tubbs, Susan Bell, Susan Brown, Wilma Whitehouse, Kirsty Williams, Yvonne Crann, Dawn Allnutt, Doris Anderson, Gillian Brown, Kate Polson, Kathryn Banks & John Coxhead, P M Jackson, P R & T L Luxton, Peter & Una Bell, Petroweld Limited, R & F D Bullivant, Rachel Welford, Rae O'Brien, Raewyn & Bruce Reynolds, Raewyn & Peter Sayers, Ronald Cossey, Rory & Jane Latchem, S J & J M K Brown, Sandra & Martin Taylor, Selina & Peter Mackie, Sherilene & James Arkwright, Shirliee & Ryan Bricknell, Dorothy Beaumont, Glenn Cox, Grace Lewis, Mark & June Lewis, Robert & Meg Crawford, Sue, Carol & Janet Aickin, Wendy & Stephen Martin, Tommy & Andrea Young, Trevor & Avice Parker, Val & Peter Huffam, Vivekananthy & Kandiah Kandakumaran, Wendy & Mark Smyth, Karen Cartwright & Chan-Tung Ray, Kelly & Craig Ohlson, Mr & Mrs Colin Dray, Mr & Mrs Dion McCracken, Mr & Mrs Kerry Moffat and United Video, Mr & Mrs Bernie Hannon, Senan Zaia and the Iraqi Community of St Addai Chaldean Catholic Church, Beth Harman, Brett Wheeler, Amy Maclaine, Gordon Woolgard, Jackie Dart, Janet Monk, Karen & Gordon Griffin, Mary Beach, Mr & Mrs Kerry Sandbrook, Endrich Andrade, Richard Ross, Tom Fox, Gladys Nyssen, Glenise Meehan and the Red Cross Thames and Goldfields Women’s Institute, Glenise Meehan, Ivy Doyle, Margaret Derbyshire, Ruth Barlett, Andrea Brown, Gracie Taylor, June Rendell, Tracey Hendrix, Yvonne Lovejoy, John Pitcairn, The Barbara Florence Gillies Trust Bequest.

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