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KidsCan Charity
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KidsCan Charitable Trust is a national charity organisation whose aim is to meet the basic physical and nutritional needs of New Zealand children living in poverty.
Thousands of New Zealand children suffer from malnutrition, which affects their ability to learn. There are also many children who are arriving to school wet and cold because their families cannot afford to provide basic necessities such as raincoats. Some of these kids aren’t even coming to school when it rains.
For more information about KidsCan, or to make a donation, please visit www.kidscan.org.nz
Chateau Tongariro and KidsCan
Bayview Chateau Tongariro is a Key Partner of the KidsCan Charitable Trust. The Chateau provides support through prizes for online auctions (via Trade Me) and Mystery envelope promotions (sold through Number 1 Shoes and Warehouse Stationary stores across New Zealand). Bayview Chateau Tongariro also supports the charity in a number of other ways, providing accommodation and event venues for KidsCan events held throughout the year.
Check Out for Charity
By choosing to stay at Chateau Tongariro, you can also support this fantastic charity! When you stay with Chateau Tongariro, you will be asked to donate $1 to your bill when you check out. This is not compulsory and you are completely free to choose to make a donation. All the money received will go towards the KidsCan Health Start campaign, providing hungry children with a nutritious morning tea, so they can learn to the best of their ability.
KidsCan Initiatives
Raincoats For Kids
Low decile schools report high rates of absence in winter as many children simply do not own a raincoat. Each year we provide over 8,000 free adidas raincoats to children from low income families, ensuring they arrive at school warm, dry and in a better position to learn. So far 16,000 children in 68 low decile schools around the country have received coats.
Food for Kids
Children living in poverty can never be sure of receiving three meals a day, often filling their tummies on what they get out of the school water fountain. All kids deserve to have full tummies, regardless of whether their parents are good people struggling to make ends meet or those who waste money and neglect their responsibilities. The KidsCan ‘Food for Kids’ programme currently provides free food at school for over 6,000 financially disadvantaged children a week.
Shoes for Kids
Shoes for Kids provides free quality footwear and socks for children who consistently come to school in winter without shoes or with shoes that are in bad condition. ‘Shoes for Kids’ reduce foot injury and illness and keep little feet warm and dry in winter. So far more than 2,000 pairs of shoes have been given to children throughout New Zealand.
Massey University has found our programmes have increased attendance at school and improved the self esteem of children who would otherwise continue to fall through the gaps. We now have a waiting list of more than 20,000 Kiwi kids who need our support and yours!
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Phone: +64 7 892
3809
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NZ Freephone: 0800
CHATEAU (242 832)
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Bayview Chateau Tongariro
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State Highway 48, Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand
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Fax: +64 7 892 3704 email us
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