Media Release
For immediate release
16 August 2011
Rural Women New Zealand teams up with The Warehouse
Calls for help from the Christchurch Women's Refuge and the eastern suburb of Dallington's Community Hub have resulted
in Rural Women New Zealand national office successfully teaming up with The Warehouse to provide a donated supply of
warm pyjamas, children’s underwear, bed socks and hot water bottles.
Within a day of making a phone call to The Warehouse, Rural Women New Zealand, executive officer Noeline Holt had
secured a supply of winter woolies from the Wellington branches of the company, which pooled a trolley load of clothing
and hotwater bottles valued at more than $600.
A call was then made to Allied Pickford Moving Company which generously transported the goods down to Christchurch free
of charge.
Meanwhile Canterbury based Rural Women New Zealand member, Helen Heddell, coordinated a team of volunteers to deliver
lamb roasts to the hard hit areas in the suburbs of Christchurch.
“We have many examples of teamwork from all sectors of New Zealand, with outstanding contributions and ideas from our
own membership working with their communities in support of Canterbury”, Noeline Holt said.
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