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Famous Faces Share the Joy of Giving to Help Cure Kids
Famous Faces Share the Joy of Giving to Help Cure Kids
This festive season, Auckland’s newest duty free retailer, The Loop Duty Free has teamed up with New Zealand charity, Cure Kids to help share the Joy of Giving.
The joint initiative gives some well known New Zealanders the opportunity to give the gift of their time to help Kiwi kids in the lead up to Christmas.
In what is undoubtedly one of the busiest times of the year at Auckland Airport, six famous faces have volunteered to roll up their sleeves and work a shift in store to encourage customers to dig into their own pockets for Cure Kids. The Loop Duty Free has pledged to match all donations.
Funds raised will enable Cure Kids to continue assisting with research into serious health conditions that affect many of our children.
Famous faces who will be busy packing bags, accepting donations or assisting customers at The Loop Duty Free over the next week are: New Zealand’s most talked about couple from the hit show The Bachelor, Art Green and Matilda Rice, TV presenters, Brendon Pongia (Good Morning) and Walter Neilands (Sticky TV), X Factor Judge and Fight for Life Champion, Shelton Woolright, and ex All Black, Steven Luatua.
CEO, Cure Kids, Frances Benge says; “At a time of year when we are all so time poor it is heart warming to see how readily these famous faces volunteered their time to help raise funds and awareness for Cure Kids. Many thanks to our friends at The Loop Duty Free for this opportunity.”
The Loop Duty Free, Marketing Manager, Katie Chubb has been overwhelmed by the generosity of Kiwis; “Having only recently moved to Auckland from Ireland, I have been staggered by the willingness of people, both famous and not, to pitch in and help when it comes to supporting fellow Kiwis. I hope that seeing these famous faces working in store for Cure Kids will encourage not just airport shoppers but all New Zealanders to support the invaluable work carried out by Cure Kids throughout the year.”
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