Child Cancer Foundation

🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉 As we welcome 2025, there are so many meaningful ways you can give back and support Kiwi kids with cancer and their families. Here’s how you can make a difference in the year ahead: 💛 Help a friend who has a child with cancer. Cook dinner, help with childcare for siblings, or create a community roster to offer ongoing support. 🧢 Sign up for Street Appeal in March. Donate your time and join us for our national Street Appeal on March 14 & 15—just a few hours can make a huge difference! 💻 Donate now. Cancer doesn't stop for the summer break. Visit our website to make a one-off donation that will provide vital support to tamariki with cancer and their whānau. 🤝 Become a regular giver. Join our community of regular givers who help ensure families get the support they need all year long. Together, let’s make 2025 a year of impact and hope for the families who need us most. 💙 childcancer.org.nz/donate #HappyNewYear #GiveBack #SupportKiwiKids #ChildCancerFoundation #MakeADifference 💛💙

From all of us at Child Cancer Foundation, Meri Kirihimete 🎄 Whether you're together at home or spending Christmas in hospital, our thoughts are with you today 💖

💌 This just in! A very special message for you from some festive tamariki.🎄

🎉 A massive shout-out to Textiles Alive Ltd, Cohesive, Displayworks, and PBT for their incredible support! 💖 Thanks to these generous businesses, we now have a fresh set of pull-up banners, teardrop signage, corflute signs and pop-up walls to use at our fundraising and community events. Not only did they handle the printing, they also covered the cost of delivering this gear up and down the motu! 🚛✨ We’re so grateful for the generosity. Their kindness helps us make a real impact for Kiwi kids with cancer and their whānau. Ngā mihi nui! 🙌 #CommunitySupport #ChildCancerFoundation #Gratitude

✨ Exciting news! ✨ We’re thrilled to announce that Sparkle for Hope will return in 2025! 🌟 Save the date: Saturday, 17 May 2025 at the stunning Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre. Join us for an unforgettable evening of: 🍸 Drinks on arrival 🍽️ A divine three-course meal 🎤 Live entertainment 🔨 A thrilling live auction All in support of Kiwi children with cancer and the families who love them. Tickets will be available in the new year, so start spreading the word with your friends, whānau and networks over the holidays and get ready to get glamorous for a good cause! 🎄💃

👏 Dan Te Whenua Walker has been elected as the new Chair of Child Cancer Foundation’s Board! 🎉 He steps into the role with humility and optimism, alongside Reremoana Hammond as Deputy Chair. We also welcomed Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge to the Board, while farewelling longstanding member Dean Bradley. Huge thanks to Dean and outgoing Chair Dennis Turton for their incredible contributions to our mahi. Dennis will stay with us on the Board. We’re excited to work with Dan, Rere and Colin to make a difference for tamariki with cancer and their whānau. ❤️ You can read all about each of them in our new story here https://lnkd.in/gtUpa_36

🏃♂️ The Long Run is coming back! 🏉 Join us for the Crusade with Heart Long Run in Christchurch on Friday, 24 January 2025! 🎉 🌟 How you can get involved: Run or walk: Join any time from 6am to 6pm at Rugby and Malvern Parks on Friday 24 January and complete as many laps as you can. Every step counts! Corporate challenge: Rally your colleagues, set up a team marquee and combine team building with fundraising! Virtual participation: Can’t make it to Christchurch? Join the Aotea Virtual Challenge and log your kilometres online from anywhere in Aotearoa. Together, let’s aim for: 👉 25,000 laps of Rugby and Malvern Parks 👉 $250,000 to support Kiwi kids with cancer and their whānau Over the past four years, the Crusaders have helped raise more than $204,000 for tamariki with cancer through the Crusade with Heart Long Run. Let’s make 2025 the biggest year yet! 💛 📅 Sign up today and make a difference: https://lnkd.in/gSf3mNMJ #TheLongRun #CrusadeWithHeart #ChildCancerFoundation #KiwiKidsWithCancer #SupportLocal #Aotearoa 💛

Holiday Hours Update🎄 Our offices will be closed from Friday 20 December until Monday 6 January. For the families in our care, our Family Support team will be taking turns covering the phones so support remains available. If you need to be in touch, please call 0800 4 CHILD (0800 4 24453). Your call will be automatically sent to a Family Support Coordinator rostered on duty. We appreciate your patience and understanding as our team takes a well-deserved break to recharge over the festive season. 🎅💖 For our supporters, please note that our fundraising team will also be on break during this time and will respond to your enquiries and dispatch any shop orders when they return on 6 January. Wishing you and your whānau a safe and peaceful holiday🌟

🎄 Make your company Christmas count for Kiwi kids with cancer 🎄 Secret Santa? Stakeholder gifts? Why not shop for something that truly makes a difference! Your workplace can provide vital support to tamariki and whānau going through the darkest time in their lives. A gift to Child Cancer Foundation: 💛 Provides financial assistance to families struggling with the costs of supporting a critically ill child 💛 Ensures whānau have access to emotional support to help build resilience 💛 Sends food parcels to families so they don't have to worry about staying nourished Here are some meaningful gift-giving thought starters: 1️⃣ Make a corporate donation to our Christmas Appeal https://lnkd.in/gAZ2Q8XC 2️⃣ Purchase thoughtful gifts for staff or stakeholders from our online shop. From LEGO® sets to tea towels and calendars, there’s something for everyone! https://lnkd.in/g7JRq66k 3️⃣ Sign your organisation up to adopt a collection site for our 2025 Street Appeal https://lnkd.in/gGfcHB2P Together, we can show families they’re not facing childhood cancer alone this Christmas. 🎁 💙 A heartfelt thank you to all the organisations that continue to support us. Your generosity changes lives! 👉 Visit childcancer.org.nz to find out more.

Congrats, Thomas, Will and Olly! We're so incredibly proud of you three, and appreciative for your massive efforts. ⛰️🚵♀️ Thank you for raising awareness and funds for children with cancer and their whānau! 💖👏 This weekend these three young men completed their ambitious 800km challenge across the width of Aotearoa. They did it by foot, bike and kayak in support of us, and they need your help to get closer to their fundraising goal! 🚶🚲🚣 Tip your hat by donating to them here: https://lnkd.in/gVZapM9h See their whole trip here: https://lnkd.in/ge7dYrmt