Plastic bags monies distribution list: Otago Helicopter; St John Balclutha; Dunedin Hospital Childrens Ward; St John’s Hospice; Mosgiel Library & Service Centre; North Otago Cancer Society; Lakes District Air Rescue Trust; CHATBUS; St Johns; Hohepa Canterbury; Salvation Army Belfst; Linwood Avenue Community Corner Trust; Parfitt Ward Greymouth Hospital-Childrens Ward; Hornby Day Care for the Elderly; Kimi Ora Department; Hope Community Trust; Riccarton Primary School; Rolleston Order of St John; Canbreath Asthma; Guide Dog for Youth; Westpac Helicopter (Marlborough); Wellington Fee Ambulance - Johnsonville Branch; Te Omanag Hospice; Surf Life Saving; ST John Ambulance Motueka; Alzheimers Nelson; Paraparaumu School; Te Omanga Hospice – Lower Hutt – 045690683; Bellyful Porirua; upper hutt food bank ; Wainuiomata Volunteer fire Brigade; Mt Cook School; Taranaki Rescue Helicopter; Dannevirke Cancer Sup-port Group; Aorangi Hospice; KidsCan, contact [email protected]; Taranaki Community Resue Helicopter Trust; The Cancer Society Horowhenua Branch; Food bank; Cranford Hospice ; New Plymouth Food Bank; Takaro School; Hospice Wanganui; Cambridge Community House; Greerton Park School; Cobham School; Firth Primary; Communtiy House; Te Akau Ki Primary; Western Heights Primary School; Nil; Tauranga Central Primary; Plunket TA; Te Kuiti Primary School; Strathmore Primary; Plunket Whakatane; Sir Keith’s Park disables school; East Tamaki Primary School; Roscommon School; Insoll Avenue Primary School ; Knighton Normal Primary; Plunket ; Papakura Toy Library; Franklin Silver Lining Trust; Waikato SPCA; Thames south school; Whitianga Volunteer fire brigade; Wesley Primary School; Auckland City Mission; Pomaria School; Mt Roskill Primary School – Endeavour Centre; Parents Centre; Royal NZ Foundation of the Blind; Life Kidz; The Hearing House; Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre; Pt England Primary (Point England Primary Board of Trustees); Arohanui Special School; Massey Primary School; MERC; Beach Haven Scout Group; Sos Dargaville; North Shore Hospice (Syringe Drivers) ; n/a; Te Hiku Community Aquatic & Recreational Centre ; Parent Port North Shore; US Children’s Group; Homebuilders - Warkworth; Hospice Northland; Gutter Kitties Whangaparaoa; St Johns- Whangarei Branch; Clyde Hospice; South Otago Search and Rescue; Otago Helicopters; Epilepsy NZ; Blind Foundation; Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre (MARC); North Otago Plunket; Happiness House; OTAGO HOSPICE; Brithright; West Spreydon School Pool repair fund; Big Brothers/Sisters of Christchurch; Linwood Avenue School; Victim Support - Womans Refuge; Broomfield Kindergarten; Papanui Primary School; St.Johns - Rangiora; n/a; Selwyn Parenting Network; Heart Children; S.C Childrens Heart Association; Rarangi Surf Lifesaving; Mary Potter Hospice; Wellington Free ambulance; Life Flight Trust; Womens Support Link Motueka; St Johns Nelson; Kapiti Foodbank; Brittania House-Petone – 049777982; Womens Refuge Porirua; Brownowl kindergarten; Wainuiomata Food Bank; SPCA; Autism New Zealand; Dannevirke High School; Salvation Army Food Bank; Stroke Foundation contact Grace at National office; Hawera Fire Brigade; Hinemoa House Levin; wairarapa cancer society; St Johns Ambulance ; Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust; Som-erset School; Surf Life Savings Club; Plunket Society Cambridge; St Johns Tauranga; St Vincent De Paul; Hand to hand; Riding for the Disabled; Bright Beginnings Daycare Papamoa; Cactus Youth - Rotorua; St Johns; Surf Lifesaving Omanu; St John TA; St Johns ambulance; St Johns Youth programme; James Street School; Mangere College; Manukau SPCA; Clendon park School; Big Brother Big Sister Hamilton; Child Cancer; Iosis - Merivale Whanu Development Centre; Rose-hill Special School; Camp Quality; Autism Waikato; Thames search & rescue; Hot Water Beach Surf LifeSaving; Hay Park Primary School; Starship Childrens Hospital; St Johns Ambulance Te Atatu; May Road Primary School; Family Action; Bernardos Auckland City Office (childrens org); Mt Wellington RFC Junior Rugby; CCS Disablility; Project K; Panama Primary School (Panama Road Primary School); Parenting centre; West Auckland Hospice; Northshore Plunket; Plunket Birkenhead; Circus Kumarani; Womens Refuge glenfield; Kaikohe East School - 36 Mangakahia road, Kaikohe ; Far North Community Foodbank Trust; Bellyful North Shore; Mum’s supporting Mum’s; Women’s Refuge - Warkworth/Orewa; BOI SPCA; Whangaparaoa Scouts; North Haven Hospice; The Order of St John Alexandra; South Otago Victum Support; Otago Hospice; Riding for the disabled; Middle School; Green St Early childhood; North Otago Youth Town; Barnardos; SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR LOW DECILE SCHOOLS AROUND SOUTH DUNEDIN; Ronald McDonald House; Beckenham Ferguson Cub Scout Group ; Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Service; Woolston Development Trust; Grey-mouth Volunteer Fire Brigade-Saving their homes; Alzeimers Canterbury; Heart Children Canterbury; Big brothers/Big sisters - Rangiora; n/a; Upp Club (Supports Downs Syndrome children); Childrens Cancer; Timaru Riding for the Disa-bled; Bread of Life; Johnsonville Community Centre - Youth Room; Billy Graham Youth Trust; Bellyfull Wellington East; Motueka Play Centre; Nelson Hospice; Kapiti Birthright; Petone Central School – Petone – 045687974; Wesley House - Cannons Creek; upper hutt plunket; Wainuiomata Community Patrol; Wellington Free Ambulance; Riding for Disabled; St Johns Shuttle; Saint John’s Ambulance Service; Salvation Army, contact Alison Moody at Hastings branch; Hawera St Johns; Horowhenua Community Health Shuttle; Grandparent raising grandchildren; Marewa Primary School; New Plymouth SPCA; Roslyn School; Kaitoke Primary School; Patricia Ave School, Cambridge; Full Stop Community food truck; Rutene Road Kindergarten; Matamata community garden; Toy Library; Tahatai Coast School; St Johns - Rotorua; Taupo Hospic Trust.; Blue Light Disco (Police); Kainga aroha community House; Plunket again; Plunket Tokoroa; Dream Chaser Foundation; Mangere St John Ambulance; Plunket; Finlayson Park School; Child Cancer Foundation Hamilton ; Fostering Kids; 274 Youth Core - afterschool mentoring programme; South Auckland Animal Rescue; Te Akonga Early Learning Centre; Child Cancer Waikato; n/a; Breakfast club for Mercury Bay Area School; Dominion Road Primary School; Grey Lynn Primary; West Auckland Hospice; Roskill Youth Zone; Rosebank Primary School; Variety International NZ (childrens charity); Pakuranga Outrigger Canoe Club; The Royal Oak Scouts Group; Mt Albert Play Centre; Family works East Mt Wellington; West Auckland Hospice; West Auckland SPCA Inspectors ; St Johns Apollo Drive; de Paul House Northcote; Dargaville Volunteer Fire Department; Wairua special school; Little Gems Daycare - 3 Bisset road, Kai-kohe; Riding for the Disabled; Saint John’s Ambulance Service; Hibiscus Coast Family Services; Springboard; Womens Refuge; North Shore Centres of Mutual Aid for Whangaparaoa; Whangarei Parents Centre
You gave,
they got.
Congratulations
Kapai
The strength of our brand. The reach of our network of stores.
The passion of our teams. Your generosity.
Together we make a real difference in our communities.
We know Kiwis are generous because this year over $336,000 was raised and distributed throughout our eight regions across the country. From Region 1 in the deep south to Region 8 in the north we got some great stories and brilliant outcomes.
Who you
supported
around
New Zealand
$3m
You donated
to help charitable
groups around
New Zealand
For over 30 years our customers, our people and our communities have been at the heart of our business. We’re constantly looking for ways in which we can all work together and make a difference. Our customers know that when they shop with us and support our instore promotions for our community partners, they’re making a difference too.
We know that when we focus our support on families and young people, we help build a stronger and more sustainable nation. All the groups we support in some way touch on the lives of Kiwi families and young people, making things a little easier, helping deliver vital services, helping them to achieve their potential.
This year, with the generosity of our customers and suppliers, more than $3 million has been raised for national community organisations that support families and young people.
Instore we run campaigns like our ‘Add a Dollar’ and coin boxes at check out. We sell novelty items. We provide BBQs to community groups outside most of our stores every weekend of the year so they can run sausage sizzles and raise much needed funds. The successful ‘Add a Dollar’ at the checkout campaign makes a huge difference to regional communities.
We are pleased with the ongoing
success of our instore campaigns.
These are a great way to enable our
teams and customers to support
their own regions.
2— National Regional — 3
almost
$
30,000
for the Otago Regional
Rescue Helicoptor
Region 1
Flying high
Our southern stores raised almost $30,000 for the Otago Regional Rescue Helicoptor with a quiz night and the incredible generosity of customers throughout the region. Medical emergencies, intensive care transfers, extreme weather conditions – the rescue helicopters are
raised
$
80,470
for the
Children’s Ward
Christchurch Hospital
Region 2PlAy PACKS & PJS
Christchurch, Rangiora, Ashburton and Greymouth stores (eleven in total) raised $80,470 for the Children’s Ward Christchurch Hospital through their instore ‘Add a Dollar’ campaign. The money raised has gone toward the provision of special pyjamas for children to wear into
raised
$
66,020
for Wellington
Children’s Hospital
Region 3
FAirS And Fun timeS
Twelve Wellington regional stores, along with upper South Island stores, raised $66,020 for much needed medical and surgical equipment for Wellington Children’s Hospital through a mix of ‘Add a Dollar’, the sale of the HOSPI mascot toy and donation boxes in-store, plus all kinds of fundraising
14
teams raised funds for
Kidz First Children’s
Hospital
Region 7
Putting Kidz FirSt
Parents all around New Zealand want to know there kids are in good hands when they need medical care or treatment. Our teams also know that when they harness their combined fund-raising abilities they can make a big impact. 14 teams did just that when they got together for a quiz
donated
$
7,000
to Cranford
Hospice
Region 4
Older And elderly
Stores in Masterton, Napier and Hastings raised and directed funds to the Hospice Wairarapa and Cranford Hospice in Napier. In support of awareness for ‘Elder Abuse Week’ a flashmob gathered at The Warehouse Masterton. ‘Adding a Dollar for Charity’ in The Warehouse Napier and
over
$
51,000
raised for
St John
Region 5
yOung PeOPle SAy yeS
When our teams throughout the Bay of Plenty and Waikato got together their ‘Add a Dollar’ campaigns raised over $51,000 for St John supporting their community projects and providing clinical training for young people in the St John Youth Programme to enable them to become
raised
$
31,787
for Child Cancer
Foundation
Region 6
BeAdS OF COurAge
When The Warehouse stores in South Auckland, Waikato and Coromandel ran their ‘Add a Dollar’ campaigns the Child Cancer Foundation received $31,787. The introductory kits the Foundation gives each family when a child is diagnosed with cancer is valued at over $300 and the ‘beads of
raised so far
$
54,306
to construct Northland
Cancer Treatment Centre
Region 8
PrOJeCt PrOmiSe
A huge $54,306 was raised in the north for Project Promise, the drive to raise $3 million to start the construction of a new cancer treatment centre for Northland. While the lead for this drive came from The Warehouse in Whangarei, they were delighted with the support from 12 Warehouse stores
“
These are just a handful of examples of community support programmes that all of our stores participate in locally.
Closer
to Home
Each year, we host The Warehouse Supplier Awards and Charity Dinner – an evening that combines celebration with fund-raising. The event held in November 2012 raised $405,000 for Variety for their ‘Laptops for Learning Programme’ - which equates to 810 laptops for over 25 low-decile schools.
With the backing of our suppliers this annual event raises one of the largest amounts of money in a single day for a nominated charity.
The Category winners were:
The Warehouse ‘Innovator of the Year’
Phoenix Distribution
The Warehouse supplier ‘Representative of the Year’ Ian Blomfield, Frucor
The Warehouse ‘Small to
Medium Enterprise of the Year’ Able Jewellery
The Warehouse Business Service Partner of the Year’ Seven Events (Peter Allen)
The Warehouse ‘Supplier of the Year’
Sistema Plastics
The Warehouse Supplier
Awards Dinner 2012
NATIONAL FuNd-RAIsINg
AUGUST 2012 TO JULY 2013
Variety – The Children’s Charity
(includes $405,000 from the Supplier Dinner)
603,927
KidsCan202,350
Starship228,915
Youthline136,132
Life Education102,883
Auckland Zoo (proceeds from the Supplier Golf Day)58,000
TOTAL NATIONAL FuNd-RAIsINg
$1,332,207
REgIONAL FuNd-RAIsINg AugusT 2012 TOJuLY 2013
$336,653
LOcAL FuNd-RAIsINg
AUGUST 2012 TO JULY 2013
Coin Box
127,074
Community BBQ690,410
Customer Choice/Bags for Good Programme475,432
TOTAL LOcAL FuNd-RAIsINg
$1,292,916
OTHER$73,489
$3,035,265
Grand Total National and Local/Regional Fund-raising for 2012 – 2013
their own communities are the proceeds from the sale of plastic bags at the checkout – this is what we refer to as our ‘Bags for Good’ programme. Bags for Good aims to cut back on plastic bag waste and has delivered a significant reduction in bags issued by The Warehouse since its inception in 2008.
Our ‘Customer Choice’ programme is how we listen to our customers and direct funds into programmes that directly meet the needs of their local communities. When customers shop in any of our stores they tell us which groups to direct funds to through a voting system.
At the end of each six-month period the funds raised are given according to their percentage of total votes. The funds that customers are directing towards
It’s Your
Choice
with our
‘Bags
for Good’
Programme
One of the things we love about Red Shirts in Schools is working with secondary students who are gaining valuable work-place experience while they are achieving credits for their Level 2 of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Students who need help to gain important skills to transition into the workplace are given the opportunity to complete the Customer Service Award programme in our stores. This programme is so rewarding for us as a business, fits our approach to working with
families and the youth of New Zealand, and it’s great for the students. Many of those who embark on this programme have been identified as at risk of not graduating from school or being able to find employment. Youth unemployment is a challenge for New Zealand so it is particularly rewarding to see many students graduate from this programme and go on to work with us on a full or part-time basis.
It works like this: students are given the opportunity to complete the Customer Service Award programme in stores – and we and
other retailers get a pool of pre-qualified employees from our local secondary schools. The students tell us this is a positive way to be introduced to the workplace, building their confidence and skills.
This long-running initiative began in Auckland and has now expanded to Wellington and Christchurch.
This year, 949 students took part in the three regions. Since 2009, 2,610 teenagers have been through the programme with many going forward to join our teams.
More Red
Shirts in
Schools
From L to R: name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name, name name,
4 — National Local — 5
The New Zealand Fallen Heroes Trust provides direct, practical support to the families of those men and women who are wounded or killed while serving their country in the armed forces. We were proud to partner with our
supplier Sistema and, thanks to their generous support, $11,200 was raised.
We’re on a
Zoo-fari
New Zealand
Fallen Heroes
Trust
In Auckland, The Warehouse School Zoo-fari programme was kicked off with an initial $58,000 to fund the programme. Zoo-fari enables children from low decile schools to visit the zoo for educational purposes. The zoo offers a fantastic combination of education through curriculum linked learning programmes and connecting children and adults with nature and conservation awareness.
The partnership with Auckland Zoo offers a visit to the zoo, including transport provided
by bus company, Ritchies, at no cost for students within the Auckland Council region. Each visit includes a learning session at the zoo’s dedicated Discovery and Learning Centre, up close animal experiences, and the opportunity to explore the zoo. It is anticipated that 10,000 children will visit the zoo over the coming three years. Without the Zoofari most of these kids wouldn’t get to visit the zoo. The $58,000 donated was raised at the Bob Tindall Charity Golf Day that we organise annually and run with our suppliers.
Warehouse
Stationery
is working
with you
Get behind your community
Each year, we also support a range of community organisations such as the Salvation Army, World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine and CanTeen. We’ve also continued our long-standing relationship with the First Foundation which brings together businesses, individuals, schools and students to support some of our most talented but financially disadvantaged students
through a four-year programme – from school to university, through university and into the workforce.
New Zealand’s
‘Most Inspiring Teacher’
2012
New Zealand’s ‘Most Inspiring Teacher’ is our programme which acknowledges and recognises the efforts of our teachers nationwide. This year New Zealand’s ‘Most Inspiring Teacher’, Jan Stevens from Rotary Park School in Otago, was selected from 7,300 nominations – nearly seven times the number of nominations from the previous year.
As well as the title of New Zealand’s Most Inspiring Teacher, Jan Stevens wins a
$5,000 holiday and $1,000 worth of school stationery and other goodies from Warehouse Stationery. Each of the other 29 teachers being recognised receives a prize pack valued at $1,000.
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Support
your
School
We’re big on supporting schools and teachers. ‘Support your School’ is an easy way for students, their families and the whole community to give back to their school all year. Anyone shopping at Warehouse Stationery at any time of year, on virtually all products, earns one point for every dollar and at time of purchase they allocate their points to the school of their choice.
In its third year, ‘Support your School’ now has 2,432 (90%) of New Zealand’s education providers participating and receiving
rewards.
This year a total of 7.4 million points (equivalent to more than $100,000 in rewards) have been raised for NZ schools leading to them being able to access much needed resources. This is in addition to what the schools themselves earn via our BizRewards programme.
National
fund-raising
and partners
When it goes national it goes off – together our teams, our suppliers and our customers make a huge difference for our five national community partners as they do amazing work with young people and families. We’ve got the network, the reach and the people power to transform lives in every community throughout New Zealand.
Txt write
stuff
The Warehouse stores nationwide did an amazing job converting customers to pen buyers raising funds to support Youthline’s 0800 Help Line and text counselling to address things like bullying, family violence, suicide and pregnancy with young people, caregivers and family members. At the end of the campaign members of Youthline visited The Warehouse at Royal Oak, New Lynn and Mosgiel to especially thank these top selling stores and their customers for their huge effort.
WHo Youthline WHAT
68,066 pens and $136,132 FoR
Listening and caring to young people
on yer bikes kids
Imagine the excitement for 43 special kids as the brand new bikes rolled off the tour truck into The Warehouse in Blenheim. As role models, as kids who make a difference, some having tough times and some from families unable to afford bikes, these 7 – 9 year olds were chosen by teachers and community friends to receive their very own new bike during Variety’s ‘Bikes 4 Kids’ tour.
WHo
Variety – The Children’s Charity WHAT
99,308 tickets, $198,616 and 450 bikes
FoR
Free bikes to special kids
Special service to Starship
There was huge excitement in Rangiora when Rea Rewiri-White won the big prize in our scratch ‘n win fundraiser. It was a special moment for Jock Mowatt when he handed Rea the keys to her new Skoda car because Jock knows only too well what Starship is all about. Two years ago he was transferred from Christchurch Hospital to Auckland’s Starship Hospital by the Starship National Air Ambulance Service where he stayed six months while doctors fought to save his life. Saving kids is what they do in our only paediatric intensive care unit. Getting them there is what we help do.
WHo
Starship Foundation WHAT
131,280 scratch tickets and $228,915
FoR
Helping the Air Ambulance Retrieval Service get kids to Starship
More funds
for life
Life Education is a mobile classroom that’s all about making the most of life, with lessons on self-esteem, food and nutrition, healthy bodies, social relationships and staying substance free.
This year our customers bought so many pencils with Harold head erasers that the Life Education Trust can make room for up to 17,000 extra kids for free. They can make their health education resources bi-lingual. And they can train more relief teachers for less down time. Look out for the new Harold – he’s just had a makeover!
WHo
Life Education WHAT
51,327 pencils and $102,883 FoR
Keeping kids strong and healthy
They can when we can
When we can help make
campaigns like Charity Christmas Crackers go off with a bang they can take the cool part of their ‘Warm Kids Cool Kids’ programme into their partner schools like Greerton Village School (Tauranga) Onehunga School (Auckland) St Patricks School (Nightcaps) and Oceanview Heights School (Timaru) We joined Kidscan distributing sunhats and enjoying barbecues while the kids stayed cool as in their new hats.
WHo Kidscan WHAT 101,175 Christmas crackers and $202,350 FoR
Keeping kids cool and sun smart
For more information on our social and environmental policies and our detailed reporting visit: www.thewarehouse.co.nz
Or Contact: General Manager
Community and Environment [email protected] The Warehouse Limited
PO Box 33470 Takapuna
North Shore City 0740 New Zealand
