The Givealittle cause set up to help raise money for the family of missing five-year-old Jack Dixon has cracked $40,000.
The fundraising webpage had an original goal of $5000 but in little over a week since the page was established donations have flooded in.
A total of 1428 donations as of 11am today have contributed to raising $41,149 to help fund the search for Jack and assist his grieving family for the days ahead.
![The search for a young boy swept out to sea around Mauao, Mount Maunganui. Photo/John Borren.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6Z5XYTWANOSICWGQG53OL2XRCA.jpg?auth=ad39f29dcf29bdbf3dbc1704f35d2f714c75283bf5ac828239e833b514c86642&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
Miranda Clark, an extended family member, set up the page after noticing the influx of donations and people wanting to do something to help as the search got underway at Mount Maunganui.