Among the annual contributors is the Napier Cosmopolitan Club Centennial Charitable Trust.
A club representative popped into the Napier office of Hawke's Bay Today with a cheque for $200.
The Havelock North Lioness Club also came forward, calling by the Hastings office with a cheque for $100 and a great gift for the appeal.
A street appeal staged by Napier City Council staff members last week came up with $746 which showed the community assisting their fellow community members in a great way.
The Maraenui Golf Club also stepped up with a real hole in one in terms of donations - $560.
The club is another annual supporter of the appeal and has always been generous.
As has Havelock North Primary School with the children there raising a grand $383 through a mufti day.
And the Mohaka Learning Team at Taradale Intermediate continued their support of the appeal with a $150 donation.
There were also two anonymous donations - $100 and $30.
All good stuff.
The food collection got a terrific boost due to the devotion of about 400 Year 9 and Year 10 junior students at Karamu High School in Hastings.
Last year the students staged a cash collection for the appeal but this time they took the food path, and came up with a top result.
It was organised by the social studies department and messages went out to all the classes, and the students accordingly got in behind it.
"The kids are very giving and very proud to be part of Karamu and the Hastings community," a school spokesperson said.
They gathered up hundreds of food items from tinned fruit and vegetables to cereals and jams and even pet food.
"Quite a variety."
It was all part of a devotion to their community.
Earlier this year the students staged a coin trail in support of the Lowe Corporation Helicopter Service and accordingly arranged the coins out in the shape of a helicopter.
The gift front also got a fine boost with 94-year-old Doris Goff calling into the Napier office with a couple of bags of gifts which she had put together.
Doris said she knits things all year for the appeal and was delighted to deliver another fine effort.
DG Glenn Logging and Transport also got into the cheer spirit and brought in four remarkable food gift baskets filled with Christmas crackers, chocolate Santas, sauces, pickles, fruit tarts, biscuits, nuts and even smoked oysters.
The Taradale RSA Concert Party also put together a great cheer performance by deciding to donate two boxes of gifts.
The members of the party usually get a gift for each other at Christmas but this time decided to donate to the cheer appeal instead.
Great stuff.
The appeal will help about 3000 less fortunate people in the Napier and Hastings communities, and runs until December 21.
Donations
Previously acknowledged................................................$5056
Grow Human Resources Ltd............................................$1250
Napier Cosmopolitan Club Centennial Charitable Trust.....$200
Havelock North Lioness Club............................................$100
Anonymous......................................................................$100
Anonymous........................................................................$30
Napier City Council street appeal......................................$746
Havelock North Primary School.........................................$383
Maraenui Golf Club...........................................................$560
Taradale Intermediate Mohaka Learning Team..................$150
Total..............................................................................$8575
Drop-off points
NAPIER - Hawke's Bay Today at NZME House on Dickens St, Toy World, the Napier and Taradale libraries, Taradale Paper Plus, Curves Gym on Gloucester St, Greenmeadows, Mitre 10 Mega on Prebensen Dr and Alexander's Construction on Ossian St, Ahuriri.
HASTINGS - Goodies can be dropped off at Hawke's Bay Today on Heretaunga St East, Mitre 10 Mega on Karamu Rd North and the Hastings, Havelock North and Flaxmere libraries.
