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There is a battle for our hearts, minds and wallets this weekend.
Several charities are running appeals and awareness campaigns.
St John Ambulance is relying on the 'help us so we can help you' theory to generate interest in its annual appeal, starting today.
The IHC is playing up the role volunteers play in the organisation, with the start of Volunteer Awareness Week. Chief executive Ralph Jones says the 36,000 New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities would find life much harder, were it not for their volunteer buddies.
Today is also the last day of Brain Injury Awareness Week. Every week, enough people to fill a jumbo jet sustain some form of brain injury here.
- NEWSTALK ZB
