Christmas Appeal: Rotorua Fill the Bus 2024 wraps up collection for foodbank

The 10th annual Fill the Bus day has wrapped up with Rotorua once again wowing organisers with the generosity shown by the community.

Schools and organisations around the city have filled the bus with boxes and boxes of food and toys for the Rotorua Salvation Army foodbank.

Check back in tomorrow when the final donation tally will be announced on-air on The Hits Rotorua 97.5FM.

The Hits Rotorua 97.5FM’s Fill the Bus fundraiser is part of the six-week annual Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal for the foodbank, which launched on November 9.

The Hits presenter Paul Hickey is leading the fundraiser for the 10th year.

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He and his team have been driving around Rotorua in a CityRide bus donated by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council for the day, stopping at schools and organisations to pick up their collections of donated food for the food bank.

School stops will not be open to the public, however, there will be plenty of opportunities for the public to make donations at set stops at participating supermarkets and shopping centres around the city.

Last year’s Fill the Bus campaign collected raised the equivalent of $26,000 worth of food – the second year in a row a record was set for the event.

The first donator of Fill the Bus day in Rotorua was Roseanne, pictured with The Hits Rotorua presenter Paul Hickey and the NZME team, Ed Young and Sam Dick.

This year, it is hoped it will be broken for a third time.

Fill the Bus is part of the six-week Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal for the Salvation Army foodbank, supported by The Hits Rotorua 97.5FM.