Property Brokers spreading holiday spirit with donation drive

The team at Property Brokers are doing a donation drive for Kainga Aroha Community House. Photo / Caitlan Johnston

The staff at Property Brokers Te Awamutu are on a mission to gather as much food and as many presents as they can in an effort to make a donation to those in the community who are in need.

The firm started the donation drive this week and hopes members of the public will also get involved.

The items will be donated to Kainga Aroha Community House this month, just in time for Christmas, and then dispersed among those the organisation helps.

"We pride ourselves on being able to help local organisations, especially ones as worthy as Kainga Aroha that does phenomenal work, and we realise that there's a huge need out there," says Property Brokers property manager Nicola Pratt.

On its first day the donation drive had already gathered two baskets full of food.
Volunteer and chairwoman of the Kainga Aroha Management Committee Hillary Thomas says the donation will help in a tough time.

"This will be a real bonus for us," says Hillary.

"A lot of people are struggling to make ends meet and the need is greater than what it ever has been."

Kainga Aroha offers services like counselling, family violence support, budgeting and general family and all of these have been overwhelmed by calls for help because of Covid-19.

"We've had a heap of more people needing all those services and through that we get to know about people who are struggling financially, they've got no money to buy food for their children or they've got high rents," says Hillary.

Donations can be dropped off to Property Brokers at 138 Arawata St between 8.30am and 5pm on weekdays.

Donated presents need to be new or not used and be labelled with who the present is appropriate for, such as man, woman, boy or girl.