The recent national Give it Up for Hospice campaign has been a huge success for our own shop in Whakatane and many others around the country. Our own community dug deep with donations of clothing, shoes and accessories flooding into the shop during November.
From November 21, the shop met a surge of shoppers wanting to get their hands on Give it Up bargains and other shop items were also snapped up. Our late night, held on 24 November, was a great success with almost double the average full day’s shop takings from 5-7pm. Shoppers enjoyed listening to Gin Wigmore, who endorsed the campaign, while sipping on a glass of bubbly.
A big thank you must go out to Wendy and her team of shop volunteers for all the hard work put in during the campaign. Thanks also to local media 1XX and The Whakatane Beacon who once again went the extra mile for Hospice EBOP.
Trident High School girls show their support for the Give it Up campaign