General Homelessness in Auckland

[Dixpat]

Every day, people sleeping rough in Auckland walk as far as 17 kms to access essentials like food, a safe place to sleep, medical help and somewhere to wash.​

That's not easy​

On 25 March The Big Mission Home, a 17 km sponsored walk to raise funds for the Auckland City Mission will take place and the money raised will be used to provide vital support for those who need it most, no matter how far they have walked.​

My wife and I have registered to complete this walk and we are seeking the financial support of those on this forum.​

Given our ages, 72 & 69, we don’t expect to find this easy either but are prepared to do it and in doing so raise funds so that the City Mission can continue their good work in supporting others less fortunate than ourselves.

We are One NZ Warriors fans and have been club members since the club was formed and I have jousted with fellow forumers since 2014.

• My wife and I will do the mahi by completing the walk.
• Those who are generous of spirit and don’t have short arms will donate some of their hard earned. All donations are tax deducitble
• The City Mission will spend those donations for the benefit of those folk sleeping rough.
• Together we will make a small difference.

We have an initial target of $2,000

We’ll start it off with $50 so are there 39 others who will join me????

If you must raid a piggy bank and can only make a small contribution that is as acceptable as if you had raided the bank and passed all the booty to us - all amounts Big and Small will be equally appreciated.

We are only promoting this fundraising on the NZ Warriors Forum as we know there are enough forumers who would want to support those sleeping rough and get us to the target or beyond.

We do have another fundraising page where we have asked family & friends to support us and in the first 24 hours we have raised $1,183

If you would like to support us, you can make your contribution at:
https://donate.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/fundraisers/nzwarriorsforum

We suggest you use your forum name when making your donation.

 

[Dixpat]

Our total now stands at $226 - thanks to those who have conributed

Who is going to give it a push towards the target today?

 

[Dixpat]

Our total now stands at $331 - thanks to those who have contributed.
If you are interested to know who they are just go to:

https://donate.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/fundraisers/nzwarriorsforum/thebigmissionhome

and while you there make your own donation!

Yesterday Auckland was hit with a mother of a rain storm and there has been significant damage and loss of 2 lives and another 2 missing
Imagine how our brothers and sisters who had no permanent shelter fared.

Are you going to be one of those who does something today to make their lives a litle more bearable?

 

[Vancent]

Just waking up to see the weather in AKL gang, hope you’re all safe, dry and sound. Remarkable to see the airport only a few days after we returned to Oz. Stay safe Whanau.

 

[tajhay]

Just saw the news reports too. Hope everyone is staying safe. If you can afford to give a lil to the less unfortunate at a time like this please do donate to the good cause. Noone deserves to be without shelter/food.

 

[Beastmode]

Donated.

My good deed done for the weekend.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Donated. I already gave a homeless guy on Willis St 20 bucks today after walking past him between gym and New World (also offered extra food which he politely declined) so feeling super virtuous today.

Good luck to all doing it hard this weekend 👊

 

[mt.wellington]

Well done people on reaching $500...

 

[tajhay]

Keep the donations rolling in. Help the less fortunate if you are able to.

If anyone has already donated and isn't a contributor already on the site, can you please PM me and I'll give provide full benefits of the upgrade for a month I.e. no ads on the site.

 

[tajhay]

I have also spoken to Dixpat and have his blessing so if you purchase a new contributor upgrade ($5 per month or $50 per year), that amount will be matched and double the amount will be donated from this site(via my business).

So $5 per month contribution will be doubled to $10, $50 yearly contribution will see $100 donated.

*offer till 25th March. I will cover any PayPal processing fees. No limits. Any chargebacks/refunds will result in raising my ire. Donate to a good cause, get double the amount donated in your name and get ad free experience etc on the site.

Account upgrades

nzwarriors.com

Please send me a quick pm if you do go via this route as I check the upgrades very sporadically.

 

[Bluecat again]

Thanks Tajhay. Good on you
I have just done the account upgrade but I am tech challenged so not sure how to pm. So
this can be my pm. Hopefully that's ok
And donated. I think. See above about being challenged

 

[Damo]

Keep the donations rolling in. Help the less fortunate if you are able to.

If anyone has already donated and isn't a contributor already on the site, can you please PM me and I'll give provide full benefits of the upgrade for a month I.e. no ads on the site.

Just donated, good luck Dixpat.

 

[mt.wellington]

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[tajhay]

Thanks Tajhay. Good on you
I have just done the account upgrade but I am tech challenged so not sure how to pm. So
this can be my pm. Hopefully that's ok
And donated. I think. See above about being challenged

All good. I've sorted you out and everyone else who has also previously donated. Thanks guys! If I've missed anyone please let me know!

Kitty outstanding from NZWarriors.com stands at 100 AUD.

 

[Stalefish540]

Our total now stands at $331 - thanks to those who have contributed.
If you are interested to know who they are just go to:

https://donate.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/fundraisers/nzwarriorsforum/thebigmissionhome

and while you there make your own donation!

Yesterday Auckland was hit with a mother of a rain storm and there has been significant damage and loss of 2 lives and another 2 missing
Imagine how our brothers and sisters who had no permanent shelter fared.

Are you going to be one of those who does something today to make their lives a litle more bearable?

Not much I can do from Perth, and the homeless must be struggling more than ever given the current weather situation. So I have topped you up to your 2k goal as I like round numbers.

Good luck on your endeavour mate.

 

[Dixpat]

Not much I can do from Perth, and the homeless must be struggling more than ever given the current weather situation. So I have topped you up to your 2k goal as I like round numbers.

Good luck on your endeavour mate.

Thank you so much my friend

That's an exceedingly generous contribution

Guys & gals, with Stalefish getting us to the original target I know we can do more so I have reset the target to $3,000

 

[Jay M]

Thank you so much my friend

That's an exceedingly generous contribution

Guys & gals, with Stalefish getting us to the original target I know we can do more so I have reset the target to $3,000

I'll donate again when I get paid in a couple of weeks.

 

[Fonzie]

Thank you so much my friend

That's an exceedingly generous contribution

Guys & gals, with Stalefish getting us to the original target I know we can do more so I have reset the target to $3,000

Hi Dixpat, I’ve donated and posted the link on my Twitter account to spread the word a little further. Cheers

 

[Dixpat]

Hi Dixpat, I’ve donated and posted the link on my Twitter account to spread the word a little further. Cheers

Appreciated, thank you

 

[Dixpat]

Someone who wished to remain Anonymous has made a donation

As I have sent emails to everyone who has donated to give our thanks & cannot do so to this generous person would you please accept our sincere thanks via this post

We have now raised $2,103

Let's keep going