Community Groups
This page is to designed to showcase Tauranga Events, Appeals and Fundraising Initiatives that support the people of Tauranga.
We have some amazing people doing some amazing things in our region! Show your support to these groups, or if you have an event or group that you believe would suit the 'Community Page' please contact us directly.
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WAX WARS CHALLENGE 
Bayfair Shopping Center (outside Farmers), 2pm-4pm ! Simon Bridges MP will WAX HIS LEGS as a part of his fundraising for Canteen this year.
- Come down & show your support! Canteen was established to ensure that no young person in NZ living with Cancer should ever feel alone ... Let's make sure that this dream stays true so come down and support me on Saturday 23 October! I'll Need it!~
Help my personal fundraising for Canteen - Click here to donate now!
We need you to join us in theis exciting fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Local photographer Dean Preston of Life by Lens in Tauranga is creating a stunning 'coffee table' book titled "Children of the Bay" and needs your help. See Children of the Bay - Life by a Lens/Make a Wish Foundation Project 2010 if you would like to include your child! 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Make-A-Wish! Check out this great story about Dean and this project from the BOP Times, or on his facebook page, then get in touch with him to for your child to participate on 07 5784951.
To find out more about the friends of the Tauranga Evnironment Centre, to become a member or for more information click here.
'KidsLine' 0800 Kidsline is New 
Zealands only dedicated counselling call centre to help kids upto 14 years old. Trained Buddy's can chat through 'the Tough stuff' - bullying, school, friends, family, relationships, violence, loss peer pressure and more. In order to keep up the great work that they do in our community they need your help. Click here for Adults and Teachers, or click here for Kids ... learn more about how 0800 Kidsline can help you!
Your donations are needed all year round and will go towards vital scientific research into the causes and treatment of all types of cancer, as well as providing a wide range of support services, education and awareness campaigns / programmes for people affected by cancer in Tauranga. Click here to Donate Online or to find out more about support Daffodil Day.
RSPCA Cupcake Day - Thanks so much for your suuport on Monday 30 August 2010!
Visit www.spcacupcakeday.co.nz for more info or get your baking gear on start baking cupcakes to sell for us! Get community minded, get the backing of your schools, work palces and community groups and let the fundraising begin!
Once every last crumb has been devoured and mixing bowls thoroughly licked clean, all proceeds from cupcake sales and donations will go directly to your local SPCA.
THE HEART STOPPER CHALLENGE - TAURANGA 2010 : Every week in New Zealand, 12 babies are born with a heart defect. There are 10,000 New Zealand children living with a heart condition. There is not a day goes by that a child does not undergo open heart surgery at Auckland’s Paediatric Heart Unit, or new parents face the prospect of caring for a chronically ill child. For many of these children having heart defects means extended and regular periods in hospital for corrective surgeries and procedures, ongoing medication, tests and the possibility of further surgery, further complications.
Webhealth helps the community find a local health and social service, provides information on health and well-being, and keeps everyone connected and up-to-date with local notices and events. If you have issues or concerns in your life, or want to find a local health or social service organisation, then use this free community information service provided locally by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. For further help or assistance or to learn of sponsorship opportunities please phone Webhealth BOP representative Rosalie Crawford on 0800 WEBHEALTH or 021 750 842 or email to bop@webhealth.co.nz
2500 animals pass through our shelter each year. These animals need your help. As you may already be aware, the SPCA receives absolutely no government or local authority funding. This means that we can only exist with the support of our community. We rely on donations, bequests and our own fundraising efforts.
Our shelter, Hope House is located at 43 Alach Street, Greerton and is signposted from the Cameron Road, Chadwick Road roundabout. We are open for adoptions and donations Monday to Saturday from 10.30 a.m until 4.00 p.m
This year the cost of running the Hope House shelter and the animal ambulance 24 hours per day, 365 days per year will be in excess of $300,000.
So Please, please help us to keep the neglected, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, starving, crippled and abused members of our community safe.THEY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE !!! PLEASE HELP!!!
Avalon Incorporated
Avalon Incorporated is a Charitable Trust offering vocational training, day activities, personal growth and supported employment to over 100 people with disabilities.We are situated in Tauranga BOP on 2.5 hectares of kiwifruit and avocado orchard (which are certified organic) and emerging gardens.
Briefly, we have three main areas we offer:
Business Enterprise: We offer paid employment to 62 people with disabilities in kiwifruit and avocado growing, Mail house, general packaging, woodwork, sewing and engineering.
People Support Enterprise: We run a creative, cooking, horticultural and day service unit, as well as community participation. This department is about fun, experiences, education, self esteem, challenges and inclusion.
Training: This department offers the opportunity to achieve NZQA certificates and to give the people the feeling of being everyone else who has achieved NZQA certificates.
Alzheimers Tauranga Supporting Community
Alzheimers Tauranga has been providing support to the Western Bay of Plenty region since 1986.
We offer families individual support, encouragement and guidance in caring for a person with dementia. We also have regular support group meetings throughout the region, activity groups for people with dementia, early memory management groups and volunteer support services. You are welcome to call into our centre between Monday to Friday, between 8.30am and 1pm at 116, 13th Avenue, Tauranga for information, advise or wish to make a donation phone us on Freephone 0800 004 001.
Arthritis New Zealand 
The 2009 Annual Appeal focused on the difficulties that many people with arthritis are faced with every day. To show some of the struggles they encounter, we are launching a new campaign that will include celebrities wearing Orange Gloves, with the catchphrase ‘Could you handle it?’ This will help to illustrate just how difficult it can be to use everyday objects when you have arthritis in your hands.
Arthritis New Zealand is one of New Zealand’s leading not-for-profit organisations, representing 522,000 people living with this painful and often debilitating disease. Our mission is to enable a better quality of life for people with arthritis. This can only be done with the help of a generous community and their contribution.
The income raised goes to helping our 32 Arthritis Educators provide advice, self-management courses, seminars and assessment, as well as referrals to other services, where appropriate. The organisation also funds research projects through the National Arthritis Research Fund. For more information call 0800 663 463 or visit www.arthritis.org.nz
The Tauranga Multiple Birth Group
For more information please feel free to contact Roz 07 5445522/ 021 576 999 or email krozzys@kinect.co.nz
DELIVERING HOPE PROFESSIONALLY!
Established in 2002 Homes of Hope now has 3 homes in Tauranga, providing stability for children in the Care and Protection sector is the passion and purpose of Homes of Hope. Our innovative response to caring for children who have experienced trauma, abuse or neglect is seeing some excellent outcomes. Set within a community setting and providing therapeutic, wrap-around foster care for children based on simple, holistic principles is the model. And our rigorous practice tools are ensuring consistency and stability. For more information on our policies, and to see our fantastic success stories please go to www.hopesofhope.org.nz.
"Hope.....is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” Vaclav Havel. Our children need hope like this!
Plunket
Plunket is a not-for-profit organisation and is New Zealand’s largest provider of services to support the health, development and well being of children under five. Plunket is dedicated to working with parents and communities to ensure that New Zealand children get the best start in life.
Plunket provides well-child health checks through free home and clinic visits, at different stages between birth and five years.
Plunket is a community owned and driven organization, with volunteers in hundreds of communities across the country. Through the local branches, volunteers contribute leadership, advocacy, fundraising and participation in support services for families.
There are a range of services available, most of which are free, such as parenting education courses, car seat rentals, family centres, parent groups and PlunketLine – 0800 933 922. To find out more about Plunket and the services available in your community visit www.plunket.org.nz
World Day of Organ Donation and Transplantation 
Organ donation can only occur in less than 1% of all deaths. For someone to be able to donate organs they must have sustained a non-survivable brain injury and be in ICU on a ventilator. Organ donation can happen to anyone, anytime and it is important you discuss your wishes with your family – if your family know your wishes, it eases an already extremely traumatic time. For more information visit www.donor.co.nz
Parent to Parent
Parent to Parent is a support and information network for parents of children with special needs.
Formed in New Zealand in 1983, the group has built up a support network that is now nationwide. Parent to Parent is affiliated to similar groups around the world and maintains close links with other organisations and professionals who work in related fields.
Through a network of regional groups and trained volunteer Support Parents, Parent to Parent seeks to empower parents, caregivers, and whanau who have children and family members with disabilities, health impairments, or special needs through support and provision of information.
Services Include:
- One to One support through trained volunteer
- Support Parents with similar personal experiences
- Information on more than 3600 different conditions
- Sibling support programme – SibSupportN.Z.
- Family activities and support groups
- Autism Spectrum Disorder information Service – Altogether Autism
- Individual Education Plan (I.E.P) Seminars
- Video Conferencing Service, connecting families, medical professionals and community
To find out more about Parent to Parent check out the website, www.parent2parent.org.nz , email national@parent2parent.org.nz, or call national office toll free on 0508 236 236.
