The countdown is on with Christmas fast approaching and we need your help!

Christmas can be a challenging time for many kiwi families so this year the PlaceMakers Foundation are teaming up with the NZ Team to help support families and children in need who may otherwise not receive Christmas presents.

All NZ Team members, current and legacy are being encouraged to sort through their old kit for unused or items in wearable condition drop these off to their nearest PlaceMakers branch nationwide!

We wanted to get involved along side the athletes by donating new sports equipment that will be used as part of the Christmas Shoebox Collection. That’s where we need your help! Over two weeks we will have collection points at our branches were you can drop off the new gear and we’ll work with The Catalytic Foundation to make this Christmas special for those less fortunate in our communities.

Donation boxes will be available in all PlaceMakers branches between 20th November – 30th November!

New Sports Equipment donation ideas:

• Netball, soccer balls, basket balls, tennis balls
• Cricket set
• Frisbee, hacky sack
• Sports caps
• Skipping rope
• Beach games

All gear will be collected and managed by The Catalytic Foundation, where used NZ Team gear will be distributed to local community charities and new sports equipment will be gifted as part of the Catalytic foundation’s annual Christmas Shoebox Project. The Catalytic Foundation are an organisation that pull together collective resources to drive social change. They work with groups across Aotearoa distributing essential items to families living in hardship and have also helped the NZ Team in the past to distribute any excess uniform to those in need.

Let’s help those kiwi kids in need to get outside, play some sport and have some fun! You could end up making someone’s Christmas!