Boomerang Birthday Parties for kiwi children in need.

Were you ever really excited about your birthday? Did you ever plan out your birthday months in advance, make a list of presents you wanted, or people you would invite? Many of us are lucky enough to have had this experience as children. To have that one day, just once a year, where you are celebrated, just for being born.

Unfortunately, many kiwi children don’t have this experience. They wake up on their birthday to the everyday struggle of making each dollar count.

No cake. No birthday wishes. No party. No laughter.

We want to change this. We believe every child deserves to be celebrated on their birthday, and we’ve worked out how we can achieve this in our local community of Lower Hutt.

The name of our business is “Boomerang” because we believe that when you give to the community, you receive so much more in return. The idea of “what goes around comes around” is central to us, and we want to help others to utilise this too.

We are a social enterprise, made up of three Year Thirteen girls. Grace Nickel is our CEO and Marketing Director, Nyah Holland is our Communications and Sales Director, and Phoenix Dingle is our Productions and Finance Director. We are working within the Young Enterprise Scheme, to solve a problem in our community.

We are connecting the hundreds of children that the Lower Hutt Salvation Army provides basic care for, with birthday party venues such as Junglerama, and the transport they need in order to get there. The beneficiaries of each party will be chosen by the Salvation Army, from families they are already providing support for. Their social workers will be the ones working directly with the children.

Our business has five funding strategies to pay for these parties, the most prevalent of which are our give-a-little page, and selling our own products; glow-in-the-dark purple wrist bands and functional tea-towels.