Central Otago St John Annual Appeal - Please donate today

From 4-10 April, the St John Heart of Gold Annual Appeal kicks off around Aotearoa New Zealand.

Due to the impact of the Omicron outbreak, St John has made the unfortunate decision to cancel its nationwide street collections and other face-to-face community fundraising activities.

It’s simple – we need your support so that we can continue to offer our support. People recognise us for our ambulance service, which treats and transports over 488,073 people every year, but your contribution allows us to provide so much more.

Here in Central Otago we run many community programs and support lots of great community focused initiatives. It’s your generosity that helps us teach young people first aid, health care and leadership skills through our Youth programme so that they can feel confident and safe.

It’s your contribution that allows us to fuel our Health Shuttles, support our volunteers who comfort friends and family in hospitals and enable people to receive regular phone calls from our Caring Caller teams.

Our Therapy Pet teams support our children in schools and in the libraries by providing a fury friend to read to.

We are a charity, and the important work we do is only made possible with your support which we are extremely grateful for – thank you!