Help us to finance, pack and distribute 1700 Christmas Boxes full of food to needy families in Christchurch.
Canterbury
Christmas Box started with the belief that charity begins at home, delivering Christmas gift-wrapped food boxes to local families in need. Today, we see the impact of Kiwis feeding Kiwis as this project responds to the ever increasing needs across our nation.
Christmas Box originates from The Life Centre Trust (an Auckland-based community organisation under LIFE) who in 2017 along with 200+ Government and Community agencies, will oversee the donations, the packing and distribution of thousands of food boxes to families in need throughout Auckland, Tauranga, Whangarei, Hamilton, Dunedin and Christchurch.
One Christmas Box caters for families of 4-6, helping supplement breakfast, lunch and dinner meals over a week. The value of the box is $75, but with generous sponsorship and donations from businesses, the box ends up costing $30.
Throughout the Christchurch area, we are distributing 1,700 food boxes to families in need, this equates to $51,000. Life Church has donated the first 10,000, and the remainder is to come via community fundraisers and sponsorship.
Help us reach our goal, by supporting local families in Christchurch this Christmas.
Life Church Christchurch is the point church in Canterbury to raise the money, contact organisations to distribute to needy families throughout Christchurch and organise packing the 1700 boxes ready for distribution.
Agencies that have previously distributed boxes include:
Foster Hope
La Vida Youth Trust
Riccarton Community Church
Aviva Christchurch
Women's refuge
Christchurch North Elim
Revolution Church
North Avon Baptist
St Albans Baptist
Family HelpTrust
Project Esther
Cross Over Trust
Linwood Avenue School
Karanga Mai School
Stand for Children
Christchurch Police
Timaru Police
St John
Neighbourhood Trust
Vision West Emergency Housing
Delta Trust
If you are interested in being a distributor please contact angela@lifechch.org.nz
Life Church has three campuses in Christchurch (Upper Riccarton, Lincoln and New Brighton). We believe in having a positive impact on our local community and city.
The cost of the boxes are $30 each so for 1700 boxes in total the cost equals $51,000.
Life Church Christchurch has donated the first $10,000 and the remainder is to be raised through each community organisation doing fundraisers, getting sponsorship etc.
Help us to reach our goal and be able to continue to build on the number of boxes we provide to Christchurch each year!
Nearly there! 12 December 2017
Hi everyone, I can't change the final goal on the givealittle page but I do want to thank you for your contribution and let you know that we are only hundreds away from reaching the target rather than thousands once some promised pledges come in.
We are already getting some wonderful feedback from the organisations distributing the boxes across Christchurch and you are the reason for their smiles this Christmas.
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