✨ Our Kids’ Dream Trip – A Story We Never Thought We’d Have to Tell ✨
Helping our kids reclaim their dream trip after it was suddenly taken away - fundraising with hope, heart, and a need for a miracle.
Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui
This year was meant to be unforgettable for our Year 7&8 kids. They baked, sold raffles, stood in the rain, and watched every dollar they earned bring them closer to their dream trip to the Gold Coast. Their parents gave everything they could - some used the last money in their accounts, some gave up Christmas plans, and many quietly went without so their children wouldn’t miss out.
Then, without warning, the trip was taken away.
Months of hard work and sacrifice were dismissed in a moment. No clear explanation. Just heartbreak. Now some of our kids face a sad Christmas, with whānau who spent every spare cent left carrying the weight of a dream suddenly denied.
We aren’t giving up. A small group of parents has come together to keep fighting for our kids. We’re still fundraising every day, doing everything we possibly can - but we need help. We need a miracle to make this happen before the new school year.
If you can give even a little, you’ll help lift a huge burden from our families and give our kids back the hope and joy they’ve earned.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️
Marissa McCutcheon's involvement (page creator)
I’m a parent of one of the children, I bake religiously for fundraisers, and the person responsible for managing and overseeing all funds raised for the trip.
Use of funds
The money will be spent on flights, accomodation & activities on the Gold Coast for 4 parents and 9 Children.
If we don’t raise all the funds we need we will still put the funds towards the kids trip - Flights, Accomodation & Activities for 4 Parents and 9 Children of the Secret Bakes Fundraising team 🥰
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Nga mihi ❤️ 11 December 2025
It was heartwarming for us to finish mahi at 1.30am this morning and see all of your words of encouragement along with your donations. We can’t thank you all enough.
If you’d like to follow along on our fundraising missions and eventually see the children on their trip when it takes place, you can follow our fundraising group page on Facebook “Secret Bakes” it’s where we update as information is given and we have processed it & where we let people know where we will be next with our baking and kai.
We will let our tamariki know all about your wonderful words of encouragement and pass on all their feelings about how they feel about you all helping them to get to their exchange after all their hard mahi.
Ko te pae tawhiti, whāia kia tata; ko te pae tata, whakamaua kia tina 🤎
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Thank you Jennifer 🙏🏾 I can assure you it won’t be stopped again ☺️ it will be the same cultural exchange - just with no school involvement. So the 4 parents who were meant to be helpers on the trip with the school will go with the children and lead the trip 🥰
Thank you for your donation 🥰 we appreciate it very much 🤎
Thank you Donna ❤️ your support means the world to us
Thank you Jo 🥰 We appreciate it so much 🤎
Thank you for your donation Rachael we appreciate it so much & for the korero 🥰 we will work our hardest to get them their trip
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