Good Neighbour Trust

'The Good Walk' this October: Walk 30 laps around Mount Maunganui in 30 days, support Good Neighbour, Celebrate a grand finale on Nov 2nd!

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Join the Movement: Sign Up for "The Good Walk" and Make Every Step Count!

Mount Maunganui — Get ready to lace up your sneakers and step into a rewarding challenge this October with "The Good Walk"!

This exciting event invites individuals and groups to sign up and commit to walking a minimum of 30 laps around the base of Mount Maunganui, all within 30 days. The initiative aims to help build relationships, have fun and give back to the Good Neighbour community!

Good Neighbour is founded on the belief that as a community we’re responsible for taking care of each other. Whether it’s a volunteer giving a few precious hours a month or a corporate supporter, we all have something to offer and a responsibility to help as best we can.

Good Neighbour is a Bay of Plenty community organisation focused on creating supportive and connected communities. They aim to foster a sense of belonging and well-being through various programs and initiatives. Their activities include but are not limited to: Community Support; Providing practical assistance and support to individuals and families in need. Volunteering; Encouraging and coordinating volunteer efforts to strengthen community ties. Partnerships; Collaborating with local businesses, schools, and other organisations to amplify their impact. Events and Activities; Organizing events that bring people together and build a sense of community.

How “The Good Walk” works:

Participants, whether individually or as part of a group, will pledge to complete at least 30 laps around the Mount over the course of 30 days, with the first walk starting on October 4th. To enhance the experience, each entrant or group will gather sponsorships either per lap or through fixed donations. This not only encourages a healthy lifestyle, fosters relationships but also supports a worthy community cause. Every donation will be match funded as well, dollar for dollar!

Grand Finale Celebration:

The grand finale walk will be held on November 2nd. Join us from 9:30 AM for a collective final walk around the Mount at staggered group times. The day will be filled with excitement and entertainment, including food stalls from local community sponsors, celebrity guests and the chance to win fantastic prizes and participate in fun activities.

More about us

Good Neighbour Trust is a unique charity in Tauranga, our mission is to provide practical opportunities for people to support one another so that lives and neighbourhoods are transformed.

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COVID Response 2 April 2022

Posted by: Angela Rogers

Good Neighbour has been helping since January 2022 to support people effected with COVID or self isolating with emergency food parcels. We had two weeks to set up a whole new system and premises to support the response and what started as small volumes of food parcels each week being needed, has grown to an average of about 220 food parcels each week being made up and delivered to people in our community. In the last week alone we had 271 households including several large households some with 19 people in them requiring support.

To be able to do this we have a team of 30 volunteers coming in each week specifically to support this new response. They come in to sort food and make up emergency food parcels. We have had amazing support from local community agencies and businesses who have been willing to send staff along to lend a hand. We are very grateful for all their support to Good Neighbour and the community.

We are fortunate to have two talented chefs and a team of kitchen volunteers who have also been able to respond to the needs of the community with home cooked meals made in our kitchen. They have been making 1000kg a week of bulk food which is 3000 meals ready to heat and eat. They have been well received in the community by people who are not feeling well enough to cook for themselves.

As an organization we have experienced some disruption in our volunteer numbers as people are effected by COVID, but we are very fortunate to have a great list of volunteer reserves in the wings who are willing to step up at short notice when needed. We never know what each day will bring or who may be affected. It’s been vital to our operations to have great volunteers to rely on.

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