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Pirate Party Aids Waikato Youth
PIRATE PARTY AIDS WAIKATO YOUTH
A weekend of Waikato
pirate adventures will see Waikato Hospital's
children's
wards fitted with a new bedside entertainment unit.
The
'pirates', a group of fun loving people who volunteer
four
weekends every year to shake buckets in the name of
the Kids Crusade
Charitable Trust, travelled throughout
the Waikato on May 16-17, using
the 'Waitomo leg' to
raise money for Waikato Hospital.
The pirates have so far
placed 15 of these units, valued at $2500, into
hospitals
in the Waikato, Auckland and Northland regions since
2002.
Starting their journey at Drury on Saturday morning,
the pirates in
their crazy cars with loud horns and
flashing sirens, made their way
through Huntly,
Ngaruawahia, Raglan, Waitomo, Otorohanga, Kihikihi,
Te
Awamutu, Cambridge, Taupiri and back to Huntly,
collecting for
children's charities.
"The response to
donations from the Waikato public in the buckets
was
inspiring," event organiser Martin Searle told
Waikato Hospital
today.
"Your hospital should be
encouraged by the good word on the street
about your
facility and its staff from the areas we visited."
He
said the pirates have been shaking the buckets for many
years and
note the public's feelings about the
benefactor, by the size of their
donations and the kind
comments from the public.
"Again, we would like to thank
the pirates for all they do for
children and youth - not
just in the Waikato - but all over the North
Island,"
said Waikato Hospital's Child Health operations
manager
Hayley Goodall.
"We are rapt to hear from the
pirates that we have a good reputation
in our
communities. It is important to us that our patients and
visitors
believe in what we're doing so that was
heartening to hear."
"After prize giving at Huntly Fire
Station on Sunday afternoon, the
weary pirates headed
home, happy in the knowledge that the weekend's
efforts
had produced enough funds for Waikato Hospital to get
their
bedside entertainment unit," said Mr Searle.
"We
look forward to our next adventure through the Waikato, it
was
great fun."
For photographs of this weekend's
pirate adventure visit www.waikatodhb.govt.nz or
http://www.pirates.co.nz/
ENDS
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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